Walking Tour-177 North Main Street-Walking Tour
(West Side of Street)

This late Victorian Queen Anne/Stick Style house was built in 1905 by/for Henry Travis. The 2/02/1905 issue of the Oakland County Post noted "H. L. Travis was in Pontiac, yesterday, to view some houses there with the idea of planning his new one after them." Two months later, a 4/06/1905 item stated "H. L. Travis has broken new ground for the cellar of his new house which he will erect at the upper end of Main Street." The exterior has changed little since it was built. The picturesque details typical of the style which have disappeared from other Clarkston houses built in the same style about the same time, are still visible here (Those houses at 122, 130, 135 N. Main & 18 N. Holcomb still have the same tall two story section with a projecting gable facing the street. Some of them still have shaped shingles in that gable.) The shaped shingles & spider web windows in the gables; and the diagonally placed front door covered by a wrap-around porch with a roof supported by turned posts are original elements.

Official Property Description:

• Part of the Northwest 1/4 of Section 20 in Independence Township which was not a part of Nelson W. Clark's Original Plat.
• Lot 46 of the Supervisor's Replat.

Significant Property History:

[A Synopsis Of Property Transfers Derived From Abstracts
(when available) And Periodic Changes In Ownership Or
Assessed Value Derived From Township Tax Records]

• Note: All the properties currently located in the Historic District were originally part of a tract registered by Butler Holcomb with the federal government on October 22, 1831. Thus, abstracts for these properties, when they exist, show the original transfer to be from the United States to Butler Holcomb and may also include references to then President Andrew Jackson.
• 1832 Butler Holcomb, the Northeast 1/4, the Southeast 1/4, the east 1/2 of the Northwest 1/4 and the east 1/2 of the Southwest 1/4 of Section.
• 1846 William Holcomb, the south 3/4 of the Northwest 1/4 of Section, assessed value $395.
• 1847 William Holcomb, the south 3/4 of the Northwest 1/4, assessed value $350.
• 1848 William Holcomb, the south part of the Northwest 1/4, assessed value $382.
• 1849 William Holcomb, the south 3/4 of the Northwest 1/4, assessed value $412
• 1850 William Holcomb, the south 3/4 of the Northwest 1/4 of Section 20, assessed value $420.
• 1872 Map of the Village has no building footprint, owner Wm. Holcomb.
• 1903 William Holcomb, the Northwest 1/4 except 52 acres to E. Jossman.
• 1904 Ed. J. Miller, the Northwest 1/4 except 53 acres which belonged to E.Jossman, estate, assessed value $3000.
• 1905 Henry Travis, 1 acre off the southeast 1/4 of the Northwest 1/4 of Section 20, assessed value $200.
• 1906 Henry Travis, as above, assessed value $1800.
• 1910 as above.
• 1920 Fred Stewart, north & west by E. J. Miller, south & east by the Street, assessed value $2700.
• 1929 Fred Stewart, 16 rods on Main, 20 rods on Miller.
• 1954 Fred & Gertrude Stewart.
• 1956 Mr. & Mrs. David Stewart.