Walking Tour-55 South Main Street-Walking Tour
(West Side of Street)

Historically, there was a building of some kind on this site from the late 1850s until the late 1880s. The 1872 map of the Village has a square footprint on this site, owner William Axford. However, the declining assessed values of the property from 1883 to 1891, when the assessed value was only $50, indicate the lot became vacant (as seen in a photo in Heritage, pg.58) when the property was part of Dr. Clark Sutherland's house lot.

Official Property Description:

• Lot 4 Block 26 of Nelson W. Clark's Original Plat of the Village in the Southwest 1/4 of Section 20 of Independence Township.
• Lot 70 of the Assessor's Plat.

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.
• 1847 Sally Whitney, Lot 4 Block 26, assessed value $35.
• 1848 Sarah Ann Whitney, Lot 4 Block 26, assessed value $80. (David Judson Lot 4 Block 26, assessed value $65.)
• 1849 Sarah Whitney, Lot 4 Block 26, assessed value $65.
• 1850 Sarah Whitney/Whiting, Lot 4, assessed value $65.
• 1855? Fred Case, Lot 4, assessed value $260.
• 1857 Sarah Whitney, assessed value $250.
• 1861 Sarah Whitney, assessed value $250.
• 1872 Map of the Village, see W. Axford, footprint of a building.
• 1875 Wm. Axford, Lot 4 Block 26, assessed value $200.
• 1876 Mrs. Hellen (?) Axford, Lot 4, assessed value $200.
• 1878 Wm. Axford, Lot 4, assessed value $200.
• 1880 William Axford, Lot 4, assessed value $400.
• 1883 William Axford, Lot 4, assessed value $300.
• 1884 William Axford, Lot 4, assessed value $250.
• 1885 William Axford, Lot 4, assessed value $150.
• 1891 S. H. Albertson, Lot 4, assessed value $50.
• 1900 Mrs. O. Jacox, Lot 4, assessed value $50.
• 1914 C. J. Sutherland, Lots 4, 5, & 6.
• 1924 C. J. Sutherland, Lots 4, 5, & 6, assessed value $3800.
• 1938 C. J. Sutherland, Lots 4, 5, & 6, assessed value $3800.
• 1952 Genevieve Green, Lot 70, assessed value $400.
• 1954 Genevieve Green of Pontiac, Lot 7.