Walking Tour-64 West Washington Street-Walking Tour
(South Side of Street)
This property was vacant until 1956 when this small ranch style house was built.
Official Property Description:
- Part of Lot 2 Block 15 of Nelson W. Clark's Original Plat in the Southwest 1/4 of Section 20 in Independence Township.
- Lot 1 Block of Cobb's Southwest Addition .
- Lot 83 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.
1842 Nelson W. Clark, Original Plat of the Village.
1844 Nelson W. Clark, Block 15 of the Original Plat of the Village in the Southwest 1/4 of Section 20, assessed value $15.
1848 Polly Clark, Blocks 13, 14, 15, & 16, assessed value $76.
1858 George Green, Lot 1 Block 1, assesed value $50,
1859 Jesse Millard, Lot 1 Block 1, assessed value $50.
Judson Paddock.
1866 William Scadding, Lot 1 Block 1, assessed value $100.
1867 William Scadding, Lot 1 Block 1, assessed value $150.
1868 J. M. Haight, Lot 1 Block 1 of the Southwest Addition, assessed value $20.
1879 William Scadding, Lot 1 Block 1 in the Southwest Addition, assessed value $170.
1872 Map of the Village shows a building footprint on Lot 1, assessed value $170.
1884 Frank Yeager/Yager, Lot 1 Block 1, assessed value $250.
1885 as above.
1888 Frank Yeager/Yager, Lot 1 Block 1, assessed value $150.
1891 Watson Beardslee, Lot 1 Block 1, assessed value $200.
1900 Miss Delia Crosby, Lot Block 1, assessed value $700.
1907 Lydia Vliet, Lot Block 1, assessed $300.
1914 Lydia Vliet, Lot Block of Cobb's Addition, assessed value $600.
1920 Mrs. W. Rockwell, Lot 1.
1925 William E. Hunter, the west 105' of Lot 1 Block 1, assessed value $300.
1928 William E. Hunter, the west 105' of Lot 1 Block 1, assessed value $300.
1937 as above.
1940 Ford.
1950 Ford.
1956 Glenn Sutphen.
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