114 North Main Street

The original house on this lot was probably built, circa 1870, for J. R. Vliet. No pictures of the original house are available. In 1896 Mr. and Mrs. Edwin Jefferson owned the property. According to an item in the 5/12/1904 issue of the Oakland Post, "Mr. and Mrs. J. Reese moved Sunday to their residence recently vacated by John Carson. Mr. Reese is making extensive repairs on the house now occupied by Mr. Jefferson." Mrs. Jefferson died in 1904 at the age of 74. Her daughter, Mrs. Joseph Reese died a month later. The 7/28/1904 issue of the same newspaper reported " Frank Beardsley is finishing the inside of the Reese residence on north Main street and is also putting on a forty foot front porch on the front. The house was started some time ago but was delayed by the death of Mrs. Reese some weeks ago. Mr. Beardsley intends finishing in two weeks." It would seem from these items that the Jeffersons and John Carson, followed by the Reeses lived in the same house. Jefferson, then Joseph Reese owned the property and all of the property to the north as far as Clarkston Rd. for the next couple of years. However It is believed that the large square two story wood clapboard structure was remodeled in the 1920s to accomodate two families. Perhaps the Reese's occupied the houseThe Classical Revival style porch was probably an addition from this date. There were two entrance doors side by side under the porch roof. The wide staircase to the second floor was halved. In the 1990s the house was returned to single family use. A porch on the rear of the house was remodeled & expanded.