119 North Main Street

The original section of this house was built about 1850 as a simple Midwestern adaptation of the Greek Revival style. It was most likely the home of David S. Lewis whom records listed by 1847 for the taxes. His wife, Mary, inherited the property upon his death. She later married Eleazer Thurston. The 1872 Map of the Village has the footprint of a building on the north of the Thurston's land. Since then the house has seen a few changes. The front porch has the turned spindle supports of later Victorian style. While the house probably served as a single family residence it has long been used as a duplex. The two car garage at the rear was built by Earl Walter in the 1920s. He and his wife and daughters lived above the garage while he stored his trucks below. Walter had a trucking business. On Saturday he would gather the produce, especially potatoes, from the surrounding farms and deliver it to the Eastern Market in Detroit. In Detroit he filled orders from Clarkston merchants for goods for their stores.