18 North Holcomb Road

In the 1850s this lot was a part of the property of Thomas, then Richard Broomfield. Thomas lived in the house at 49 W. Washington. By 1866 it became a part of the property to the north, owner Rebecca Bescherer, Mrs. R. G. Bescherer, who according to the 1872 Map of the Village owned a farm. The house with aluminum siding covering the original wood clapboard, according to tax records, was built circa 1914. The house originally looked like those at 122, 130, 135 and 177 N. Main. These houses were all built about the same time. A photo from the daughter of Mr. & Mrs. D. L. Osborn, who once owned the house, shows the wrap-around porch, multiple gables with shaped shingles, and two story bay window of this Queen Anne-Stick Style derivative. In 1837/38 Mary Green ran a maternity house here (see ClarkstonNews advertisement). In the 1940s it was converted to two family (one up, and one down). It was the residence then of Garnet E. Poulton who ran an auto supply parts business in the Village. Poulton also worked in the barn behind the house. A photo of Mrs. Poulton in the backyard of this house with other members of the Service Mothers Club, World War II, may be seen page 91, Heritage.