21 South Main Street

This rusticated block building was constructed in 1914, for use as the Independence Township Hall. J. D. Ogden and Austin Taylor (residents of the houses at 155 & 135 N. Main, respectively) acted as the building committee. Slaters of Pontiac, Michigan constructed the building of locally produced concrete block which was also used for the construction of 27 South Main. At least one wooden building occupied this site prior to the construction of this building. According to a photo caption in Heritage, page 58, Dr. Clark Sutherland's first home in the Village was at the back of lot of 21 S. Main (see Heritage photo of ice storm.) After the present building was constructed Village Council meetings and elections, for a time, were held here. The building became the Clarkston U. S. Post Office in 1942. A 1958 Clarkston News article announced the retirement of postal clerks, Mrs. Clarence Drake & Miss Ada Scrace. The Post Office sold the building after it constructed a new facility on M - 15 in 1976, outside the Village limits. The building has been used for offices since. The street facade was remodeled in the late 1970s. An addition to the west facade was begun in 1998.