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  • HCDL-P006-01-PanoramicHowell1906_u.jpg

    This is a postcard with a panoramic view of Howell. The view is to the north and is believed to have been taken from the top of Union/Central High School which was located on South Michigan Avenue, Howell, Michigan.

    In view is Michigan Avenue which was previously known as East Street and Division Street.  The most predominant building in view looking northwest is the Walnut Street Methodist Church.  North of the city blocks on East Grand River, one can see the tower of the Livingston County Courthouse and the belfry of the Baptist Church.  To the east, the steeple of the Presbyterian Church is visible.

    Postcard message: Howell is a dandy little town. Just wait and you will say so too H.J.B. From Mr. Stephen Dunlap 4443 Berkley Ave Chicago, Illinois. Postmarked October 4, 1907.  The date of this photograph is unknown.
  • HCDL-H004-AerialHowell1923_u.jpg

    This is an aerial photograph of Howell, Michigan.  The view is looking southeast. Running east to west is West Grand River Avenue, the main road.  In the foreground, is North Chestnut Street with the Bud Erwin residence, and its familiar barn.  Across the street to the east is the Howell Carnegie District Libary.  Across Grand River Avenue from the Library is the First Presbyterian Church with the building that later housed the Howell Chamber of Commerce to the east.  Also visible are the intersections of West Grand River Avenue with Walnut Street and Michigan Avenue.  The Opera House, then Bennett Hardware, is on the southeast corner of Walnut and Grand River Avenue.  In the distant, running east to west, is Sibley Street, where one can see the Walnut Street Methodist Church, and in the distance is the new Howell High School building.

    Angle parking on Grand River Avenue is noted.  Grand River Avenue is paved.
  • HCDL-M003-Bogue-Mills_u.jpg

    This is a photograph of a horse and buggy carrying individuals passing in front of Bogue Mills, Oak Grove Michigan, around 1911 to 1914.

    The family appears to be dressed in their Sunday finest and may have been headed to church.  Pictured in the buggy are Mahlon Pearce, Hazel Pearce, Persis and Portia Pearce.  Mahlon Pearce was the grandfather of former Michigan State Representative Cindy Denby.

    Oak Grove was formerly known as Bogue Creek and Chemungville.  The plat maps show the location of the mills on Bogue Creek north of Fausett Road and the Mill Pond on the south side.  Pearce's had both the gristmill and sawmill for many years.


    Bogue Mills was a grist mill in Oak Grove owned and operated by Thomas and John Pearce.
    View Bogue Mills Ad in the July 28, 1887 Livingston Republican In library use only.

    View Obituary of Thomas Pearce in the November 7, 1906 Livingston Republican. In library use only

    In November 1904, there was a devastating fire in Oak Grove which destroyed a number of buildings including the gristmill. This article describes the damages.  View the article in November 9, 1904 Livingston Republican. In library use only.
  • HCDL-L004-Richardsons-Inn_u.jpg

    This is a photograph of Richardson's Inn.  The display also consists of three bronze keys appearing from the Inn.

    Richardson's Inn was located at 628 Fleming Street, Howell Michigan.  The Inn was on the west side of Fleming near the Pere Marquette passenger depot.  At one time, Fleming Street came to a dead end at the Pere Marquette Railroad track.  Fleming remains a dead end street at the railroad tracks.  The Pere Marquette Depot was moved to the Fowlerville Fairgrounds.  The date that the hotel was constructed is unknown.  The 1915 Howell plat map and the Sanborn map of 1910 show its location.

    Early on, Richardson’s Inn was called the Old Railroad Hotel, and then was called the Howell House. An obituary of William Barnard, 1906, states William and wife Julia Aldrich Barnard operated the hotel known as the Howell House.  View Livingston Republican April 1, 1908 Article. In library use only

    By 1886, the property was owned by Charles Barber.  Charles W. Barber was an early settler (1835) in Green Oak township, Livingston county and a mail carrier for many years before owning the hotel.  It was called Howell Hotel in 1901, when Charles died there. His widow, Janett, listed it for sale in 1904. Mrs. Barber sold the hotel to Alfred and Lucy Curtis of Fenton for $1200.  In the 1910’s, the hotel was sold to Jake and Florence Prosser.  View Charles Barber obituary in the Livingston Republican May 8, 1901 edition. in library use only.

    Charles Richardson and his wife Hattie acquired the hotel from the Prosser’s on January 20th, 1920.   Charles and Hattie lived on East Washington Street in 1920, the census listing no employment for either of them.  As owners of the Inn, they rented rooms and served meals, and it was convenient to railroad passengers boarding or deboarding at the Pere Marquette Depot.  In the 1930 census, the Richardson’s still "owned" the hotel which was valued at $3000.  Charles died in 1934 at age 67 of heart problems.  Hattie remarried a couple years later to Dwight Humphrey who died two years later.   Hattie was found in the 1940 census with relatives in Mason, Michigan and working as a dressmaker.  Hattie died in 1947.  There are not mentions of Richardson's in the 1940's newspapers. The hotel went through several different owners, and it's not clear if the hotel remained open as a hotel. 

    By 1952, Richardson’s Inn was owned by James and Mabel Munroe who rented apartments.   Mabel continued to rent apartments after 1957 when James died at home.  In 1976, the property was owned by Jack Elder.    There are mentions in the Livingston County Press of the property being owned by an attorney from Birmingham, Michigan Austin Howard, and it being exterminated for a rat problem, likely related to the location of Cole's Elevator across the tracks.  Richardson's was razed around 1987 after some arsonists set it on fire in February 1987. 

  • HCDL-C003-01-0004_u.jpg

    Choir of the First Baptist Church in Howell, Michigan

    unknown people or date
  • HCDL-C003-01-0003_u.jpg

    Easter Sunday in old wooden First Baptist Church on Church Street in Howell, Michigan. Reverend Meeden standing in the middle in the back of church. Rest of people are unknown.
  • HCDL-BrightonTwp-S30-96_m.pdf

    Abstract for Brighton Township, Livingston County, Michigan NE 1/4 of NE 1/4 of Section 31 and SE 1/4 of SE 1/4 of Section 30 and SW 1/4 of SW 1/4 of Section 29 1972

    Names Mentioned

    Brighton Woods
  • HCDL-BrightonTwp-S30-76_m.pdf

    Abstract for Brighton Township, Livingston County, Michigan SW 1/4 of SE 1/4 of Section 30 1840-1929

    Names Mentioned

    Joseph Collins,Mary Collins,Melisa Crout,Rex Crout,Jessie Smith,Maggie Crout,Edna Selesky,Willis Lyon,Phidelia Case,Ira Case,Clio Case,Bartow Case,Myrtie Case,Alta Placeway,Mable Patterson,Alta Case,Mable Case,Blanche Case,Charles Placeway,Abbie Placeway,William Stuhrberg,William Winklehaus,Bertha Winkelhaus,J Steadman,Henry Sawyer,Helen Stuhrberg,John Tanner,Emma Tanner,Thomas Leith,Ethel Leith,Mr Case,Mr Burch,Leith's Subdivision,E Burch,O Burch,Samuel Dakens,H Boget,Henry Boget,William Cushing,Alanson Dickerson,Richard Lyon,W. J. Gould & Company,J. M. Bour Company,Henry Graves,Brighton Housing Corporation,Wells Walker,Pauline Walker,Arthur Stewart,Gilbert Frawley,Wilen Easterday,Gwendolyn Easterday,Dant And Reynolds Lumber Company,William Benham,Amelia Benham,Willis Lyons,Fred Day,Fidelity Bank & Trust Company,Rudolph Reichert,Amelia Simmons,William Simmons,Albert Simmons,Lulu Darrow,Lulu Simmons,Hazel Ely,Hazel Simmons,Pat Sharkey,Ella Sharkey,James Harwick,Grace Thompson,Sumner Ross,Robert Thompson,James Noble,Benjamin Cushing,Wm Balch,Ambrose Spencer,William Noble,James Waits,Rosana Williams,William Williams,William Mcchench,Samantha Lee,Samuel Conely,Peter Lock,William Lee,W. O. Lee & Company,Fidelity Trust Company,Standard Trust Company,John Valentine,Sidney Miller,A Clark,Robert Park,Harold Foster,D Sackett,Jay Sweeney,John Hagman,Metropolitan Casualty Insurance Company,Untied Lumber & Supply Company,Frank Smith,James Tilley,James Edgerton,Charles Whitmore,Harry Church,John Murphy,John Mclaren,Farmers State Savings Bank,Gilbert Frowley,Ansel Townsend,Fred Stuhrberg
  • HCDL-BrightonTwp-S27-07_m.pdf

    Abstract for Brighton Township, Livingston County, Michigan E 1/2 of SE 1/4 and E 1/2 of NE 1/4 of Section 27 1836-1924

    Names Mentioned

    Joseph Flanders,Samuel Ketchum,Isaac Platt,Robert Lane,C Bush,Minerva Bush,Richard Lyon,Charles Bush,Levina Ketchum,Eliza Flanders,Franklin Parker,Luther Beach,Mary Beach,Cyrenus Morgan,Margaret Morgan,Davis Fisher,Diantha Houghtaling,David Fisher,Frank Fisher,Eugene Stone,Chas Judson,Marion Platt,William Brown,Mary Brown,Samuel Sheffield,Polly Sheffield,Timothy Warner,Ellen Lane,Jejemima Pye,Edward Livingston,Margaret Livingston,Lucretia Warner,Diantha Buck,F Bidwell,Eugene Stowe,Edward Whalen,Charles Morgan,Thressa Morgan,Cyrenius Morgan,Ada Morgan,Harry Morgan,Leta Morgan,Florence Whalen,H Warner,Laura Warner,Pure Oil Company,Elias Withey,Calvin Goodspeed,Chas Morgan,E Whalen
  • HCDL-BrightonTwp-S20-23_m.pdf

    Abstract for Brighton Township, Livingston County, Michigan E 1/2 of NW 1/4 of Section 20 1967-1971

    Names Mentioned

    Hope Lake Park Subdivision,John Hope,Charlotte Hope
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