Howell Area Archives Digital Archive

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  • HCDL-ngp-F002-05-0003_u.jpg

    This photograph was labeled "Ken Peckens Homestead".  Peckens was an early settler in Cohoctah Township, Livingston, Michigan.

    The date  and names of those in the photograph are unknown.
  • HCDL-ngp-F002-02-0001_u.jpg

    These photographs were labeled "Modern Farming", and appear to have been taken of a display and demonstration of modern farm equipment during the 1950's, early 1960's in Livingston County.

    The exact location, date, and names of the persons in the photographs are unknown.
  • HCDL-ngp-H006-06-0024_u.jpg

    These photographs were labeled, "Smith House W. Grand River, Howell by airport. Also known as Gable House".   Fred Smith owned the home at 3720 West Grand River Avenue, Howell, Michigan in 1930.   It was also known as the House of Seven Gables.

    A fire started by lightening in 1948 may have destroyed the barns.  The persons in the picture are unknown.  The date of this picture is unknown. 

    This “House of Seven Gables” was built in 1886-87 by the farm family of Frank J. and Ada Hecox. A plastered brick wall in the basement is inscribed with Frank Hecox’s initials and the date 1887. The Hecox family left the area by 1900, and Ada sold the farm in 1909. In 1963 the county acquired most of the acreage to form part of the site of the Livingston County Airport. This house, with its pressed-tin-shingle mansard roof, is a unique example of the Second Empire style in the Howell area. Historical Marker Database Information for this house.

    In 1910, the August Krause family lived in this home.
  • HCDL-ngp-H006-06-0038_u.jpg

    This photograph was labeled, "Smith House W. Grand River, Howell by airport. Also known as Gable House".   Fred Smith owned the home at 3720 West Grand River Avenue, Howell, Michigan in 1930.   It was also known as the House of Seven Gables.  The view is looking west from the property and in view is the Lone Pine Dairy, at 3750 West Grand River Avenue.

    A fire started by lightening in 1948 may have destroyed the barns.  The persons in the picture are unknown.  The date of this picture is unknown. 

    This “House of Seven Gables” was built in 1886-87 by the farm family of Frank J. and Ada Hecox. A plastered brick wall in the basement is inscribed with Frank Hecox’s initials and the date 1887. The Hecox family left the area by 1900, and Ada sold the farm in 1909. In 1963 the county acquired most of the acreage to form part of the site of the Livingston County Airport. This house, with its pressed-tin-shingle mansard roof, is a unique example of the Second Empire style in the Howell area.(https://www.hmdb.org/m.asp?m=174718).

    In 1910, the August Krause family lived in this home.
  • The pictures shows the barns in the background, and in the foreground is an unknown man.

    Photographs taken at the farm at 3790 Fisher Road, Howell, Michigan; it was labeled, "Burns Home".

    The date of the photographs are unknown.
  • HCDL-ngp-S004-01-0053_u.jpg

    This is a photograph looking west at 2280 West Grand River Avenue, Howell, Michigan, 1986.  The factory at that time was A. E. Parker & Sons.   On the south side of Grand River Avenue is a tile silo.
  • HCDL-ngp-H006-06-0104_u.jpg

    Aerial photo - VanKeuren Farm, Oceola Twp., Michigan
    Eager Road at Curdy Road
    Year unknown
  • HCDL-ngp-P006-01-0007_u.jpg

    Aerial Photo, Howell, Michigan, Kimble Farm - 1930
  • HCDL-ngp-F002-04-0036_u.jpg

    Aerial Photo, 2005 Pinckney Road, Howell, Michigan - Sorg Family Farm - 1998
  • HCDL-ngp-P006-01-0041_u.jpg

    Aerial Photograph - Howell, Michigan, Robert M. Smith Farm 1980
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