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OLD HOWELL & PIETY HILL Mrs. Winifred Ross & Mrs. Nellie Glenn N STA1 f. ) fiOv..IElL OLD HOWELL & PIETY HILL ( PARTIAL CORRECTED COPY BY NELLIE LANSING GLENN 8-30-64, ADDED CHANGES FROM OTHER COPIES 6/81, RETYPED WITH SOME PUNCTUATION AND SPELLING CHANGES BY CHESTER F, CLARK 1/88 ) , OLD HOWELL & PIETY HILL THE DESCRIPTION OF OLD HOUSES IN HOWELL DATES FROM 1875 THE NAMES TAKEN FROM THE 1875 ATLAS BY F,W, BEERS & CO" AND FROM THE COPY OF THE LITHOGRAPH OF HOWELL MADE IN 1877 AS A BIRDS-EYE VIEW OF THE TOWN, BEGINNING AT THE NORTH END OF THE PRESENT MICHIGAN AVENUE, PART OF WHICH WAS IN THE EARLY MAPS CALLED MILL STRE ET, AND FROM HIGGINS STREET SOUTH WAS CALLED EAST STREET, THE ONLY HOUSE STILL STANDING AND OCCUPIED, WAS OWNED BY W, WRIGHT, A RED BRICK, UPRIGHT AND WING, ON THE EAST SIDE OF MILL ST, IN THE BLOCK BETWEEN MAD ISON AND SUMMIT STREETS, FOR MANY YEARS IT WAS THE HOME OF MR S, NUTTING, EDWIN p, NUTTING AND HIS SISTER MISS LuCY NUTTING, THOMAS W, BREWER LIVED IN A LARGE WHITE WOODEN HOUSE AT THE NW CORNER OF MILL AND SUMMIT STREETS (1875 ); IN 1885 BERT PARSONS AND FAMILY LIVED THERE , THERE WERE FOUR SONS IN THAT FAMIL Y, MR, PARSONS WAS THEN A GROCER, LATER IN 1890 WHEN THE MICHIGAN CONDENSED MILK FACTORY WAS ESTABLISHED IN HOWELL, HE WAS IT S FIRST SUPERIN TENDENT, VERY SOON GOING TO NEW YORK CITY WHERE HE HELD A POSITION WITH THE SAME COMPANY, MR, PARSONS WAS A MAN OF GREAT ACTIVITY IN ALL PUBLIC ENTERPRISES OF THE TOWN AND WAS SECY, OF THE PRESBYTERIAN SUNDAY SCHOOL AT THE TIME OF HIS REMOVAL TO NEW YORK , HIS RETURN TO TOWN FOR A SHORT VISIT WAS ALWAYS THE SIGNAL FOR MUCH ENTERTAINMENT IN HIS HONOR, AFTER THE PARSONS FAMIL Y VACATED THE HOUSE, MR, A, A, PIATT WHO HAD COME TO HOWELL ABOUT 1890 FROM LANSING TO SUPERINTEND THE BENDING WORKS, AND ESTABLISHMENT WHICH WORKED IN WOOD, MADE AXLES, ETC" AND WAS LOCATED NEAR THE SI TE OF THE MILK FACTORY (NOW THE BRUCE PRODUC TS) , LIVED THERE FOR A NUMBER OF YEARS, THERE WERE SEVERAL CHILDREN IN THE PIATT FAMILY- MARIE, HOWARD, ROBERT AND LAWRENCE, THE MOTHER DIED IN THE WINTER OF 1891 DURING A DIPTHERIA EPIDEMIC WHICH TOOK THE LIVES OF SEVERAL PERSONS IN HOWELL, AND LATER AFTER THE JOSEPH TITUS FAMILY VACATED THEIR HOME ON W, GRAND RIVER AT TOMPKINS STREET, - THE FAMILY LIVED THERE UNTIL THEY RETURNED TO LANSING, MR, PIATT MARRIED FOR HIS SECOND WirE MISS ELIZABETH CLARK, THE DAUGHTER OF GEORGE CLARK, A PIONEER FAMILY IN TOWN, THE PlATTS LIVED FOR MANY YEARS IN LANSING WHERE THEY WERE ACTIVE IN THE DEVELOPMENT OF THAT CITY AND ITS INDUSTRIES, FOLLOWING THE PIATTS,THE HERBERT ACKLEY FAMILY LIVED IN THIS BREWER HOU SE FOR MANY YEARS, MR, ACKLEY WAS A DROVER, BUYING AND SELLING LIVE STOCK, Two CHILDREN, VERN AND EVA (MRS, FRED VANDERCOOK ) LIVED THERE DURING SCHOOL DAYS OF EARLY 1900's, No OTHER HOUSEi FACED MILL STREET IN THE OLD PICTURE UNTIL THE LARGE BRICK HOME OF WM, MCPHERSON SR, AND HIS SON EDWARD G, MCPHERSON IN THE BLOCK BETWEEN LAKE AND HIGGINS, BOTH OF THE HOU SES IN THAT BLOCK WERE WELL BACK IN THE YARDS, THE ENTRANCE TO THE E, G, MCPHERSON HOUSE FACED HIGGINS STREET, WM, MCPHERSON SR, HAD BEEN ONE OF THE EARLIEST SETTLERS IN THE VILLAGE, COMING TO HOWELL FROM SCOTLAND IN 1836 AND LIVING HIS FIRST YEARS IN THE WESTERN PART OF THE VILLAGE, HE WAS THE FATHER OF FOUR SONS AND FOUR DAUGHTERS, ALL OF WHOM WERE AT THE TIME OF THE PICTURE (1877) LIVING AT HOME OR VERY NEAR, AS THIS ACCOUNT WILL SHOW, THE FAMILY HOME IS NOW IN 1964 THE RESIDENCE OF HIS GRANDSON, WILLIAM MCPHERSON III, THE E, G, MCPHERSON HOME BECAME, AFTER HER MARRIAGE TO HENRY T, BROWNING, THE HOME OF MCPHERSON'S THIRD DAUGHTER, MARY BROWNING, THIS FAMILY HAD FOUR CHILDREN - WM, MCPHERSON BROWNING, ELIZABETH BROWNING, ISABELL BROWNING (MANN), AND A SON ROBERT WHO J DIED IN INFANCY, IN 1900 THE BROWNING FAMILY MOVED TO CHICAGO. LATER RETURNING TO HOWELL WH ERE THE Y LI VED IN THE ALEXANDER MCPHERSON HOME ON WEST GRAND RIVER ( DEMOLISHED TO MAKE WAY FOR THE COMMUNITY CENTER PROPERT V, MRS, BROWNING'S SON, WILLIAM MCPHERSON BROWNING AND HIS FAMILY RESIDED THERE UNTIL MR, BROWNING'S DEATH IN RECENT YEARS, THE EDWARD GREGORY MCPHERSON FAMIL Y WHO LIVED IN THE HOUSE ABOVE MENTIONED MOVED TO THE LARGE RED BRICK HOU SE WHICH HAD BEEN BUILT BY THE SECOND SON OF WM, MCPHERSON SR,. ALEXAND ER. ON THE SE CORNER OF EAST STREET AT CLINTON, ALEXANDER MCP HERSON BUILT SOME TIME AFTER 1877 THE BRICK HOUSE ON W, GRAND RIVER (C OMMUNITY CENTER NOW). AND THE E ,G, MCPHERSON FAMIL Y THEN MOVED INT O HIS HOME, THIS HOUSE WAS REMODELED AS THE MCPHERSON COMMUNITY HOSPITAL ABOUT 1923 AND SO USED UNTIL ITS DEMOLITION AND THE ERECTION OF THE PRESENT MCPHERSON STATE BANK ON THIS S ITE ABOUT 1956, NEXT SO UTH FROM HIGGINS STREET ON EAST STREET WERE THE HOMES OF HENRY H, MILLS WHO HAD MARRIED THE ELDEST DAUGHTER OF MR, MCPHERSON SR ,. AND NEXT SOUTH. WM, MCPHERSON JR,. ELDEST SON OF THE FAMILY WHOSE WIFE WAS JENNY RANN EY, THEI R CHILDREN WERE FREDERIC K RANNEY WHO DIED EARLY IN HIS LIFE. ALICE MCPHERSON ( MRS, WILLIAM C, SPENCER ). MARY MCPHERSON ( MRS, JAY BIGELOW ). AND ROBERT BRUCE MCPHERSON, THE WM, MCPHERSON JR, FAMILY BUILT THE LARGE HOUSE IN THE EXTREME WEST END OF HOWELL ON GRA ND RIVER -NORTH SIDE IN 1874, THE HOME WHICH THEY OCCUPIED ON EAST ST, WAS LATER DEMOLISHED AND THE SITE PURCHASED AND DEVELOPED A MEMORIAL PARK BY THE LIVING CHILDREN OF MR, AND MRS, WILLIAM MCPHERSON JR, A DIAGONAL WALK CONNECTED THE EAST ST, SIDE OF THE PROPERTY WITH MAIN ST, (NOW STATE ST,), TREES AND SHRUBS WERE PLANTED, THIS WITH THE MILLS HOME ( LATER THE HOME OF FRANK, ELLA AND MOLLY BURT) IS NOW THE LOCATION OF THE MACDoNALD FUNERAL HOME, OCCUPIED THE WHOLE BLOCK BETWEEN HIGGINS AND NORTH STREET S , IN 1886 NORTH ST" NEXT SOU TH WAS CLOSED AS A STREET BY THE BUILDING THERE OF A TUNNEL FOR THE TOLEDO, ANN ARBOR & NORTHERN RAILROAD, THIS TUNNEL, THEN COVERED WITH PLANKS, EXTENDED FROM EAST ST, TO BARNARD , COVERED BR IDGE S PROVIDED PASSAGE OVER EAST, MAIN AND COURT STREETS , LATER, THE PLAN KS COVERING THE TUNN EL WERE UNSAFE, THEY WERE REMOVED BETW EEN THE STREETS AND THE RAILR OAD RAN AS IT DOES TODA Y IN THE CUT THRU THAT SPACE, THE E , G, MCPHERSON (BROWN ING ) HOUSE WAS REPLACED BY THE PRESENT CEMENT BLOCK BUI LDING FACING HIGGINS ST" BUIL T BY EUGENE E, STOWE AND OCCUPIED BY HIS FAMILY UNTIL RECENTLY, A HOU SE BUILT BY A MR, SWANN WAS ERECTEDON THE SW CORN ER OF THE WM, MCPHERSON PROPERTY, SOU TH OF NORTH ST , ( NOW THE TUNNEL ) WAS ONCE AN IR ON WORKING ESTABLISHMENT BU T THE 1875 MAP SHOWS THE SI TE AS THE HOME OF ANDREW WADDELL WHO WAS ONE OF THE LEADING LAWYERS AND CITIZENS OF EARLY HOWELL, THE GRAND ARMY POST WAS NAMED FOR HIM, MR , WADDELL HAD DIED BEFORE 1885 ( MY EARLIEST KNOWLEDG E OF THIS TO WN ) AND AT ONE TIME THE FAMILY OF ED , K, JOHNSON LIVED IN THIS HOUSE , IT WAS FOR MANY LATER YEARS THE HOME OF LYMAN VAND ER COOK, MR, VANDERCO OK WAS LIVINGSTON CO, SHER IFF SOMETIME BEFORE 1890, AND DIED I BE LIE VE IN OFFI CE , THAT HOUSE STIL L STANDS ON THIS SITE, THE SA LVATION ARMY WAS THERE LATER, Now IN 1981 THE SITE IS A PARKING LOT FOR MCPHERSON STA TE BANK, THE 1877 PICTURE SHOWS THE LARGE RED BRICK HOUSE WITH THE MANSARD ROOF, THEN THE HOME ( AS MENTIONED BEFORE ) OF ALEXANDER MCPHERSON AND E , G, MCPHERSON, NOW THE SI TE OF THE MCPHERSON STATE BANK , THIS BRINGS ONE TO THE BUSINESS SECTION OF THE VILLAGE WHICH WILL BE TAKEN UP AS A SEPARATE PART OF THIS ARTICLE, ONLY ONE HOUSE ON THE WEST SIDE OF MILL ST, IS SHOWN IN THE 1877 PICTURE WHICH WE THINK WAS THE S,W, BOWERS HOME, LATER OCCUPIED FOR MANY YEARS BY HIS DAUGHTERS, ONE OF WHOM WAS MISS ELLA BOWERS, WE THINK THIS HOUSE IS STILL STANDING NEAR PRESENT RIDDLE ST, AT N, MICHIGAN, HERBERT GILLETTE BUILT THE PRESENT HOME ON A PART OF TH I S PROPERTY, A LARGE SWAMP OCCUP I ED THE AREA NORTH OF THE "CAT HOLE", A POND AT ONE TIME OF LARGER S IZE AND SAID TO BE "BOTTOMLESS", WHICH IS JUST NORTH OF THE ANN ARBOR RR DEPOT, No STREET EAST AND WEST WAS CUT THRU THIS SECTION AND FEW HOUSES WERE SHOWN ON EITHER MAP OR PICTURE, FACING MILL ST, WHICH BEGAN AT SO CALLED EAST ST, WHERE HIGGINS ENDED AT MILL AND EAST, IT IS ALL NOW N, MICHIGAN AVE, WETMORE ST, WHICH IS THE SOUTHERN SIDE OF THE A A R R DEPOT ENDED FROM THE WEST AT EAST ST, ITS CONTINUATION WAS NORTH ST, ( A A R R TUNNEL AT PRESENT), OF THE THREE HOUSES ON THE WEST SIDE OF N, EAST ST, BEFORE ONE REACHED WETMORE ST" ONE WAS IN THE 1880's THE HOME OF GEORGE CLARK, MRS, CLARK WAS THE DAUGHTER OF A MR, AXTELL, ONE OF THE PIONEERS, HIS SON GEORGE AXTELL WAS AT ONE TIME CONNECTED WITH THE LIVINGSTON REPUBLICAN PRESS, THE CLARKS HAD THREE DAUGHTERSMARY (MRS, CARD ) , ELIZABETH ( MRS, A, A, PIATT ), WINIFRED ( MRS, GREGORY), AND A SON WM, CLARK, WE BELIEVE MR, CLARK WAS ONE OF THE FIRM OF CLARK & WYCKOFF, FOUNDRY OWNERS, WM, BROOKS LATER LIVED IN HIS HOUSE FOR MANY YEARS, THE NEXT HOUSE SHOWN ON BOTH MAP AND PICTURE IS THE J,B, SK ILBECK HOME, A LOW RED BRICK, STILL STANDING AND ONCE OCCUPIED BY THE TOM SWITZER FAMILY, THE JOHN BICKHARTS, AND MORE RECENTLY BY A MR, VANBuREN, THE HOUSE WHICH IN BOTH ILLUSTRAiiONS QUOTED, STOOD ON THE EXACT SITE OF THE TUNNEL AND WAS NO DOUBT REMOVED WHEN THAT ROAD WAS CONSTRUCTED, THIS HOUSE WAS MARKED ON THE MAP AS THE HOME OF W,C, RUMSEY, AND NO DOUBT WAS A CENTER OF ACTIVE FAMILY LIFE FOR MR, RUMSEY'S NAME IS OFTEN MENTIONED IN THE HISTORY OF THE TOWN, THE BLOCK BETWEEN WETMORE ST, AND W, CLINTON ON THE WEST SIDE OF EAST ST, HAD ONLY TWO HOUSES FACING EAST ST, THE MILO GAY HOME OCCUPIED THE SITE OF THE PRESENT HOUSE OWNED BY MRS, ED, BEACH, WHICH WAS REBUILT BY THE LATE MANCHESTER BEACH, MAN MILLINER OF HOWELL FOR MANY YEARS, BEFORE HIS SON EDWARD LIVED THERE, THIS HOUSE WAS REMOVED TO MAKE WAY FOR A PARKING LOT 1972-3, THE MILO GAY HOME TOO WAS A PART OF THE MCPHERSON SAGA OF THAT NEIGHBORHOOD, FOR MRS, GAY WAS HARRIETT RANNEY, THE SISTER OF MRS, WM, MCPHERSON JR, AFTER WM, MCPHERSON JR, BUILT HIS HOME ON W, GRAND RIVER ( NOW DEMOLISHED), MR, GAY ERECTED THE DUPLICATE WM, MCPHERSON JR, HOUSE ON THE SITE AT 824 W, GRAND RIVER, OF THE THIS LARGE HOUSE WITH A CUPOLA WAS REPLACED IN THE 1920's BY THE PRESENT HOME OF JUDGE HIRAM SMITH, THIS SECTION OF HOWELL IS KNOWN AS THE FIRST AND SECOND PROSPECT ADDITIONS TO THE VILLAGE, AND NEXT SOUTH OF THE OLD GAY HOME ON EAST ST, WAS THE OLD RESIDENCE OF THE REV, GREGORY, AN EARLY PASTOR OF THE FIRST PRESBYTERIAN CHURCH, ABOUT 1882 THE SON OF THIS REV, GREGORY , E,P , GREGORY, WHO WAS LIVING IN HIS FATHER'S OLD HOME AND WAS THEN MARRIED TO ELIZABETH MCPHERSON, THE SECOND DAUGHTER OF WM, MCPHERSON SR" BUILT A LARGE FRAME HOUSE AT THE CORNER OF W, GRAND RIVER AT TOMPKINS, ON THE SOUTH SIDE, THE PROPERTY ADJOINING THE NEW HOME OF ALEXANDER MCPHERSON (NOW COMMUNITY CENTER PROPERTY), THE GREGORY FAMILY, EDWARD P. AND LIBBY MCPHERSON GREGORY, AND THEIR CHILDRENCHARLES, EDWARD, WILLIAM, MCPHERSON GREGORY, GRACE AND JULIE AND THE YOUNGEST CHILD, HENRY PAYSON GREGORY, LIVED THERE UNTIL ABOUT 1892 WHEN AFTER -THE DEATH OF MRS. HENRY AND GRACE, AND THE REMOVAL FROM TOWN OF THE OTHER CHILDREN, THE HOUSE WAS RENTED TO DIFFERENT FAMILIES. THE JUDGE OF PROBATE EDGER FAMILY LIVED THERE PRIOR TO 1900, LATER THE REV. CROSBY FAMILY, THE ELLIOTT FAMILY AND OTHERS. THE HOUSE WAS LATER REMODELED BY WM . MCPHER SON SM ITH, ONLY SON OF THE YOUNGEST DAUGHTER ELLA OF WM. MCPHERS ON SR. LATER THE HOUSE WAS OCCUPIED BY DON MAIN. THIS HOUSE IS MUCH ALTERED IN APPEARANCE. THE FRANK E. LANSING FAMILY LIVED IN THE OLD GREGORY HOUS E ON EAST ST. AT W. CLINTON FROM JULY 1885 THRU 1887 WHEN THEY MOVED TO THE W.W. KENYON TENANT HOUSE ON E. CLINTON ST. FACING HESSE ST. LATER THEY BUILT IN 1890 THE HOME AT 818 W. GRAND RIVER WHICH IS STILL STANDING. FRANK LANSING WAS NELLIE GLENN'S FATHE R. THE GREGORY HOUSE WAS ALLOWED TO DETERIORATE AND WAS FINALLY REMOVED TO MAPLE ST. NEAR ISBELL, REMODELED, AND IS NOW IN USE AS A RESIDENCE. THE CORNER OF EAST ST. AT CLINTON IS NOW OCCUPI ED BY AN OIL STATION AND PARKING LOT. BETWEEN THE MILO GAY ( BEACH ) HOUSE AND THE OLD GREGORY HOMESTEAD A NEWER HOUSE WAS ERECTED ABOUT 1885 OWNED BY A MR. PEEBLES WHO HAD SOME CONNECTION THRU HIS SON-IN-LAW (I THINK ) WITH THE HOTEL BUSINESS IN HOWELL- THE NATIONAL HOTEL (NOW ADAMS STORE). BETWEEN THE PEEBLES HOME AND THE GREGORY HOUSE A LONG RED WOODEN BUILDING WAS ERECTED BY E.P. GREGORY, AND USED FOR THE FIRST ROLLER SKATING RINK. IN 1885-6 THE FIRST SALVATION ARMY CORP IN HOWELL HELD ITS MEETINGS THERE. LATER THE BUILDING HOUSED THE ANNUAL WOOL COLLECTION OF THE MCPHERSON BROTHERS AND WAS USED FOR VARIOUS OTHER PURPO SES UNTIL IT S DEMOLITION, DR, EARNEST BR OWN E AND HI S FAMILY LIVED FOR MANY YEARS AFTER 1900 IN THE PEEBLES HOUS E AND MADE ALTER ATI ONS ON IT, IT WAS LATER OW NED BY MRS, LAURA SHAR PE -RuSS ELL . AND IS STILL IN USE AS A DWE LLING, ONLY ONE OTHER DWELLING HOUSE BELONG S IN THIS LIST OF HOMES OF THE EARLY DAYS NORTH OF GRAND RIV ER, A LARGE WHITE HOU SE OF THE 1850-60 PERIOD STOOD JUST WEST OF EAST ST , ON THE SOU TH SIDE OF W, CLINTON, THE 1875 AT LAS MAP LISTS IT AS BELONGING TO E,A, YO UNG . BUT IN 1885 A FAM IL Y NAMED CHARLES BROWN LIVED THERE, MR, BROWN WAS A JEWELER, THE HOUSE WAS LAT ER MOVED TO THE CO RNER OF W, CLINTON AND N, CENTER STS, AND WAS FOR MANY YEARS TH E HOME OF GEORGE CHAPE L AND HIS FAMILY , IT I S NOW 204 N, CE NTER ST , THE HOME OF ROB ERT CHAPEL, THERE WERE IN HOWE LL A NUMBER OF HOU SES OF THI S TYPE KNOW N AS THE "PIPP" HOU SES FR OM THE BUILDER MR, P IPP WHO SE OWN HOME IN HIS LATER YEARS WAS OF AN ENTIRELY DIFFERENT TYP E AN D I S I BELIEVE THE PRESENT HOME AT 210 N, CENTER OF WM, F, PIPP, THE NORTHEA ST PART OF HOWELL WAS KNOWN IN THE OLD DAYS AS PIETY HI LL, AM NOT SUR E OF THE EXAC T AREA COV ERED THI S DESIGNATION BETWEEN E, GRAND RI VER AND N, EAST STS,. NO R WHY ITS DE SIGN ATI ON. BUT A NUMBER OF HOUSES BUI LT IN THI S AREA ARE STILL IN USE. THE ONES BE ING REMODELED TO SOM E EXTENT, IN 1875 THE ONLY HOUSE IN THE BLOCK NEXT WES T OF THE OAK GROVE CEME TER Y ( NOW CAL LErr LAKES IDE ) WHI CH HAD BEEN LOC ATED AT IT S PRESENT SITE AFTER 1860. WAS THE HOME OF I,W, BUSH. BETWEEN THOMPSON AND MADISON STS,. A LARGE WHITE FRAME SET WE LL BACK FROM THE STREET AMONG TREES, IN 1888 IT WAS VACAN T AND A SMA LL POX EPIDE MIC PLAGUING HOWELL SERIOUSLY THAT YEAR. THIS HOUSE WAS US ED FOR AN ISOLATION "P EST HOUSE", FOR MANY YEARS AFTER IT WAS AVOIDED BY FAMILIE S UNTIL A I t i I MR. FRISBEE RESTORED IT TO A RESIDENCE. A FIRE PARTIALLY DESTROYED IT I N LATE R YEARS BU T IT I S AGAIN REMODELED AND NOW A RES ID ENCE OF WALTER J. PARKS. Now IN 1981 IT I S TH E HOME OF Lou & SHIRLEY THE D.C. & A.C. KNEE LAND HOM E, FIR ST HOUSE FACING STATE ST. SO UTH OF MADISON IS STILL STAN DING AND WAS AT A LATE R TIME THE HOME OF THE THOMA S GORDON FAMILY UNTIL THEIR REMOVAL TO DETRO IT . THE DAUGHTER OF MR. KN EELAND WAS MAUD KNEELAND GOUGH, WIFE OF CHAR LES GOUGH, AND A NIECE OF GOV . EDWIN WINANS. THE J .A . PRES TON HOME HAD A CU POL A AND STOOD AT THE NW COR4ER OF SUMMIT AND STATE STS. THE ATTORNEY LOUI S HO WLE TT FAMI LY LI VED THERE UNTIL MRS. HOW LETT' S DEATH ABOUT 1960. IN 1970 THIS WAS r HE HOME OF THE FL OYD PERKINS FAMIL Y. THE VANKEUREN FAMILY - J . ,C HAR LES, ALEX AND HARRY- WERE ALSO LONG TIME RE SID ENT S OF A HOUSE FAC IN G STATE ST. FRANK HI CK EY LIVED AT THE CORNER OF STA TE AND MO NROE STS. MR. HIC KEY WAS BURNED TO DEATH IN THE GREAT FIRE OF 1892. MRS. HICCEY AND HER TWO CHILDREN, EVA ( MR S .R. BRUCE MCPERSON ) AND BRUCE HI C( EY LIVED THERE FOR MANY YEARS AFTER. ON THE NW CORNER OF STATE AND MONROE STS . THE 12R. W. J. MILLS FA MI LY LI VED. DR. MILLS WAS A HO MEOPATHIC PHYSICIAN AND AN ADVENTIST, LON G INTERE STED IN THE DR. KE LLO GG SANA TARIUM AT BA TTLE CREEK. THE NE XT HOUSE (1885) , AT TH E CORNER OF STA TE AND LAKE WAS THE MILE S BULLOCK HOME. MR. BULLOCK, A CIVIL WAR VETERAN, WAS A SURVEym AND CAP ITALI ST, AND THE FATHER OF MISS D. EDITH BUL LOCK, A IN HOWELL AND GRAND RAPIDS SCHOOLS WHO DIED RECENT LY AT THE AGE OF NINET Y YEARS. THE BU LL OCK HOME I S LI STED IN THE 1875 MAP AS BEIN G BUI LT BY GEORGE LEE OF THE WELL REMEMBERED BUSINESS F IR M OF GEO i GE AND FREDERICK LEE . AFTER YEARS, THE JOHN RYAN FAMILY OCCUPIED THE II DR, NILLS HOUSE, THERE ARE MANY OTHER NAMES OF OLDER FAMILIES WHO AT VARIOUS TIMES RESIDED ON N, MAIN ( NOW STATE ST,), THE T,P, STOWE FAMILY LIVED IN THE HIRAM WING HOME IN 1899, THE GEORGE BARDED, THE LAVERNE BROKAW, ETC, ( THOUGH IN NEWER HOUSES) ALL HOUSES ON THE WEST SIDE OF THE BLOCKS ON STATE, FROM LAKE ST, TO FACING MAIN (STATE) THE PROPERTY ON THE EAST SIDE IS LISTED IN THE 1875 ATLAS AS BEING OWNED BY NATHAN J, HICKEY, MR, HICKEY'S HOUSE, A LOW RED BRICK, STOOD ON THE CORNER OF MAIN AND HIGGINS, FACING HIGGINS, THIS WAS THE EXTREME SOUTHERN CORNER OF THE BLOCK AND UNTIL ABOUT 1885 WHEN MR, HICKEY'S DAUGHTER, MRS, HOMER N, BEACH, LIVED IN A NEWER HOUSE IN THE NORTH CORNER OF THE BLOCK, WAS ALONE, MRS, BEACH HAD ONE DAUGHTER, EMILY, WHO MARRIED ALBERT L, SMITH AND THE SMITHS LIVED IN THAT HOUSE AFTER MR, BEACH'S DEATH AND UNTIL MRS, SMITH DIED, IT IS NOW AN HOUSE, THE OLD RED BRICK N,S, HICKEY HOME WAS OCCUPIED AT VARIOUS TIMES BY A MR, PARSHALL, BY EDWARD SHIELDS ABOUT 1900, AND STILL LATER BY THE RICHARD BARRON FAMILY, MRS, NESMITH NOW OWNS IT AND HAS REMODELED IT TO SOME EXTENT, AT THE CORNER OF HIGGINS AND LAKE WELL BACK IN THE YARD ON THE NW SIDE OF THE BLOCK STANDS A HOUSE LISTED IN THE 1875 ATLAS AS BELONGING TO p, BARNARD, AFTER 1900 THIS HOUSE WAS THE HOME OF D,W. NEWELL AND HIS FAMILY, MISS ANNA ( MRS, NEWELL WAS A BARNARD AND VERY PROBABLY THIS WAS THE HOME OF HER FATHER, SHE HAD A BROTHER WALLACE BARNARD WHOSE NAME APPEARS FREQUENTLY IN THE 1880 HISTORY OF THE VILLAGE, HE LATER LIVED IN PINCKNEY, .NEITHER THE 1875 MAP OR THE PICTURE OF 1877 SHOWS IT BUT IN 1841 THE CONGREGATIONAL CHURCH WAS ORGANIZED IN HOWELL AFTER A DISAGREEMENT AMONG THE ORIGINAL MEMBERS OF THE PRESBYTERIAN CHURCH WHICH HAD BEEN ORGANIZED IN 1838 . I N 1838, THE LIVIN GS TON 1880 HISTORY STATES, THE CHURCH ORGANIZATION PURCHASED A LOT THE NE CORNER OF MAIN AND NOR TH ( NOW AARR TUNNEL ) AND TH ERE BEGAN THE BUILDING OF A CHURCH EDIFICE IN 1852. AFTER A LONG DELA Y THE BUILDING WAS COMPLETED AND SERVED BOTH THE CONGREGATIONAL SOCIETY AND THE EPISCOPAL CHURCH WHICH HAD BEEN ORGANIZED AS "ALL SAI NTS CHURCH OF HOWELL" ON THE 12TH DAY OF DECEMBER 1857. THE EPI SC OPAL CHURCH MET IN THE COUNTY COURT HOU SE WHICH WAS ERECTED IN 184 ) ON THE SITE OF THE PRESENT COURT HOUSE WHICH WAS ERECTED I N 1890 . THE 1880 HISTORY STATES THAT THE COMMITTEE OF THE EP IS COPA L SECURED THE CONGREGATIONAL CHURCH BUILDING IN 1854 AND CONTIN UED TO USE IT. THE CONGREGATIONAL SOCIETY WAS DISBANDED IN 1855, THE BUILDING SOLD AT AUCTION AND DEMOLISHED IN 1872 . THE MATERIAL WAS USED IN REMODELING THE OLD BAPTIST CH URCH WHI CH THEN STOOD ON THE SITE OF THE NEW PRESENT ONE. THE BAPTIST CHUR CH I S VER Y EASILY RECOGNIZED IN THE BIRD'S-EYE PICTURE OF 1877, BUT NO EVIDENCE REMAINS OF THE CONGREGATIONAL CHURCH WH ICH MUST HAVE STOOD ABOUl ON THE LINE OF THE PRE SE NT AARR TUNNEL. THE 187 5 MA P SHOWS THIS CORNER AT THE TUNNEL AND COURT ST. AS BEING OWNED BY E . C. WRIGHT AND A HOU SE STILL STANDING NEXT TO THE RAILROAD WAS KNOWN TO ME IN 1885 AS THE WRIGHT HOME. IT I S STILL STANDING THERE. THE STREET KNOWN IN THE EARLIER DAY S AS NORTH ST. (T HE TUNNEL ) WAS ONLY THREE BLOCKS LONG ENDING AT BARNARD ST. WHAT WAS THE FIRST SITE OF AN OLD CEMETERY, LATER THE ELECTRIC POWER HOUSE ( FIRST IN HOWELL) ON THAT SAME SITE WHICH IS NOW OCCUPIED BY PURDY tWmDRUFF LUMBER CO, ALL SAINTS EPISCOPAL CHURCH WAS REORGANIZED AS SAINT JOHNS CHURCH IN 1868 (NOW CHRISTIAN CHURCH 1970), AND SERVICES WERE HELD IN THE COURT HOUSE, IRREGULARLY, AND DISCONTINUED IN 1879, THE PRESENr ST, JOHNS ON S, WALNUT ST, MUST HAVE BEEN BUILT AFTER 1880 FOR IT IS NOT MENTIONED IN THE 1880 LIVINGSTON HISTORY, BUT WAS IN ITS PRESENT LOCATION IN 1885, WHICH WAS PART OF THE ORIGINAL VILLAGE SQUARE AS PLANNED WHEN HOWELL WAS FIRST LAID OUT AS A TOWN, THE DATE OF ITS ERECTION COULD BE VERIFIED FROM ITS CORNERSTONE TODAY, THIS ACCOUNT OF THE BUILDINGS ON N, MAIN (STATE) AS KNOWN TODAY BRINGS US TO THE PRESENT SITE OF THE BAPTIST CHURCH WHICH IS ON THE SAME LOC ATION AS THE EARLIER CHURCH (BAPTIST) ERECTED IN 1846 , THE SOCIETY HAD WORSHIPPED, FROM ITS ORGANIZATION IN 1838, IN THE OLD FRAME SCHOOL HOUSE THE SITE OF WHICH IS NOW MARKED BY A DAR BOULDER ON GREGORY ST, SOUTH OF SIBLEY ST, QC UPYING THE SOUTH OF THE CHURCH, BOUNDED ON THE NORTH BY CLINTON COURT ( NOW CHURCH ST,) WHICH THE CHURCH FACES, ON THE WEST BY MAIN (S TATE ), THE SOUTH BY E, GRAND RIVER, AND THE EAST BY COURT ST, IS THE COUNTY COURT AND JAIL ( NOW CALLED THE DETENTION HOME), WHEN THIS COUNTY BUILDING WAS ERECTED IN 1846-7 BY E,B, TAYLOR THE TOTAL COST WAS $5928, THE BELFRY WAS ERECTED UPON THE CONDITION THAT THE VILLAGE WOULD RAISE THE MONEY TO BUY A BELL, IN 1890 WHEN THE PRESENT COURT HOUSE WAS ERECTED ON THE SAME SITE, THE BELL WAS REMOVED AND SAVED BY FISHBECK BROS, AND OTHERS,MOUNTED AND JUST INSIDE THE BAR RAIL IN THE CIRCUIT COURT ROOM IN THE 1890 COURT HOUSE, PER NOTES IN THE 1911 HISTORY OF HOWELL BY A, RILEY CRITTENDEN, THE FIRST COURT HOUSE BUILDING WAS A LAR GE ONE WIT H BELFRV, THE JAIL IN THE REAR . I REMEMBER THE BUILDING WAS STUCCO COVEREDAT LEAST IT WAS A GREY COLOR. ON EACH SIDE EAST AND WEST WERE TWO SMALL ONE-STORY OFFICE BUILDINGS OF THE JUDGE OF PROBATE AND THE COUNTY TREASURER. CLINTON ST. NOW CUTS THRU AT THE REAR OF THE COURT HOUSE BETWEEN IT AND THE JAIL. THEN IT WAS ONLY A WALK . THE OLD JAIL WAS ERECTED BEFORE THE PRESENT COUR THOU SE, ABOU T L885, AND HOUSED AS WELL AS TH E PRISONERS THE FAMILY OF THE SHERIFF. IT WAS OF RED BRICK TWO STORIES HIGH AND QUITE A FINE BU IL DING FO! THE TOWN BEFORE THE COURT HOU SE WAS BUILT IN A STYL E THEN VERY POPULAR THROUGHOUT MICHIGAN. IN THE EA RLY DAYS OF THE VIL LAGE . COURT WAS HELD IN MANY PLACES- IN THE EAGLE TAVERN, THE F IR ST SCHOOL HOU SE, STORES, AND THE FIRST PRESBYTERIAN CHURC H BUILDING. A f ULL ACC OUN T OF THE EARLY LEGAL PROCESSES OF THE COUNTY WI LL BE FOU HD IN THE 1880 HISTORY, AND ON PAGE S 55-55-57 OF TH E 1911 HISTORY OF HOWELL BY A. RILEY CRITTENDEN. RETURNING NOW TO THE HOME S ON N. COUR T ST ., AS SHOWN I N THE MA P AND PICTURE, AND GOING NORTH FROM HIGGINS ST . , WE FIND THE VER I OLD HOUSE OF E.H. SMITH STILL STANDING AND OCCUPIED. NORTH OF THI S ON THE EAST SID E OF N. COURT I S PROPERTY LI STED AS OWNED BY E . B. UINA NS ( LATER GOV. OF MICH.) AND NOW OCCUPIED FOR MANY YEARS BY A HOME KNOWN AS THE WM. P. VANWINK LE RESIDENCE. THIS HOUSE IS NOT SH OWN IN THE 1877 PICTURE SO MUST HAVE BEEN BUILT AFTER THAT DATE . IT IS NOW APARTMENTS. THE LARGE HOU SE OF ASA VANK LEE K STI LL STANDS ON LA KE ST. AT THE NW CORN ER OF COUR T . JUST EAST OF IT FACING LAKE ST . ON THE NORTH SI DE IS THE OLD PRESBYTERIAN MANSE, ABOUT 1899. THE CHUR CH SOLD IT ABOUT FIFT Y YEARS AGO TO RA LPH TUBBS WHO REMODELED IT BUT KEPT ITS FINE LINE S . I T IS NOW OWNED BY OTHERS. Two OTHER LARGE OLD HOME S STAND ON LAKE ST, FACING NORTH ACROSS FROM THE MANSE, ONE A RED BRI CK AT THE SE CORNER OF BARNARD IS LISTED IN 1875 AS OWNED BY W,H, GILKS, AND THE NEXT ONE WEST OWNED BY MISS A, D, LOVE, THE GILKS HOUSE IN 1887 WAS THE RESIDENCE OF EUGE NE STOWE AND FAMILY , JUDGE OF PROBATE FOR MANY YEAR S , IT IS LISTED NOW AS OWNED BY BARR OIL CO, THOUGH IT APPEAR S TO BE A DIAGONALLY ACROS S IS A HOUSE ONCE LIVED IN BY THE HUD SO N BLACKMAN FAMILY AND STILL LATER BY F,E, MILLS, THE PI CTU RE SHOW S SEVERAL OTHER LARGE HOMES BUT THE RE SIDENTS AND OWNERS ARE NOT KNOWN TO ME NOW, RETURNING ON LAKE ST, WEST TO THE NE CORNER OF CO URT AND LAKE ONE FINDS THE HARRY WHEELER HOME WHERE FOR MANY YEARS THE FAMILY CATERED TO MANY YOUNG MEN OF THE COMMUNITY AND MADE FRIEND S OF BUDDING MINISTERS , PHYSICIANS AND LAWYERS, THE CORNER AT CO URT AND LAKE NOW OCCUPIED BY THE LARGE THREE STORY BRICK HOU SE KNOWN AS THE HOME OF DENNIS SHIELDS , AND LATER AS CROMAINE CRA FT S AFTER THE BUILDiNG WAS GIVEN BY FRAN K AND HI S BROTHER S EDWARD AND JAMES SHIELD S FOR A CULTURAL CENTER, THIS BUILDING IS NOT SHOWN IN THE 1877 PICTU RE, DENNIS SHIELDS THEN LIVED ON E, CLINTON ST, NEAR HE SSE , THIS is NOW AN APARTMENT HOU SE, ONE OF THE MOST IMPO SI NG MAN SI ONS OF OL D HOWELL WAS THE JOHN GALLOWAY HOME ( HERB SC HOTT IN 1973), STILL STANDING THOUGH SLIGHTLY ALTERED, ON IT S SITE FA CING HIG GIN S AT ON THE WEST SIDE VERY NEAR THE SIDEWALK, THE SON OF JOHN DURFEE GALLOWAY, THE FIRST GRADUATE OF THE HOWELL UN I ON SC HOO L AND HIS WIFE ELIZABETH McMICHAEL OCCUPIED IT UNTIL HER DEATH IN TH E 1920' s, AT ONE TIME A DR, STEPHENS OWNED IT AND BUILT ON THE REAR NORTH SIDE A SMALL ADDITION WHI CH HE USED FOR AN OFFICE, DIAGO iALLY ACROSS COURT ON THE NW CORNER OF COURT IS THE LARGE HOME OF TH E LATE WILLIAM WELLS MD, THIS HAD AT ONE TIME A CUPOLA WHICH HAS BEEN REMOVED, DIRECTLY SOUTH ON THE EAST SIDE OF COURT ST. NEXT TO THE AARR TUNNEL JUST AS IT EMERGES FROM THE ST, BRIDGE IS THE OLD RED BRICK HOUSE WHICH WAS THE LAST HOME OF SARDIS HUBBELL, EARLY ATTORNEY, THE BLOCK BETWEEN THE TUNNEL AND E, CLINTON ST, SHOWS IN THE EARLY PICTURE ONLY THREE HOUSES ON THE EAST SIDE OF COURT ST, - J, WEIMEISTER .(NOW OWNED BY MISS ALMA YOUNG), THE DR, HENRY N, SP ENCER HOME, AND ON THE CORNER OF CLINTON THE HOME OF JUDGE OF PROBATE H,H, HARMON , ACROSS CLINTON TO GRAND RIVER WAS A SMALL HOUSE LISTED AS THE W,B, SMITH HOME, ' LATER HENRY BE URMAN LIVED IN IT ABOUT 1902, THE CHAMPION EDGAR HOUSE (PARKING LOT 1970) Ar THE REAR OF THE FORMER CITIZENS MUTUAL BUILDING NOW OWNED BY THE COUNTY AS AN OFFICE BUILDING, WAS BUILT AT THE REAR OF THE VANANGELL PROPERTY WHICH OCCUPIED ALL OF THE FRONTAGE ON E, GRAND RIVER AT N, COURT, BACK OF THE ANGELL MANSION WHICH FACED GRAND RIVER WAS A SMALL BUILDING USED AS AN OFFICE BY DR, WELLS AND LATER BY ROBERT BELL WHO PRACTICED WITH DR, WELL S IN HIS LATER YEARS, [TS USE AS A MEDICAL OFFICE WAS DISCONTINUED SOME TIME AFTE R 1900 AND ALL THAT PROPERTY EXCEPT THE EDGAR HOUSE WAS USED AS THE SIT[ OF THE FIR ST CITIZENS MUTUAL OFFICE BUILDING, THIS ANGELL PROPE RTY WAS LATER KNOWN AS THE HELEN ANGELL BELL ESTATE, MRS, BELL WAS A DAUGHTER OF VAN AN GELL AS WAS MRS, EDGAR, BEGINNING THE BLOCK FACING GRAND RIVER WEST FROM BARNARD ST" THE ONLY OTHER HOUSE IN THE EARLY YEARS WAS THE Z,V, HOME, NOW THE PROPERTY OF L,H, CRANDALL, THE ANGELL AND CROSSMAN HOUSES WERE VERY SIMILAR IN TYPE, AND THE ONLY ONE OF THIS TYPE STILL STANDING IN HOWELL IS THE CRANDALL HOUSE, A LOT WHICH WAS VACANT BETWEEN THE TWO MANSIONS IS NOW THE DETROIT EDISON OFFICE SITE, AT ON E TIME AFTER THE DEATHS OF THE CROSSMAN FAMILY, THAT HOUSE WASTHE HOME OF DR, JEANETTE BRIGHAM, SHE LATER REMOVED TO A HOUSE FACING BARNARD ST, BETWEEN GRAND RIVER AND E, CLINTON STS, DON GOODNOW BUILT A HOUSE EAST OF THE CROSSMAN HOUSE WHICH WAS LATER MOVED TO THE REAR OF THE LOT , AND THE CORNER IS NOW OCCUPIED BY A GAS STATION, WEIMEISTER AND O'HEARN OWNED THE LARGE FRAME HOUSE ON THE NE CORN ER OF BARNARD AND E , CLINTON STS , IN ' 1875, IN 1889 THE JUDGE CHARLES FISHBECK AND THE WALLY KN APP FAMILIES LIVE D THERE , IT IS STILL WELL KEPT AND I S AN APARTMENT HOUSE , ABOUT 1877 JUDGE IS AA C STOW E BUILT THE LARGE HOU SE WHICH STANDS NOW ON THE NW COR NER OF E, CLINTON AND BARNARD ON PROPERTY LI STED IN THE 1875 ATLAS AS OWNED BY U, S, HACKETT, ONE OTHER OLD HOU SE SHOULD BE MENTIONED IN THIS NEIGHBORHOOD , TME HOME IN 1875 OF W,O, ARCHER WAS OCCUPIED IN 1888 BY FRAN K ARCHER , PROBABLY HI S SON , THIS LOW HOUSE STOOD VERY NEAR THE WALK ON E, CLINT ON FA CING BARNARD ST , LATER IT WAS MOVED A LITTLE SOUTH OF ITS FIR ST LO CA TI ON AND IS STILL IN USE , IT WAS LI KE THE GALLOWAY HOME ON N, COURT ST, SO NEAR THE WALK ONE COULD STEP FROM THE DOOR TO THE WALK , LEAVING THE EAST PART OF THE VILLAGE WE RETURN TO THE SWAMP AREA AND THE BIG POND NORTH OF WETMORE ST " NEAR THE PRESENT DEPOT MUSEUM OF THE LIVINGSTON CO, HISTORICAL SOCIETY AT THE AARR, THIS NATURAL FEATURE SEEM S TO HAVE PREVENTED DE VE LOPMENT , IN THE EARLY YEARS OF RESIDEN TIA L PROPERTY N, WA LNU T AND N, CEN TER STS , ENDED AT WETMORE ST , I N THE EA RLY 1877 PICTURE, CHE STNU T WAS EXTENDED, BUT ONLY A FE W HOUS ES WERE INDICATED AS BEING IN THAT SECTI ON , IN LATER YEARS THE SEC TI ON WEST AND NORTH OF WETMORE BECAME AN INDUSTRIAL AREA WITH THE BUILDING OF THE BENDING WORKS AND THE CONDENSED MILK FACTORY. IN 1954 THIS PART OF HOWELL HAD BEEU MUCH DEVELOPED AS HAD ALL OF THE NORTHWEST PART OF THE PRESENT CIry. BUT TO RETURN TO OUR RECOLLECTIONS OF OLD HOWELL- WALNU r ST . NORTH OF GRAND 'RIVER ENDING AT THE AARR DEPOT SHOWS ON THE mD MAPS AND PICTURE THREE HOUSES ALL BELONGING TO THE FISHBECK FAMIL IES. ONE ON W. CLINTON AT N. WALNUT, THE LARGEST , WAS OWNED BY FISHBECK WITH THE S.G. SHOE SHOP ADJOINING ON THE EAST SIDE FACING CLINTON. MURRY FISHBECK LIVED DIRECTLY BACK OF STEPHEN FACI !G WALNUT, AND AT THE EXTREME END OF THE BLOCK NORTH SET WELL BACK FROM THE STREET WAS THE THIRD FRAME HOUSE IN HOWELL WHICH RENAINED UNTIL ABOUT 1920. THIS WAS THE FIRST HOME OF THAT WELL KNOWN PIONEER FAMILY AND THRU THE EFFORTS OF THE BROTHERS MANY OF THE ARTICLES OF THE PIONEERS IN THE COUNTY ARE NOW IN THE DAR MUSEUM, AND LA1ER AFTER 1970 IN THE LIVINGSTON CO. HISTORICAL SOCIETY DEPOT MUSEUM. THE DAR MUSEUM WAS IN THE HOWELL LIBRARY BUILDING. THE FATHER OF THE FISHBECK FAMILY CAME TO HOWELL IN 1835 AND OPENED THE FIRST SHOE SHOP WHICH BUSINESS WAS CONTINUED BY HIS SONS AT THE LOCATION UNTIL THE DEATH OF ALL OF THEM. THE MOTHER LIVED IN THE FIRST CABIN OR HOUSE FOR MANY YEARS AND DIED AT THE AGE OF 100. THE FISHBECK CABIN OR HOUSE WAS THE THIRD BUILT IN HOWELL. ON WALNUT BEGINNING AT GRAND RIVER THE BOARDING HOUSE OF MRS. NAYLOR IS SHOWN AT THE SW CORNER OF WALNUT AND W. CLINTON. LATER YEARS THIS BUILDING WAS MOVED FARTHER WEST ON CLINTON Sr . , CUT INTO TWO PARTS, AND MADE INTO TWO HOUSES, ONE OF WHICH WILL VAUGHN LIVED IN FOR YEARS. ACROSS TO THE NORTH FACING WALNUT WAS THE HOME OF A MRS. ALLEN. A SMALL HOUSE LISTED ON THE AS BELONGING TO F.D. SABIN WAS THE ONLY OTHER RESIDENCE IN THIS aLOCK WHICH SHOWS THE GRIST MILL OF LATSON & WRIGHT. IN 1885 IT WAS KNOWN AS THE WRIGHT MILL, LATER JOHN BICKHART WAS THE PROPRIETOR, AND STILL LATER CHESTER PARSHALL OWNED IT. IN 1917 THE HOWELL COOP ERA TIVE CO . ORGANIZED AND BOUGHT IT , THE SECOND EARLIEST FARMERS CO-OP [RATIVE IN MICHIGAN. THE MILL AND POSSIBLY OTHERS ON THI S lI TE BURNED. ONE BIG FIRE ON FEB . 9, 1894, WAS BIC KHART'S "WITH FLOURING MILL" WHICH EXPLODED AND BURNED TO THE GROUND. IT I S NO ! THE HOWELL CO-OPS. AT THE END OF N. WALNUT ST. IS THE OLD AARR DEPOT BUILT THERE WHEN 1HE RAILROAD CAME TO HOWELL. THE CUT FOR THE TUNNEL SO OFTEN IN THIS ARTICLE WAS MADE EAST FROM THE DEPOT WHEN THE ROAD LAID IN 1886. THE RR CLOSED THE STREET CALLED NORTH AND AL SO IAN THRU WHAT WAS IN THAT TIME THE FAIR GROUNDS, CROSSING GRAND RIVER EA ST JUST ABOUT WHERE THE TOLL GATE WAS SITUATED IN 1877. - THE TWO LADY HISTORIANS WHO RECORDED THIS ARTICLE IN ORDER FUTURE GENERATIONS MIGHT KNOW WERE MRS. WINIFRED Ross AND NELLIE LANSING GLENN. MRS.Ross WAS THE SISTER OF REGI STER OF DEEDS FRANK BUSH, WIFE OF HOWELL DENTIST DR. E . A. Ross, AND M01HER OF PROMINENT HOWELL PAINTING ARTIST JIM Ross. MRS. GLENN, WHO AS NELLIE LANSING, A HOWELL GIRL, SERVED AS THE FIRST SECRETARY FOR THE MICH. STATE SANITARIUM, AND AS THE WIFE OF A PHYSICIAN, INSTIGATED THE LIVING STON CO. HISTORICAL SOC IET Y, AND HA S WRITTEN MANY ARTICLE S). Note Extra information that can be shown with the item. Such as how to get a physical copy of the item. Use the Windows Snipping Tool to capture the area of the document you want to save. If you want multiple pages printed please see staff to print the pages you want. <a href="https://howelllibrary.org/technology/#print" target="_blank" rel="noreferrer noopener">View the library's printing information.</a> Dublin Core The Dublin Core metadata element set is common to all Omeka records, including items, files, and collections. For more information see, http://dublincore.org/documents/dces/. Title A name given to the resource Old Howell and Piety Hill-1964 Description An account of the resource History of Old Howell and Piety Hill in Livingston County, Michigan. Partial Corrected Copy by Nellie Lansing Glenn 8-30-64, added changes from other copies 6/81, retyped with some punctuation and spelling changes by Chester F. Clark 1/88 Subject The topic of the resource History Rights Information about rights held in and over the resource No Copyright - United States Format The file format, physical medium, or dimensions of the resource application/pdf Date A point or period of time associated with an event in the lifecycle of the resource 1964 Creator An entity primarily responsible for making the resource Mrs. Winifred Ross & Mrs. Nellie Glenn Type The nature or genre of the resource Text history https://archives.howelllibrary.org/files/original/bdc3c4f3ac490d514a7c9c6f394a1457.pdf 3413f86120b8535608943b0bdba98e00 Dublin Core The Dublin Core metadata element set is common to all Omeka records, including items, files, and collections. For more information see, http://dublincore.org/documents/dces/. 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Title A name given to the resource History of (Hospital Service in Howell) McPherson Memorial Hospital Subject The topic of the resource Hospitals Hospital buildings Rights Information about rights held in and over the resource In Copyright Format The file format, physical medium, or dimensions of the resource application/pdf Type The nature or genre of the resource Text Date A point or period of time associated with an event in the lifecycle of the resource 1988 Creator An entity primarily responsible for making the resource Paul Baldwin, Jr. Description An account of the resource A history of McPherson Memorial Hospital at the corner of Clinton Street and Michigan Avenue in Howell, Michigan from 1926 to 1958.<br /><br /><strong>Names Mentioned:</strong> Howell Circle of the King's Daughters, Edith J.Wines, Edward G. McPherson, Mr. Rice, Alexander McPherson, Rosalee McPherson, William McPherson III, Bert Hoff, Fay and Kasurin, Isabel McPherson, McPherson Community Health Center, McPherson State Bank, First of America Bank, Martin J. McPherson, Bert S. Pate, William E. Robb, Berthold W. Woodhams, Arthur Joy, Otis Elevator, M.R.B (Baldwin) Hardware, B.B. Wright, B.J. O'Keefe, C.N. Holkins and Son, H.W. and C. A. Peavy, R.B. McPherson, W.E. Beach, Reverend Ambrose, Emily Mutter, Francis J. Shields, John Wrigglesworth, Dr. W.B. Huntley, Dr. Charles Foo, H.R. Gillette, Reverendd William Clyde Donald, Victor X-ray Corporation, Snook Transformer, Spencer microscope, DePuy Hospital Service, Cogswell chairs, State Sanitorium, H.G. Huntington, H.P. Mellus, W.J. Rynearson, Claude Sigler, Hollis Sigler, Dr. Singer, J.M Brigham, J.E. Browne, C.F. Culver, J. Cunningham, L.A. Davis, J.J. Hendren, Owen Hendren, C.H. Lamoreaux, Dr. Huntley, Dr. Howard, Dr. Huffman, R.H. 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Title A name given to the resource Military/Veterans Description An account of the resource This collection includes military records from various sources and veterans photographs which are also included in the<a href="https://archives.howelllibrary.org/exhibits/show/honoring-all-who-served"> Honoring All Who Served exhibit</a>. Hyperlink A link, or reference, to another resource on the Internet. URL <a href="https://quod.lib.umich.edu/m/micounty/arh7737.0001.001/1?q1=Livingston+County&amp;view=image&amp;size=100" target="_blank" rel="noreferrer noopener">View Digital Book at Michigan County Histories</a> Rights Note Extra Rights information for In Copyright or Copyright Undetermined items. Howell Carnegie District Library makes no representation that it is the owner of the copyright in any published material. It is the responsibility of the researcher to obtain permission to publish from the owner of the copyright. Original Format The type of object, such as painting, sculpture, paper, photo, and additional data film negative Dublin Core The Dublin Core metadata element set is common to all Omeka records, including items, files, and collections. For more information see, http://dublincore.org/documents/dces/. Title A name given to the resource The Honor Roll of Livingston County, Michigan, U.S.A., 1917-1918-1919 Description An account of the resource The Honor Roll of those that served in World War I during 1917-1919 from Livingston County, Michigan. Subject The topic of the resource World War, 1914-1918 Rights Information about rights held in and over the resource No Copyright - United States Format The file format, physical medium, or dimensions of the resource image/jpeg Date A point or period of time associated with an event in the lifecycle of the resource 1920 Creator An entity primarily responsible for making the resource Payne, Kenneth M. Publisher An entity responsible for making the resource available K.M. Payne and the Brighton Argus Type The nature or genre of the resource Text military https://archives.howelllibrary.org/files/original/e8c9eb97753aad0040ea81ecd8872f6f.jpg da95d430d93ab9389ae8396944766cf4 Dublin Core The Dublin Core metadata element set is common to all Omeka records, including items, files, and collections. For more information see, http://dublincore.org/documents/dces/. Title A name given to the resource Photos - Places Still Image A static visual representation. Examples include paintings, drawings, graphic designs, plans and maps. Recommended best practice is to assign the type Text to images of textual materials. Note Extra information that can be shown with the item. Such as how to get a physical copy of the item. Please <a href="https://howelllibrary.org/howell-area-archives/#archives-inquiry">submit an inquiry</a> to the archives if you want a better quality digital image or a print. 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Title A name given to the resource Ann Arbor Railroad Depot, Howell, Michigan Format The file format, physical medium, or dimensions of the resource image/jpeg Description An account of the resource This is a photograph of the Ann Arbor Railroad Depot, end of 200 block of North Walnut Street, Howell, Michigan.  <br /><br />The coal tower is also visible.<br /><br />The date of this photograph is unknown. Subject The topic of the resource Railroad stations Rights Information about rights held in and over the resource Copyright Undetermined Creator An entity primarily responsible for making the resource Pesha Type The nature or genre of the resource Image depot howell railroad unknown https://archives.howelllibrary.org/files/original/ab6c9f32a1db0343f75680fbc42f3f61.jpg b9a7097d11196e2a53b5c3f576ddac2e Dublin Core The Dublin Core metadata element set is common to all Omeka records, including items, files, and collections. For more information see, http://dublincore.org/documents/dces/. Title A name given to the resource Photos - Places Still Image A static visual representation. Examples include paintings, drawings, graphic designs, plans and maps. Recommended best practice is to assign the type Text to images of textual materials. Rights Note Extra Rights information for In Copyright or Copyright Undetermined items. Howell Carnegie District Library makes no representation that it is the owner of the copyright in any published material. It is the responsibility of the researcher to obtain permission to publish from the owner of the copyright. Note Extra information that can be shown with the item. Such as how to get a physical copy of the item. <span>Please </span><a href="https://howelllibrary.org/howell-area-archives/#archives-inquiry">submit an inquiry</a><span> to the archives if you want a better quality digital image or a print. Include the title of the image and reason for print/digital image with your inquiry. Archives staff will contact you regarding your inquiry.</span> Original Format The type of object, such as painting, sculpture, paper, photo, and additional data film negative Dublin Core The Dublin Core metadata element set is common to all Omeka records, including items, files, and collections. For more information see, http://dublincore.org/documents/dces/. Title A name given to the resource The Front of the Howell Carnegie District Library, Howell, Michigan - 1963 Description An account of the resource The Front of the Howell Carnegie District Library, Howell, Michigan - 1963 View is to the East. Notice the round tables in foreground. These are still in the library in the 1991 section on the first floor and were refinished during the latest renovation in 2013.<br /><br /><strong>From Left to Right:</strong> Assistant Librarians Gertrude McKlaskey and Ruth Dammon Marr<br /><br />Ruth lived at 426 Madison St. Howell, Michigan 1959-1976<br /><br /><a href="https://aadl.org/aa_news_19630415-library_serves_as_howells_community_hub" target="_blank" rel="noreferrer noopener">View April 15, 1963 Ann Arbor News Article</a> also mentions senior citizens' euchre club. Subject The topic of the resource Library Rights Information about rights held in and over the resource In Copyright Format The file format, physical medium, or dimensions of the resource image/jpeg Date A point or period of time associated with an event in the lifecycle of the resource 1963 Creator An entity primarily responsible for making the resource Photo by Duane Scheel; Compliments of the Ann Arbor News, Copyright held by Ann Arbor News Type The nature or genre of the resource Image howell library https://archives.howelllibrary.org/files/original/681dd0969009b159fc901ed21fb835f6.jpg 57ed97f1c493230b585cbd098ad89dbd Dublin Core The Dublin Core metadata element set is common to all Omeka records, including items, files, and collections. For more information see, http://dublincore.org/documents/dces/. Title A name given to the resource Photos - Places Still Image A static visual representation. Examples include paintings, drawings, graphic designs, plans and maps. Recommended best practice is to assign the type Text to images of textual materials. Rights Note Extra Rights information for In Copyright or Copyright Undetermined items. Howell Carnegie District Library makes no representation that it is the owner of the copyright in any published material. It is the responsibility of the researcher to obtain permission to publish from the owner of the copyright. Note Extra information that can be shown with the item. Such as how to get a physical copy of the item. <span>Please </span><a href="https://howelllibrary.org/howell-area-archives/#archives-inquiry">submit an inquiry</a><span> to the archives if you want a better quality digital image or a print. Include the title of the image and reason for print/digital image with your inquiry. Archives staff will contact you regarding your inquiry.</span> Original Format The type of object, such as painting, sculpture, paper, photo, and additional data film negative Dublin Core The Dublin Core metadata element set is common to all Omeka records, including items, files, and collections. For more information see, http://dublincore.org/documents/dces/. Title A name given to the resource Lower Level of Howell Carnegie District Library, Howell, Michigan - August 19, 1981 Description An account of the resource Lower Level of Howell Carnegie District Library, Howell, Michigan - August 19, 1981<br /><br />Director Kathleen Zaenger tells a story. Other staff member Marcia Bamber, Children's Librarian. Subject The topic of the resource Library Rights Information about rights held in and over the resource In Copyright Format The file format, physical medium, or dimensions of the resource image/jpeg Date A point or period of time associated with an event in the lifecycle of the resource 1981-08-19 Creator An entity primarily responsible for making the resource Photo by Jim Galbraith for Livingston County Press Type The nature or genre of the resource Image howell library unknown https://archives.howelllibrary.org/files/original/31d750af49612513c6e6924a631405d4.jpg 16b4e6e0aab75f4ef6d26cb5dad3bfae Dublin Core The Dublin Core metadata element set is common to all Omeka records, including items, files, and collections. For more information see, http://dublincore.org/documents/dces/. Title A name given to the resource Photos - People Still Image A static visual representation. Examples include paintings, drawings, graphic designs, plans and maps. Recommended best practice is to assign the type Text to images of textual materials. Rights Note Extra Rights information for In Copyright or Copyright Undetermined items. Howell Carnegie District Library makes no representation that it is the owner of the copyright in any published material. It is the responsibility of the researcher to obtain permission to publish from the owner of the copyright. Note Extra information that can be shown with the item. Such as how to get a physical copy of the item. <span>Please </span><a href="https://howelllibrary.org/howell-area-archives/#archives-inquiry">submit an inquiry</a><span> to the archives if you want a better quality digital image or a print. Include the title of the image and reason for print/digital image with your inquiry. Archives staff will contact you regarding your inquiry.</span> Original Format The type of object, such as painting, sculpture, paper, photo, and additional data photograph Dublin Core The Dublin Core metadata element set is common to all Omeka records, including items, files, and collections. For more information see, http://dublincore.org/documents/dces/. Title A name given to the resource A Photograph of a Painting of Andrew Carnegie Description An account of the resource A Photograph of a Painting of Andrew Carnegie that is on display in the Carnegie part of the library. The painting is in color.<br /><br /><a href="https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Andrew_Carnegie" target="_blank" rel="noreferrer noopener">Read about Andrew Carnegie on Wikipedia.</a> Subject The topic of the resource Carnegie family Rights Information about rights held in and over the resource Copyright Undetermined Format The file format, physical medium, or dimensions of the resource image/jpeg Date A point or period of time associated with an event in the lifecycle of the resource 1991-02-27 Creator An entity primarily responsible for making the resource Photo by Scott Piper for Hometown Newspapers Type The nature or genre of the resource Image library https://archives.howelllibrary.org/files/original/a718da357f0bba1042621e95b836b09a.jpg ef5ece02ac365649e530f70ead5043ee Dublin Core The Dublin Core metadata element set is common to all Omeka records, including items, files, and collections. For more information see, http://dublincore.org/documents/dces/. Title A name given to the resource Photos - Places Still Image A static visual representation. Examples include paintings, drawings, graphic designs, plans and maps. Recommended best practice is to assign the type Text to images of textual materials. Rights Note Extra Rights information for In Copyright or Copyright Undetermined items. Howell Carnegie District Library makes no representation that it is the owner of the copyright in any published material. It is the responsibility of the researcher to obtain permission to publish from the owner of the copyright. Note Extra information that can be shown with the item. Such as how to get a physical copy of the item. <span>Please </span><a href="https://howelllibrary.org/howell-area-archives/#archives-inquiry">submit an inquiry</a><span> to the archives if you want a better quality digital image or a print. Include the title of the image and reason for print/digital image with your inquiry. Archives staff will contact you regarding your inquiry.</span> Original Format The type of object, such as painting, sculpture, paper, photo, and additional data film negative Dublin Core The Dublin Core metadata element set is common to all Omeka records, including items, files, and collections. For more information see, http://dublincore.org/documents/dces/. Title A name given to the resource Margaret Bolotnik Sorting New Oak Card Catalog at Howell Carnegie District Library, Howell, Michigan - February 27, 1991 Description An account of the resource Margaret Bolotnik Sorting New Oak Card Catalog at Howell Carnegie District Library, Howell, Michigan - February 27, 1991 Subject The topic of the resource Library Card catalogs Rights Information about rights held in and over the resource In Copyright Format The file format, physical medium, or dimensions of the resource image/jpeg Date A point or period of time associated with an event in the lifecycle of the resource 1991-02-27 Creator An entity primarily responsible for making the resource Photo by Scott Piper for Livingston County Press Type The nature or genre of the resource Image howell library https://archives.howelllibrary.org/files/original/5dbd58cb18f19b4bac2228b017a7b6b1.jpg ba3d88837be245a74d8a258f058a64c9 Dublin Core The Dublin Core metadata element set is common to all Omeka records, including items, files, and collections. For more information see, http://dublincore.org/documents/dces/. Title A name given to the resource Photos - Places Still Image A static visual representation. Examples include paintings, drawings, graphic designs, plans and maps. Recommended best practice is to assign the type Text to images of textual materials. Note Extra information that can be shown with the item. Such as how to get a physical copy of the item. Please <a href="https://howelllibrary.org/howell-area-archives/#archives-inquiry">submit an inquiry</a> to the archives if you want a better quality digital image or a print. Include the title of the image and reason for print/digital image with your inquiry. Archives staff will contact you regarding your inquiry. Rights Note Extra Rights information for In Copyright or Copyright Undetermined items. Howell Carnegie District Library makes no representation that it is the owner of the copyright in any published material. It is the responsibility of the researcher to obtain permission to publish from the owner of the copyright. Original Format The type of object, such as painting, sculpture, paper, photo, and additional data film negative Dublin Core The Dublin Core metadata element set is common to all Omeka records, including items, files, and collections. For more information see, http://dublincore.org/documents/dces/. Title A name given to the resource Howell Foundry and Machine Shop, Howell, Michigan - 1873 Description An account of the resource Howell Foundry and Machine Shop, Howell, Michigan - 1873 1st Methodist church is in foreground on the northwest corner of Sibley St. and Walnut St. Date A point or period of time associated with an event in the lifecycle of the resource 1873 Format The file format, physical medium, or dimensions of the resource image/jpeg Creator An entity primarily responsible for making the resource Photo taken by Cleave. Type The nature or genre of the resource Image business church howell