Architecture:
Style: Folk
House
Description: This is a one and a half story wood frame house with
vinyl siding and a contoured concrete block foundation. The original, full width front porch has
disappeared, replaced by a small landing that is framed by a short decorative
gable. There is a one-story wing on the
rear, and a narrow addition on the east with a shed roof and a second front
entry.
Significant
Period:
Construction Date: 1880’s or before
Architect/Builder: Unknown
Context: Datas Hagedon paid taxes in 1859
and 1864; values indicate a structure was on this lot. Robert T. Yates paid the taxes in 1877, values again indicate a structure was on this lot.
Further research may show which half of the lot had a building first, 733 or
735, and then at which address these men lived.
Many people have lived here over the years. The first known resident was John B. Petit, a
horseman, listed in 1888. Mrs. Minnie
Mitts ran it as a boarding house in 1893-94.
Captain John Sinclair lived there from the late 1890s to 1902. Henry Hammond, employed by Grinell Bros., and Louisa Hammon,
widow of James, lived there in 1906.
George Ernst, a bookkeeper for Mizel and
Brownell, and his wife Augusta lived there from 1907 to 1909. Elliott C. Ray, a railway mail clerk, and his
wife Pearl L. lived there from 1910 to 1915.
Henry Masteran lived there in 1918. Martin L. Bricker, employed by Grand Trunk
railway shops as a painter, lived there from 1919 to the mid-1920s. His first wife was Anna and his second wife Georganna. Eber B Facer, an electrician for Detroit Edison, and his
wife Mary H. lived there in 1930. Fred
W. Johnston, employed by C of C Grill, and his wife Bertha lived there in
1933. Peter Williams, employed by Grand
Trunk shops, and his wife Ellen lived there in 1936-37. Nellie McDonald, widow of Harry, lived there
in 1938. The house was divided into two
units by 1940.