This is an image of Grand River Avenue, with the Eastern House, originally the Brighton House, on the right. The owners, the Sturhbergs, changed the name when the Western House was built. The Eastern House in Brighton, Michigan was a stage stop between Lansing and Detroit. It was built in 1846; it burned down in January 1926
This image is identified in the "Old Brighton Village", 1974, as the Steve Jones' home, located at the corner of 5th Street and West Streets, in Brighton, Michigan, about 1900.
This is a photograph taken on Grand River, Avenue in Brighton, Michigan. It was the birth home of W.L. Stuhrberg, Nov. 2, 1860 - Photo taken September 3, 1925.
This photograph is featured and described in the "Old Brighton Village", book, (1974). This is Main Street, Brighton, Michigan, 1920. There were curbside gas pumps on the left. In the 1940's, many of these buildings beyond the Odd Fellows Hall burned.
This photograph is looking west on East Grand River Avenue. The blacksmith shop was replaced by the Marine Bar, and eventually Champs Pub, 140 E. Grand River Avenue. The exact date of this photograph is unknown.
