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  • This photograph was labeled as the "third frame home built in Howell - 1837 - Corner of Wetmore and Walnut across from Ann Arbor Depot. Still standing in 1910 - 1939".

    The date of the photograph and the persons in the photograph are unknown.
  • This is a photograph of a new home on the 200 block of East Caledonia Street, Howell, Michigan.  This new subdivision was developed of off North Michigan Avenue in 1956.

    The new house number was 232 or 220 East Caledonia.  According to the 1970 Howell City Directory, Charles H. Holkins liveds at 220 East Caledonia, and Vaughn Baber lived at 232 East Caledonia.
  • This is a photograph of a new home on the 200 block of East Caledonia Street, Howell, Michigan.  This new subdivision was developed of off North Michigan Avenue in 1956.

    The new house number was 232 or 220 East Caledonia.  According to the 1970 Howell City Directory, Charles H. Holkins liveds at 220 East Caledonia, and Vaughn Baber lived at 232 East Caledonia.

    Houses on North Michigan Avenue are visible in the distance.
  • This is a photograph of a new home on the 200 block of East Caledonia Street, Howell, Michigan.  This new subdivision was developed of off North Michigan Avenue in 1956.

    The new house number was 232 or 220 East Caledonia.  According to the 1970 Howell City Directory, Charles H. Holkins liveds at 220 East Caledonia, and Vaughn Baber lived at 232 East Caledonia.
  • This is a photograph of a new home on the 200 block of East Caledonia Street, Howell, Michigan.  This new subdivision was developed of off North Michigan Avenue in 1956.

    The new house number was 232 or 220 East Caledonia.  According to the 1970 Howell City Directory, Charles H. Holkins liveds at 220 East Caledonia, and Vaughn Baber lived at 232 East Caledonia.
  • This is a photograph looking northeast from North Michigan Avenue at the newly started subdivision off Michigan Avenue, on East Caledonia Street, Howell, Michigan, 1956.
  • This is the house situated at 1330 W. Grand River Avenue, Howell, Michigan.  This home was owned by Richard Reiner in the 1940's, later the Burke's, and in 2017,  Eastcott-Stewart's.   The label on this photograph indicated a home there  was previously owned by Ralph K. Albert home, 1933.
  • First frame house built in 1837 in Brighton, Michigan on Grand River Ave. Close to where the Canopy Building sits. See the approximate location.
  • 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.
  • 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.
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