15 South Main St. - South Bank Addition Lot
West side of street
-South Bank Addition Lot-
This lot remained a part of the Clarkston mill property until the mid 1884 passing from Nelson W. Clark to Ed.Hirst (with the change in mill ownership), then to Erastus Stiff (Hirst and Stiff were partners). The 1872 Map of the Village shows the footprint of a building on this site, at the time, with the designation R. Brockenshaw. Brockenshaw & Richardson are listed as manufacturers of boots and shoes. (There was no property listed in the tax rolls under either name for this piece. Perhaps they rented.) There were several owners between 1891 & 1911 when Leman Gulick was listed for the north 15' of Lot 2 Block 25, assessed value $250. There was a single story wooden false-front building on this site, c. 1913 . By 1914 Jake Gulick had his barbershop in this building (see interior photo, Heritage, pg.51). Jake moved to Davisburg after he sold the property to Harvey DeMond/DeMund by 1920. The building housed Dude's barbershop and his wife's beauty shop until 1925. A Clarkston News item, 8/30/35, stated that Rita Chisholm "will take over the Demond Beauty Shop, 19 S. Main". A December 6, item of the same year said Kennedy's Barbershop and Mrs. Chisholm's Beauty Shop "will move across the street". (18 S. Main.) The wooden building was moved off the lot. See photos right. Burt Lewis became the owner 1926/27 then sold to the bank. The addition seen today was built 1928/29. In 1937 The King Insurance Agency had an office in a portion of the Bank building. They moved in the1960s to the building at 23 S. Main.
Official Property Description:
• North 12' of Lot 2 Block 25 of N.W. Clark's Original Plat of the Village in the Southwest 1/4 of Section 20 of Independence Township. • Lot 78 of the Assessor's Plat.
Significant Property History:
• 1850 N.W. Clark Lot 1, 2, and 3 of Block 25.assessed value $500. • 1857 E. Hirst Lot 2 and 3 of Block 25. • 1858 E. Hirst Lot 1 and 15' off the north side of Lot 2 Block 25 "occupied together as a store" • 1860 E. Hirst Lot 2 and 3 exc.15' off the side-including the house which belongs to the mill. • 1877 Erastus Stiff Lot 2 and 3 Block 25, except 15' off the north side which is Dressers & 67' on Main, running back to the Foundry property, assessed value $250. • 1881 Theodocia Stiff the undivided 1\2 of the property, north by Hammond, J.H. Dresser and Bartlett, west by Mrs. West, south by M.A. Root, east by Main assessed value $300. • 1884 Mrs. H.T. Hirst north by E. Goodenough, south by M.A. Root assessed value $300. E.D. Goodenough 15' off the south side of Lot 1 Block 25 assessed value $200. • 1891 Herman Wormer/Werner Lot 2 and west 1\2 Lot 5 Block 2 assessed value $100. (this is corrected by 1903 when the Block no. becomes 25.) • 1894 Herman Wormer/Werner assessed value $200. Geo. Alexander assessed value $200 .1902 Albert Osmun assessed value $200. • 1903 Mrs.Lena Bellarby Lot 2 & the north 1/2 of Lot 5 (must mean Lot 3) Block 25 assessed value $300. • 1907 Mrs. Lena Bellarby • 1909 Tax records are very confused. • 1910 Clarence Drake assessed value $250. • 1911 Leman Gulick the north 15' of Lot 2 Block 25 assessed value $250. • 1914 Jake Gulick assessed value $300, see page 51 Heritage. • 1917 Jake Gulick • 1920 Harvey Demund assessed value $500. • 1925 Harvey Demund assessed value $600. • 1926 Bert Lewis assessed value $700. • 1927 Bert Lewis assessed value $700.
