53 Waldon Rd.

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North side of street

The left 1/2 of this house is the original section while the right 1/2 was built in the 1990s with an attached garage. (Further research pending )

See Photo, circa 1902, pg. 71, Heritage

Official Property Description: 
  • Lots 16 & 17 Block 7 of Nelson W. Clark's Original Plat of the Village in the Southeast 1/4 of Section 20 in Independence Township
  • Lot 32 of the Assessor's Plat.
Significant Property History: 
  • 1844 Nelson W. Clark, Block 3 of the Original Plat of the Village, assessed value $10.
  • 1844 Nelson W. Clark, the east 1/2 of Block 7, assessed value $10.
  • 1846 Nelson W. Clark, the east 1/2 of the Southeast 1/4 of Section 20, assessed value $140.
  • 1847 Nelson W. Clark, the east 1/2 of the Southeast 1/4 of Section 20, assessed value $150.
  • 1848 Nelson W. Clark, as above, assessed value $214.
  • 1850 Joel Griffith the north part of the west 1/2 of the southeast 1/4, 6 acres, assessed value $175. ?
  • 1855 Joel Griffith, as above, assessed value $600. ?
  • 1856 Joseph Harris, except 1 & 1/2 acres from the southwest corner of the north part of the west 1/2 of the southeast 1/4, 6 acres, assessed value $800. ?
  • 1857 Not Harris.
  • 1868 H.M. Sliter west by "I. Molby "[Malby], south by Sashabaw St., north & east by "Broomfield & Scadding, assessed value $200.
  • 1869 H.M. Sliter, as above assessed value $200.
  • 1870 H.M. Sliter Lots 13, 16, & 17 Block 7 assessed value $250.
  • 1872 Map of the Village shows a building footprint, owner, H.M. Sliter, Lots 13, 16, & 17, assessed value $250.
  • 1873 Henry Brown, west by William Molby, south by Highway, north & east by "Bloomfield" and Scadding, assessed value $250.
  • 1875 Mrs.Catherine "O'Rourk", assessed value $250.
  • 1880 Mrs.Catherine "O'Rourk", assessed value $300.
  • 1889 Mrs.Catherine "O'Rourk", assessed value $250.
  • 1891 James "O'Rourk", assessed value $250.
  • 1895 Jacob Gulick, assessed value $250.
  • 1896 Jacob Gulick, assessed value $300.
  • 1934 Elizabeth Shaughnessy,a part of Lots 12 & 13,all of Lots 16&17 Block 7, assessed value $600.
  • 1943 Elizabeth Shaughnessy, assessed value $650.
  • 1944 Elizabeth Shaughnessy, assessed value $650.
  • 1952 Ralph Cole
Historic District Commission Documents: