28 North Holcomb St.
East side of street
This small scale Greek Revival style farmhouse was built by 1860 for/by Richard Bloomfield/Broomfield. The 1860 tax rolls listed a "dwelling and company" on this site then. By 1870 Bloomfield had moved to a house at 50 S. Main . The 1872 Map of the Village has the footprint of an L-shaped building on this site, that is, the original one & 1/2 story with single story wing building typical of many other early Clarkston houses. The owner at the time, Rebecca Bescherer, also owned a farm. The dormers on the north and west facades are later, circa 1920s, additions. The porch on the north side was added about 1990. The house has been long used as a two family residence.
Official Property Description:
- Lot 6 & part of Lot 5 of the Northwest Addition to Nelson W. Clark's Original Plat of the Village in the Southwest 1/4 of Section 20 in Independence Township.
- Lot 7 of the Supervisor's Replat of the Northwest Addition and part of the Originl Plat and all of Cobb's Southwest Addition.
Significant Property History:
- Note: All the properties currently located in the Historic District were originally part of a tract registered by Butler Holcomb with the federal government on October 22, 1831. Thus, abstracts for these properties, when they exist, show the original transfer to be from the United States to Butler Holcomb and may also include references to then President Andrew Jackson.
- 1859 R. Broomfield, Lots 5, 6, & 7 in the Northwest Addition, assessed value $120.
- 1860 R. Broomfield, Lots 5, 6, & 7, N.W. Add,. assessed value $220, "occupied together for dwelling and company".
- 1861 R. Broomfield, Lots 5,6,7, N.W. Add., assessed value $400.
- 1863 R. Broomfield, as above, assessed value $450.
- 1864 R. Broomfield as above, assessed value $500.
- 1866 Rebecca Bescherer, Lots 5, 6, 7, N.W. Add., assessed value $400.
- 1872 Map of the Village has a building footprint on this site, owner, Mrs. R.G. Bescherer.
- 1889 James Woodhill.
- 1914 James Woodhill, Lots 5 & 6, except the south 10' of Lot 5, assessed value $1100. Theodore Phillips, south by Woodhill, north by F. Holcomb, west by the St., east by the Pond (this is 38 N. Holcomb)
- 1930 Mrs. B. Beardsley, Lots 7 & 8, and out lot 9, assessed value $2600.
- 1940 Irene M. Ainsley, Lot 7.
- 1954 Irene M. Ainsley, Lot 7. Outlot Mrs. Ray Ainsley.
- 1956 Polly and Thomas Allard.
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