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- This farmhouse at 405 West Hamlin Road was built in 1888 by John Smith on 80 acres across from Hamlin School. It was inherited by John Geil in the 1940's and was demolished in 1978. (P-180) [date is approximate] Photograph Collection
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- Oakland County Historical Resources hosts digitized materials from Rochester Hills Public Library and many other local cultural heritage organizations in Oakland County, Michigan.
- Data Provider:
- Oakland County Historical Resources and Rochester Hills Public Library
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- The Johnson home was located on Tienken Road in Stoney Creek. Streetcar 1002 is shown in front of the house. (P-77) [date is approximate] Photograph Collection
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- Oakland County Historical Resources hosts digitized materials from Rochester Hills Public Library and many other local cultural heritage organizations in Oakland County, Michigan.
- Data Provider:
- Oakland County Historical Resources and Rochester Hills Public Library
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- The home of Howard K. McCotter, located across from the greenhouses at Oakview, near East Hamlin Road. The D.M. Ferry Company, later known as the Ferry-Morse Seed Company, expanded operations from Detroit to Avon Township in 1902. Oakview Farm comprised the area between South Rochester Road, East Hamlin Road, John R Road, and East Auburn Road. In 1912, the company increased the size of the farm northward, so that it reached to East Avon Road. Oakview was the site of the company’s trial grounds and stock seed breeding operations until 1944. Howard K. McCotter became general superintendent after his father, James H. McCotter. (P-106) [date is approximate] Photograph Collection
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- Oakland County Historical Resources hosts digitized materials from Rochester Hills Public Library and many other local cultural heritage organizations in Oakland County, Michigan.
- Data Provider:
- Oakland County Historical Resources and Rochester Hills Public Library
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- An unknown woman stands in front of the Tice home on Tienken Road in Stoney Creek. The house was pulled down around 1920. (P-75) [date is approximate] Photograph Collection
- Notes:
- Oakland County Historical Resources hosts digitized materials from Rochester Hills Public Library and many other local cultural heritage organizations in Oakland County, Michigan.
- Data Provider:
- Oakland County Historical Resources and Rochester Hills Public Library
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- The Newberry Farm house located on Bloomer Road. The picture shows a two-story, clapboard house with trellis arbors and flower garden equipment. It was built by Milo Prentice Newberry (1825-1909) in 1863. (P-16) [date is approximate] Photograph Collection
- Notes:
- Oakland County Historical Resources hosts digitized materials from Rochester Hills Public Library and many other local cultural heritage organizations in Oakland County, Michigan.
- Data Provider:
- Oakland County Historical Resources and Rochester Hills Public Library
- Description:
- The home of Howard K. McCotter, located across from the greenhouses at Oakview, near East Hamlin Road. The D.M. Ferry Company, later known as the Ferry-Morse Seed Company, expanded operations from Detroit to Avon Township in 1902. Oakview Farm comprised the area between South Rochester Road, East Hamlin Road, John R Road, and East Auburn Road. In 1912, the company increased the size of the farm northward, so that it reached to East Avon Road. Oakview was the site of the company’s trial grounds and stock seed breeding operations until 1944. Howard K. McCotter became general superintendent after his father, James H. McCotter. (P-106) [date is approximate] Photograph Collection
- Notes:
- Oakland County Historical Resources hosts digitized materials from Rochester Hills Public Library and many other local cultural heritage organizations in Oakland County, Michigan.
- Data Provider:
- Oakland County Historical Resources and Rochester Hills Public Library
- Description:
- Winter picture of a farmhouse. Mary Newberry Snook (1886-1967) watches older woman, possibly her mother, Mary Eliza Baldwin Newberry (1843-1919), pump water. (P-21) [date is approximate] Photograph Collection
- Notes:
- Oakland County Historical Resources hosts digitized materials from Rochester Hills Public Library and many other local cultural heritage organizations in Oakland County, Michigan.
- Data Provider:
- Oakland County Historical Resources and Rochester Hills Public Library
- Description:
- The J.B. Godfrey Store in Stoney Creek was formerly the DeLilse Store and apparently stood at the corner of Romeo Road and Tienken Road. In addition to running a mercantile, Godfrey (1857-1932) was also a Justice of the Peace in Rochester. This photograph was taken from Tienken Road. (P-79) [date is approximate] Photograph Collection
- Notes:
- Oakland County Historical Resources hosts digitized materials from Rochester Hills Public Library and many other local cultural heritage organizations in Oakland County, Michigan.
- Data Provider:
- Oakland County Historical Resources and Rochester Hills Public Library
- Description:
- Sarah Ann Taylor Van Hoosen (1830-1921) on the left and Mary Robertson Price on the right, pose in front of the original Van Hoosen home built by Sarah's mother, Mary Miner Taylor, in 1840, after the death of Sarah's father, Elisha Taylor, in 1834. Mary Price's father ran the Robertson Grist Mill and the dog on the left was named Diamond Dick. (P-41) [date is approximate] Photograph Collection
- Notes:
- Oakland County Historical Resources hosts digitized materials from Rochester Hills Public Library and many other local cultural heritage organizations in Oakland County, Michigan.
- Data Provider:
- Oakland County Historical Resources and Rochester Hills Public Library
- Description:
- This home was originally a salt-box style built by Mr. Kremer, a carpenter and carriage maker. The home dates from the late 1880s or 1890s. As the family grew, the roof was raised for additional bedrooms. (P-181) [date is approximate] Photograph Collection
- Notes:
- Oakland County Historical Resources hosts digitized materials from Rochester Hills Public Library and many other local cultural heritage organizations in Oakland County, Michigan.
- Data Provider:
- Oakland County Historical Resources and Rochester Hills Public Library