Photo from the collection of the Library of Congress
Happy Friday once again everyone, today’s old photo Friday comes from the collection of the Library of Congress, and the Detroit Publishing Company Archives.
Here’s the same view a century apart. The Queen Anne on the corner is still standing, although a bit different than she was was in 1910.
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I was told that this house was once the home of the Walkerville Clerk and that the entrance is actually called the "reception space' on the blueprints. Apparently Henry Ford Sr held a meeting of sorts in this house regarding Ford City - but my resource is without historial proof. The house has retained a lot of its Victorian interior, the current owners have stayed true to the style and turned what was once a duplex back into a single family home.
About the apartment blocks across the street, I recall as a young girl that there was either one or two large homes on that lot. One might have been occupied by nuns as a statue of the Virgin Mary comes to mind. My recollection is hazy as this was a long time ago. Anyone else remember the old house(s)? Mansion would be a better description. I'm new to this site and have been enjoying it tremendously. I grew up in a more modest area of Walkerville, but was frequently in many of the lovely mansions. I still miss the library in Willistead and the coach house, where pottery and drawing classes were held.
The present apartments between Devonshire and Kildare are probably named for a house which stood on Devonshire and Tuscarora, called"Pentilly". The house was supposedly left to an order of nuns by the late owner - possibly a Doctor Coyle, who was an eye, ear, nose and throat doc. As I recall, the sisters operated a business oriented school for young ladies. For some reason the order sold the property.I lived in the area, but we moved in 1946.
Kristen, my mother grew up in the house at Park and Caron. Her dad, my grandfather, turned it into a rooming house during the depression. She had many happy memories of that house, and frequently as an adult met people who had lived there and know and loved her father. Someone bought it and turned it back into a single family home in the seventies but much of the original charm was lost. Now of course the yard is...hmm how shall I say this?..busy. Very very busy. If you google 'J.A. McKay House' you can find a photo of the original house, although not from the best angle. It's on the Municipal Heritage Register and the address is indeed 393 Caron Ave.
Cheers!
Stephen Fox, I've never heard a reference to the name Pentilly before. I currently live on Pentilly, in Tecumseh (formerly St. Clair Beach) but I will be moving soon. I've wondered where the name came from. I don't know if the source is the same, since they are so far apart, but Pentilly Lane has been in St. Clair Beach for quite a while. It is the street that runs along the east boundary of Beach Grove Golf Course.