249 Trowbridge St NE
199 Trowbridge before 1912
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S35 FT OF W 41 1/2 FT OF LOT 19 & W 41 1/2 FT OF LOT 20* CORBIT S & CO ADDITION
In 1936 Amelia, John and Robert Graham lived here. It had a brick and stone basement with a cement floor. It had pine floors. Five rooms on the first floor, 2 up, one bath. No garage. It was built about 1900? (best guess)
Permit History
Aug 20, 1928 J Graham Repair roof fire loss
Oct 11, 1955 Leo Shanhan (sic) Furnace fan
Jan 10, 1956 L. Shanohan (sic) conversion to gas burner
I inspected this house. The front door opened right onto a straight up stairway with a door at the bottom that opened into the downstairs front parlor. There were two bedrooms up, one in the front and one in the rear. The door that opened at the back end of the porch led into one large room.
The Residents:
1900 Census Page 58 - John Graham (The census seems to have 199 and 195 switched)
1912 City Directory - John D Graham
The Shanahan family lived here when I was a kid. Their oldest boy was a year younger than I. He went to St. Alphonses. He had four younger sisters.
From article My neighborhood
From Heading History and the City of GrandRapids
From web site: MyCityofGrandRapids.info