613 Lafayette Ave NE My Home No entry in 1912 City Directory
N35 FT OF LOT 18 & S 7 FT OF LOT 17* CORBIT S & CO ADDITION
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It was built about 1922 but was not listed in the 1930 census. It had a full concrete basement, hardwood trim down, pine up, converted furnace, four rooms on the first floor, 3 up. No garage.
L503 P566 8 Jul 1922 Bastian Van Ry to Benjamin Buffinga & wife Mary, building restrictions.
Permit History
Oct 23, 1922 B. Buffinga Build a 1 ½ story frame house and furnace worth $5000
Permit #202
Nov 9, 1948 Frank Vander Mark Install coal furnace
Feb 11, 1949 Frank Vander Mark Finish upstairs of house
Sep 16, 1949 Frank Vander Mark Remodel kitchen
Dec 8, 1949 Frank Vander Mark Convert furnace to gas
My dad had a workshop in the basement and remodeled this house. Now I have proof.
My drawing of my home's floorplan
The Residents:
1900, 1910, 1920, 1930 Census - No entry
The back yard in the 1950's. My uncle Jack walking up the stairs he built, his wife Lorraine sitting on them.
That's what man do: they build. That's what women do: they sit on what men build.
From article My neighborhood
From Heading History and the City of GrandRapids
From web site: MyCityofGrandRapids.info