Bridge Street and Lake Michigan Drive

 

The white and green house on the corner matched the white and green service station on the opposite corner. I was very disappointed when the service station was torn down. I was even more surprised to discover the same person owned all three.

824 Bridge     

  (The 1936 site map was so faint I copied a  modern one but it is basically the same only darker)

 2 story 20x60x25Ht solid brick/ store and flat bldg
                       brick foundation, 2x12x14 wood
                      full basement, concrete floor

First floor:      12' ceiling, metal, hardwood floor, 1 toilet and lav, heat stove coal

Second Floor: Apt. 4 rooms, 1 bath, oine trim and floor, plaster, coal stove

Tar and gravel roof.          Built 1884

828 Bridge   

 Single House, average; wood frame, brick veneer (common brick); plain trim; Compos shingle roofing;
stone foundation, full basement, cement floor, insulated; hardwood trim and floors, plaster; hot water heat, gas conversion; one bath, no fireplace; 4 rooms on first floor, 4 rooms on 2nd floor. Rated C, built before 1890.

Garage: built 1918, 3 stalls.

840 Bridge

    

    

1332 Bridge St NW

 

Single House; average, wood frame; lap siding (vinyl 2001), plain trim, compos. shingle;Concrete Block foundation,
Full basement with cement floor; hardwood trim and floors, plaster walls and ceilings; Hot Air, Gas burner, converted; one bath, no fireplace; 4 rooms on the first floor, 2 rooms on the 2nd. est. built 1910

1930 census: Myron Lynch

West of the freeway, on the south side of the street, just before Covell are a series of houses in an unusual style. I always thought of them as post WWI California style.

1930 Lake Michigan Dr NW

1936   1951 

1932 Lake Michigan Dr NW

1936   1951 

1934 Lake Michigan Dr NW

1936  1951  

1946 Lake Michigan Drive NW - I LOVE this house.

1936       1951 

                

 

       

 

                

1956 Lake Michigan Dr NW

           

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