The Haunted House (circled in black in the Sanborn map below) was on the southeast corner of Thirteenth and Madison. The house sat a ways back from Madison and close to Thirteenth.
Haunted House on Madison Street
Author: retrotoledometro
Stranahan Elementary School- Haunted Chamber: 1980-1984
Central Inn, 5922 W. Central Avenue
Opened 1951. Formerly Ray’s Tavern (c1946). Was located on the north side of Central Avenue between Warner Avenue and Holland-Sylvania (Kmart parking lot). Was owned and operated by James Puhl.
Continue reading “Central Inn, 5922 W. Central Avenue”Hotel Monticello, 908 Jefferson Avenue.
The Hotel Monticello, built in 1893, was located on the northwest corner of Jefferson Avenue and Michigan Street. It was later renamed the Milner Hotel and the Earle Hotel. It was destroyed by fire and demolished in 1974.
Central Wrecking Co., 6012-18 W. Central Ave.
Happy Hollow Pony Riding Academy, 3152 Millicent Ave.
Baden family home in 1935 through 1949. Baden family also ran the Happy Hollow Pony Riding Academy which was located on the property adjacent to their home. The property and business was purchased by Richard Lederman in 1949, but apparently the business didn’t last long. The home has been updated and changed many hands since.
Continue reading “Happy Hollow Pony Riding Academy, 3152 Millicent Ave.”3309 Wilford Drive
Lot was purchased by Carl and Berdena Boyd in 1946 ($130.00) and house built in 1947. Sold in 1978. Has had multiple owners and updates since.
Continue reading “3309 Wilford Drive”3355 Fairbanks Ave.
Built 1944. Various additions over the years. Oehlers family home. It was purchased in 1977 by neighbor Johnny “Don” Hudson who owned Don Hudson’s Gulf Station at Holland-Sylvania Road and Sylvania Avenue. Don sold the property in 1991.
Continue reading “3355 Fairbanks Ave.”Kline’s Greenhouse, 3009 Holland-Sylvania Rd.
Kline’s Greenhouse (c1961) was located at or near the current Sylvania Walk Shoppes which was previously the site of the former McDonalds. Was also known as Parks Greenhouse (c1950).
Continue reading “Kline’s Greenhouse, 3009 Holland-Sylvania Rd.”2867 Holland-Sylvania Road
Before the old McDonalds and the old Frisch’s this house was located at or near the space between those two restaurants.
Continue reading “2867 Holland-Sylvania Road”