Category: Roads

“Rattlesnake Corners” and Fred Behrendt.

The intersection of Central and Holland-Sylvania is in the center of this image from the year 1900. One of the two black squares at that intersection is the site of Fred Behrendt’s tavern.

In October of 1895 Fred and Alvina Behrendt took over operations of a roadhouse/tavern at the crossroads of what is now the intersection of Central Avenue and Holland-Sylvania Road, then called Rattlesnake Corners, or “The Corners,” for short. I won’t repeat here what has already been written about in great detail in 1895.

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Reynolds Road Extension

Reynolds Road, previously called Adams Township Stone and Gravel Road No. 10, began as a rural township route in what was once Adams Township, serving 19th-century farms southwest of Toledo.

2-4-1911. “Adams Township Stone and Gravel Road No. 10” Source: Toledo Blade.

This post looks at the unimproved portion of Reynolds Road that used to run from Central Avenue to Holland-Sylvania Road before 1930. What I’m calling the Reynolds Road Extension.

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