“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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