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plant. The house stayed in the family for a number of decades; during this time the house was used for funerals because the large double doors in the front allowed caskets to be easily carried into the house. In the 1980s, developers bought it with the intention of starting a
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1718:Grand Circus
1678:Capitol Park
1642:West Village
1602:Palmer Woods
1527:Beverly Road
1501:Neighborhood
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1409:Sawyer House
1379:Koebel House
1234:Sibley House
1214:Moross House
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1607:Park Avenue
1510:Residential
1482:Sheldon Inn
990:Other lists
918:Schoolcraft
848:Montmorency
291:gable-front
285:Description
149: /
125:Coordinates
1859:Categories
1843:See also:
1783:Sugar Hill
1768:New Center
1652:Woodbridge
1587:Northville
1552:East Ferry
1537:Brush Park
933:St. Joseph
923:Shiawassee
784:Livingston
628:Charlevoix
331:References
304:bay window
270:Willow Run
137:83°26′54″W
134:42°17′56″N
1738:Greektown
1683:Cass Park
1666:Mixed-use
948:Washtenaw
943:Van Buren
928:St. Clair
903:Roscommon
875:Ontonagon
834:Missaukee
824:Menominee
809:Marquette
746:Kalamazoo
701:Hillsdale
663:Dickinson
633:Cheboygan
395:March 13,
255:Civil War
242:in 2003.
1547:Corktown
1307:Suburban
1016:listings
852:Muskegon
844:Montcalm
804:Manistee
794:Mackinac
774:Leelanau
759:Keweenaw
750:Kalkaska
736:Isabella
706:Houghton
653:Crawford
638:Chippewa
314:See also
295:hip roof
215:03000174
178:Built by
114:Location
997:Bridges
965:Wexford
958:Detroit
938:Tuscola
913:Sanilac
908:Saginaw
879:Osceola
862:Oakland
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246:History
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563:Alger
170:Built
1082:City
789:Luce
764:Lake
754:Kent
731:Iron
623:Cass
500:ISBN
397:2010
308:arch
230:The
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162:Area
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210:No.
197:MPS
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