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Value Of Ann Arbor Real Estate In 1830

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Parent Issue
Day
10
Month
February
Year
1893
Copyright
Public Domain
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, The Dexter News of last week contained a sketch of Chauncey S. Goodrich, who settled in Dexter in 1827, written by his son, Morrell Goodrich, in the course of which the following interesting reminiscence is given: "He was the second supervisor of the town of Dexter, in 1830. In the fall of that year he purchased a house and lot of Greely Cook,-of Ann Arbor, removthere in 1831, and in April he purchased of Esq. Abbott, of Detroit, the block on the east side of the court house. Moses Boylan owned one lot in the block at the time. The price paid tor the block was $1,000. He had a race with James Kingsley and Daniel Brown, on ponies, to Detroit to purchase the place. Th ere was a frame house on the premises. It contained eight rooms íind a family lived in each room. The house now stands on the same block and is owned and occupied by his daughter, Sarah Goodrich. In 1831-2 there was an addition built on ;he main building. When tl i is was completed he put out a shingle for a sign and opened a hotel which he kept for twenty-flve years, and here he resided until his death.

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Ann Arbor Argus
Old News