Lake Family Property, 6700 W. Sylvania Ave.

Source: Toledo-Lucas County Public Library Block Card Collection.

This building was located on the northwest corner of Sylvania Avenue and McCord Road. The Lake family home was at 6726 Sylvania Avenue, just west of this structure. Later became the site of a Marathon gas station. Currently Speedway gas station.

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Kohardt Home and Fallen Timbers Gun Club, 7844 W. Central Ave.

Source: Toledo-Lucas County Public Library Block Card Collection.
Source: Toledo-Lucas County Public Library Block Card Collection.

Was located on the north side of Central Avenue between King Road and Centennial Road. The home was still standing in 1998 but gone by 2001.

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Hing Mee Restaurant, 6256 W. Central Ave.

Formerly M&M Lounge, Red Apple Restaurant, La Vista Nite Club, and Swinger Night Club. Hing Mee opened in 1979 and was owned and operated by Yuk (Hank) Hing Lee. The building was demolished to make way for Taylor Kia.

Hank, 26, emigrated to the U.S. from China via Trinidad where he was the proprietor of a dry goods shop. He made is home in Toledo, while working at various Chinese restaurants before opening the Hing Mee Restaurant with his sister Mee. The restaurant ran for 11 years before Hank closed the business to work with his Uncle Kim and Aunt Garling Wong at Kim’s Gardens of Novi, Michigan. Hank retired at the age of 65 and spent his remaining years dividing his time between Toledo and Akron with his family. He was an active member of the Asian Senior center of Toledo and spent his free time gardening, observing nature and daytripping. – from obituary. 

2-2-1979, Toledo Blade.