Retro Toledo Metro

Whitney & Currier Building, 515 Madison Avenue

The Whitney & Currier Building is the six-story building right of center between the two-story Northern Bank building (center at Madison and Superior) and the four story Doyle & Lewis Building. Note the clock in front of the building. The ten-story Home Bank Building (former site of the Toledo Club building) is on the far right at Madison and Huron. Source: Toledo Lucas County Public Library, Local History and Genealogy.

Stevens House, 519 Madison St.

The John A. Stevens house was located at the corner of Madison Street and Huron Street. By 1874 it was the “former residence” of John Stevens and was converted into a boarding house.

House of Hilton, 2234 N. Reynolds Rd.

The House of Hilton was owned by the late Jeanne Hilton. It was originally located at 2840 N. Reynolds Road c1974. The business was relocated to 2234 N. Reynolds c1978. Susan Hilton was also co-owner of the business. Closed c2008.

Henry G. Haefner Farm, 2830 Holland-Sylvania Rd.

In 1861 this land was still owned by Emmeline Wadsworth. In 1875 it was owned by Jeremiah Micham (1822-1898) and in 1888 by Riley Micham. A map from 1900 shows a house on the property facing Holland-Sylvania Road. Charles Micham, the brother of Riley, owned the land on the south side of his brothers property. Henry Haefner married Louisa Gerner in June 1897 in Lucas County. By 1910, the Riley property was the home and farm of Henry and Louisa Haefner.

William Lindsey Farm, 3016 Holland-Sylvania Rd.

The Lindsey farm was located on the southeast corner of Central Avenue and the Maumee Road (now Holland-Sylvania). In 1875 the land was owned by Robert Freeman. Lindsey purchased the land between 1875 and 1888.

Woolco Department Store, 5821 W. Central Ave.

The Woolco in the image above is not our Woolco, but it sure looks a lot like it. The image of the vacant building below is where our Woolco once was.

From Plain Lands to Private Hands: Long Before ‘The Corners’

Joseph Wampler

In 1820, surveyor Joseph Wampler was making his way through the area that would, in 1895, be known as Rattlesnake Corners, or simply “The Corners.” Today, we know the intersection as Central and Holland-Sylvania. The black dot in the 1820 capture above represents the intersection.