Month: January 2023

Rosemary Apartments

3632 N. Detroit Ave.

The Rosemary Apartments (Sold 1983. Closed 2007. Demolished 2023) was built in 1930 and owned by Dolphus J. Marleau, who owned the D.J. Marleau Hardware Company (created 1889), once located at Collingwood and Detroit. The Rosemary Apartment building was named after D.J. Marleau’s granddaughter and was built on the south side of the Ottawa River. When the river was shifted (c1969) to make way for the new Lagrange to Central expressway section, and Phillips Road extension, the building was then located on the north side of the river.

9-27-1930
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The Hall House

3244 Fairbanks Ave. (formerly 6121 W. Central)

The house at 3244 Fairbanks (southeast corner of Fairbanks and Goodhue) used to sit on the south side of Central Avenue in the mid-70s, between Fairbanks and Piero, before the “Central Avenue Strip.” The Harold Hall family lived in the house at 6121 W. Central and owned a couple of businesses on the adjacent property until c1976.

The Hall house, along with a second home (Roy Maple house), was moved from the property on the south side of Central and driven down Fairbanks and placed on prebuilt foundations. The Roy Maple house is now at 3243 Marsrow (southwest corner of Marsrow and Goodhue).

Image of the house when located on Central Avenue. Image taken from Central Avenue.
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