retrotoledometro – Retro Toledo Metro

Redding House, 4060 Franklin Dr.

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

Built c1945. Demolished c2004. Currently a side-by-side duplex.

Becker Home, 7422 Sylvania Ave.

Built c1948. Demolished c2014. This house was located on the north side of Sylvania Avenue just east of King Road. It appears the home sat vacant in it’s last years.

Lake Family Property, 6700 W. Sylvania Ave.

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.

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

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.

Martin Motel, 8730 W. Central Ave.

Owned by Ray and Ruth Martin, who also lived in the house next to the motel at the same address. Was located on the north side of Central Avenue between Centennial Road and Crissey Road.

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.