63 Alfred Street Owners List

Legal Owner	Period of Ownership	Comments	Price paid (2004 dollars)
Edmund A. Brush Estate	Pre 8/31/1880	Original European Detroit Landholder
Helen A. Gillis	8/31/1880 – 9/3/1880		$8,700 ($168,180)
Mary M. Stinchfield	9/3/1880 – 4/26/1888	Charles Stenchfield, Guardian	$16,000 ($309,296)
Alanson J. Fox	4/26/1880 – 10/29/1903	Died, left to wife Longest “Blue Blood” owner	$24,000 ($498,311)
Cornelia S. Fox	10/29/1903 – 6/6/1916	Sold for $1	Inherited
Maurice Penfield Fikes	6/6/1916 – 7/22/1919	Sold for $1	$1
Bertha Noeske & Albertina Noeske	7/22/1919 – 9/25/1936	They assume mortgages to Detroit Savings Bank and Mary G. Fikes and honor a current lease to Harry E. Vrooman	$1
Carmen Fraser	3/27/1934 - ?	Purchases back lot where restaurant will be built for $1, transaction somewhat confusing. Sold by Bertha Noeske Mathieson and Minnie J.Ott. Albertina is dead and left her portion to her daughter(s)	$1
Detroit Bank (formerly The Detroit Savings Bank)	9/25/1936 – 5/20/1942	Bertha Noeske Mathieson and Albertina Noeske (Dead?) default on loan, sold by Wayne County Sheriff	$24,139 ($337,464)
John J. Essa & Amina Essa	5/20/1942 – 1/9/1973	It looks like they only purchase the front lot, not the restaurant in the back Longest Property Owner	$1
Sam Kasab& Ann Kasab; Jack & Amene Kasab; David Baum & Eva Baum and Dale McCauley	? - 2/13/1958	These people loss, presumably, the back lot, restaurant to the City of Detroit for back taxes. The City of Detroit promptly sells it to State of Michigan.
State of Michigan	2/13/1958 – 3/18/1982		$1
Woodward East Project, Inc.	1/9/1973 – 6/3/1977	Purchases only front lot, corporation goes through “Automatic Dissolution” on 10/1/1983	$10,000 ($42,118)
State of Michigan	6/3/1977 - 3/18/1982	State of Michigan obtains from plot of land, one with house on it, for back taxes. They now own all the original land sold to the Gillis’
City of Detroit	3/18/1982 – 9/11/1985	City purchases land from State of Michigan
Douglas Kuykendall & Ernestine Rooks	9/11/1985 - 2002	1986 - application to the commission to construct a 4 to 5 foot high fence around the property.  Commission approves the fence. 1987 - application to change property from single family dwelling to apartments, and to repair slate roof, owner of record listed as Douglas Kuykendall and Ernestine Rooks. It looks like Kuykendall and Rooks made early attempts to save the house. Listed as current owners on City of Detroit Web Site	$1000 ($1,739)
City of Detroit	2002 - Present	Acquired through condemnation

REFERENCES:

1. Deed, for 63 Alfred St., Detroit, MI, between the Edmond A Brush Estate and Helen A Gillis, 8/31/1880.

2. Warranty Deed – Short Form, for 63 Alfred St., Detroit, MI, between Helen A. Gillis and Mary M. Stinchfield, 9/3/1880.

3. Warranty Deed, for 63 Alfred St., Detroit, MI, between Charles Stinchfield and Alason J. Fox, 5/1/1888.

4. Last Will and Testament of Alanson J. Fox, 11/17/1904.

5. Warranty Deed – Short Form, for 63 Alfred St., Detroit, MI, between Cornelia S. Fox and Maurice Penfield Fikes, 6/6/1916.

6. Warranty Deed, 63 Alfred St., Detroit, MI, between Maurice Penfield Fikes and Bertha Noeske and Albertina Noeske, 8/25/1919.

7. Quit Claim Deed, Short, 205 Alfred St, Detroit, MI, between Carmen Fraser and Bertha Noeske Mathieson and Minnie J. Ott, 3/27/1934.

8. Sheriff’s Deed of Mortgage Sale, for 205 Alfred St., Detroit, between Deputy Sheriff of Wayne County and The Detroit Bank, 9/25/1936.

9. Deed, for 205 Alfred St., Detroit, MI, between The Detroit Bank and John J. Essa and Amina Essa, 5/20/1942.

10. Warranty Deed, Statutory Short Form, between Deputy Controller of the City of Detroit and Sam Kasab and Ann Kasab; Jack Kasab and Amene Kasab; David Baum and Eva Baum; and Dale McCauley, 2/13/1958.

11. Quit Claim Deed, for 204 Alfred St., Detroit, MI, between John J. Essa and Amina Essa and Woodward East Project, Inc., 1/9/1973.

12. Deed to State of Michigan, 204 Alfred St., Detroit, MI, to State of Michigan from tax sale, 6/3/1977.

13. Deed, for 204 Alfred St., Detroit, MI, between State of Michigan and City of Detroit, 3/18/1982.

14. Quit Claim Deed, for 204 Alfred St., Detroit, MI, between City of Detroit and Douglas Kuykendall and Ernestine Rooks, 11/13/85.

15. Marusich , James. “RE: Ransom Gillis Home.’ E-mail to John Kossik. 6/13/2005.