Residences, Brown family
Photograph
Two photographs of Brown family houses.
1. Photo taken of the house and yard. Handwritten note on the back reads "Joshua J. Brown house on the hill Saugatuck, MI. Beautiful blue hydrangea bush in front of porch. He put nails into the soil below bush to cause it to be blue!"
2. View from Mt. Baldhead marked "copyright 1915 by H.C. Simonson" and "Bird's Eye View of Saugatuck, Mich." An arrow and an X are written on the print to indicate home locations. Handwritten note on the back reads "To the right of the V is our house. James Brown - Bee Brown Finch - Sandra Finch and the X is Sandra's great grandparents house - Loren & Hattie Veits and Jessie Veits. Taken about 1920..."
2024.15.09
Print, photograph
Brown, James Morgan 1875-1948Edson, Sandra (Finch)Finch, Beatrice Marquita “Bee” (Brown) 1907-2005Brown, Joshua J. 1844-1939Veits, Hattie (Smalley) 1863-1948Veits, Loren E. 1860-1946Veits, Jessie Della 1885-1978Lady Bird/Lucy's Little Kitchen/White House Bistro/Bea Finch house
The 1999 historic survey places the James Brown/Bea Finch residence at 149 Griffith St. and the Jessie Veits residence at 311 Main St. The house with the X in the photo is at 300-something Water Street.
Family HistoryBuildings: Homes, cottages and private residences
Winthers, Sally
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145 Brown, Finch and Edson family
04/05/2024
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