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The
Frederick Wieland House
This
beautiful Victorian home was built in
1899 by Frederick and Pearl Wieland.
Frederick was a prominent citizen of
the Lake Orion area. He served two terms
in the legislature, was the village attorney,
a member of the Board of Education and
served as the township supervisor from
1900 to 1912.
On
January 5, 1917, Mr. Wieland died
of a long illness with tuberculosis. He was
vacationing in Florida at the time. His body
was sent back to Lake Orion and he was buried
in the Evergreen Cemetery.
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November 16, 1924, Pearl Wieland (55 years)
married Frank D. Hovey (66 years) of Port Huron.
Witnesses were Blanche Sims (a middle school is currently
named after her) and Mary Keller. It was believed
at the time, that Pearl owned a real estate/insurance
business called The Wieland Agency.
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December 20, 1925, Pearl and Frank Hovey
moved to Port Huron. In August of 1928 Pearl and
Frank
decided to move back to Lake Orion and they remodeled
the Wieland House.
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Friday July 26, 1930, the Orion Review reported “At
9:30 am a tragic auto accident happened one mile
south of the village of Davison that cost the life
of a prominent Lake Orion citizen, Frank D. Hovey.
This accident also resulted in the serious injury
of his wife Mrs. Pearl Wieland/Hovey.”
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September 12, 1944, Pearl Hovey sold the
home to her cousin, Blanche Sims. Blanche Sims and
Jeannie
McGuffie lived in this house for several years with
Pearl.
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September 26, 1946, Pearl Adaline Wieland/Hovey
passed away from heart disease. She was buried next
to her first husband Frederick Wieland in Evergreen
Cemetery.
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March 31, 1947, Blanche Sims passed away.
She was a member of the Methodist Church and she
taught in the local schools for 50 years. She was
buried in the Evergreen cemetery.
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January 15, 1948, the house was sold to Ella
Butts Shoemaker by Walter H. Shoup, the administrator
of the estate of Blanche Sims. The house and property
was purchased for $7,200.00
During
the 1950’s, the home was rented by
Ms. Wanda Hubble and then later by Mr. and Mrs. Gerald
Hogan. Mr. Hogan was a dentist and practiced his
profession from the house. It was believed that his
dentist chair was in the dining room. Mr. Hogan died
in the late 1950’s.
On
July 17, 1959, Augusta Hogan purchased the
home following her husband’s death. It was
believed that Augusta Hogan was a school teacher
in Lake Orion. Mrs. Hogan died in 1990 at the age
of 87.
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May 25, 1978, the house was sold to Fred
and Jean Dickman. Fred was in the publications business
at General Dynamics in Sterling Heights. Jean operated
her own custom framing business in the village of
Lake Orion from 1977-1987. They made many changes
to the house and always tried to maintain the appearance
of a Victorian home. Changes were the addition to
the upstairs and the rear of the house, front porch,
fencing, landscaping and internal renovation and
decoration.
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May 28, 2005, the house was sold to Jim and
Renee Rowe. We converted the home into commercial
property to be used for our business, Treeside
Psychological Clinic PC. We renovated the downstairs
bathroom and put a handicap ramp in the back to comply
with disability codes. We also added a wall to the
living room to provide for office space and privacy.
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