William B. Coles House

Ezra and Florence Kemp, the original owners, built the William B. Coles House in 1906. The Kemp family purchased the unimproved lot from developer Allen C. Clark in 1900. In 1908, after the death of Ezra Kemp, his widow sold the property to William B. and Isadora Coles, who raised their family in this house. Coles, who worked as a clerk at the U.S. Department of the Treasury, contracted with the Detroit Heating Company to have a complete system of central heating installed in the house. Today, the original wood siding is covered with white aluminum siding.