244 Division Street South
When the Oxley Bros. built a house for Detroit doctor Edgar Van Syckle and his wife in 1921, not everyone in Kingsville approved. As printed in the Reporter, “Division Street is one of the most attractive streets one could wish to see, and it seems a pity that small summer residences should be erected thereon, but that is what is taking place. The writer was informed that there were restrictions on Division Street, but a summer cottage is, at present, being erected on one of our most attractive lots.” It may have taken 92 years, but this proper home finally replaced that summer cottage in 2013.
Oxley Bros. will shortly erect a summer home at Union for D. Vansickle of Detroit.
The Kingsville Reporter, May 5, 1921 p.5
The Future of Kingsville
. . . Division Street is one of the most attractive streets one could wish to see, and it seems a pity that small summer residences should be erected thereon, but that is what is taking place. The writer was informed that there were restrictions on Division Street, but a summer cottage is, at present, being erected on one of our most attractive lots . . .
The Kingsville Reporter, June 9, 1921 p.1
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