  Tokennojokin Member Username: Tokennojokin Post Number: 27 Registered: 08-2006 |
There is a big brick house on mound between 11 & 12 mile that sits way back in the woods. Does anyone know if there is any history with this house. | ||
Detroitplanner Member Username: Detroitplanner Post Number: 1377 Registered: 04-2006 |
The house belonged to Bobby Vinton. Back when more poles lived in Warren, he was in town all the time. The people of Warren all chipped in and bought him this house. Sonny Elliot now lives there with the creator of the Slurpee Machine. | ||
Tokennojokin Member Username: Tokennojokin Post Number: 28 Registered: 08-2006 |
So what's the real story | ||
Waz Member Username: Waz Post Number: 169 Registered: 11-2006 |
I thought it was the base commander's house for TACOM. | ||
Defendbrooklyn Member Username: Defendbrooklyn Post Number: 459 Registered: 11-2005 |
That's Karl's place. | ||
Kid_dynamite Member Username: Kid_dynamite Post Number: 198 Registered: 06-2007 |
DPlanner, you got me for about 10 seconds with that one. that was pretty damn funny. | ||
Andylinn Member Username: Andylinn Post Number: 528 Registered: 04-2006 |
token, you got a picture? | ||
Ookpik Member Username: Ookpik Post Number: 324 Registered: 01-2007 |
I think the house was built for a doctor in the 1930's. I believe it is built in the English Tudor style. The owner has tried to sell it on and off for the past few years with no success. Ookpik | ||
Udmphikapbob Member Username: Udmphikapbob Post Number: 422 Registered: 07-2004 |
always wonder about that one myself | ||
Mikeg Member Username: Mikeg Post Number: 1092 Registered: 12-2005 |
From the City of Warren's Property/Assessing Info. web site, the address and current owner is: ELNICK, JOSEPH 28600 MOUND RD WARREN, MI 48092-5507 The house sits on a 16.26 acre parcel and the SEV is $704,810. (Message edited by Mikeg on August 24, 2007) | ||
Cambrian Member Username: Cambrian Post Number: 1510 Registered: 08-2006 |
Prior to the 50s that was all farm land. There was that little city center up there at chicago and mound. Probably a wealthy gentleman farmer had that built. | ||
Fury13 Member Username: Fury13 Post Number: 2043 Registered: 10-2003 |
That is the Osowski Mansion. Built in the 1930s. I believe Osowski was a doctor. The Elnick family has had the house since the '60s. It would be nice if the house could be preserved, but it sits on valuable commercial/industrial property, and it needs quite a bit of work. I have heard that it's very quaint and unique inside. The very-polluted Bear Creek runs through the property. It can be yours for $3.5 million: http://www.mirealsource.com/cg i-bin/google-MJ03?LM_MST_mls_n oYYNT=30461740&LM_MST_prop_fmt NNNL=2 | ||
56packman Member Username: 56packman Post Number: 1678 Registered: 12-2005 |
could be a date with a bulldozer in it's future | ||
Gistok Member Username: Gistok Post Number: 5174 Registered: 08-2004 |
There's a couple of quirky yet stately homes that were built on the east side, that are sadly now gone. One was a large red brick house on Mack Ave. near the Grosse Pointe Woods/SCS border. The house was set back from the street surrounded by at least an acre of large trees. Well last I saw, the house was torn down, but the land and trees are all still there. A 2nd large home was a lakefront home in Harrison Twp. If you take Jefferson to where it takes a bend (away from the water) at Shook Rd., and follow the little street that still goes along the waterfront, there used to be a large red brick house with a huge brick gateway with wrought iron fence with tall brick fence posts along the front, and the property had a lot of tall trees on it. Last I checked, the house there was torn down as well (recently), but the fancy gateway and fence survive. 2 interesting eastside stately residential properties that I know nothing about. | ||
Alan55 Member Username: Alan55 Post Number: 380 Registered: 09-2005 |
"There was that little city center up there at chicago and mound. Probably a wealthy gentleman farmer had that built." Actually, that collection of old buildings and houses at Chicago and Mound WAS the original Village of Warren, most of which date to the 19th century. The current City of Warren sprawled around it, starting in the 1950's. There are a number of interesting old houses there, and a nice New England-style church from the 1840s or 50s. If you drive in that area you will even see the old village hall. | ||
Cambrian Member Username: Cambrian Post Number: 1516 Registered: 08-2006 |
"could be a date with a bulldozer in it's future" Sad, but the bulldozer trumps history around here, even in a crappy real estate market. Rather then tear dows some stodgy two story 1970s office building, the old mansions are preferred for pulverizing. | ||
One_shot Member Username: One_shot Post Number: 331 Registered: 11-2003 |
Gistok-I know the second place in Harrison Twp your talking about. The fancy fence is still there with a name above the entrance. I was gonna ask about it on here but trying to describe the location was gonna be confusing. That would be a nice lot to build on and restore the gateway. I also know about the house on Mound. Seems like a cool place that is slipping through the cracks. With its location I'm sure it has an interesting past. I remember someone posting about it a while back along with some pics. The doctor story rings a bell. | ||
Alan55 Member Username: Alan55 Post Number: 388 Registered: 09-2005 |
Interesting website of the Warren Historical Society listing info on the old buildings in Warren. http://members.glis.net/whgs/m arkers.htm | ||
Ja1mz Member Username: Ja1mz Post Number: 60 Registered: 02-2007 |
Gistok-I grew up across from st. Joan of arc, not far from that house. I wondered about that house for years, never saw a soul around it. I also noticed it was torn down last time I was around there...it would be interesting to find any history on it.... | ||
Bibs Member Username: Bibs Post Number: 702 Registered: 10-2003 |
I'm pretty sure the name on the archer is El Paul. My father told me to buy the place when it went on the market a couple of years ago. Like I could afford it! It's sad that they tore it down! | ||
Courtney Member Username: Courtney Post Number: 156 Registered: 06-2004 |
According to a former member of St Joan of Arc, the house was willed to the church. They eventually saw it as more of a liability, apparently because of the condition and cost it would take to make it into anything they could use, and tore it down. Not sure how close this is to the truth, but it's something I could see happening. | ||
Gistok Member Username: Gistok Post Number: 5182 Registered: 08-2004 |
It's ironic that the "EL PAUL" estate in Harrison Township had the house torn down, and yet the gateway and fancy fence survive. This seems to be very common in Grosse Pointe Farms, City and Park, where the lakeside mansions (such as Rose Terrace) have been torn down to make subdivisions, and yet the fancy fences survive. |
