This is a brief, but evolving history of the house. We are always checking with long time residents and city historical records to add more to our history, but it's slow going. This wasn't a particularly notable house - there are dozens of them very similar within a 10 minute walking radius of here. But is is cozy and nicely located next to the park.

The house had borders/renters pretty much from early on. It may have been a single family for the first two years until Ira "drifted" away and Clara needed a way to raise money (which could explain the first border being listed in 1931). It is clear that the house wasn't two family as built, but was modified soon after for two family. The original back door was at the foot of the 2nd floor stair case. When converting to a two family, an additional back door was added to the kitchen (for first floor access) and a door installed in the passage between the kitchen and the 2nd floor staircase. There are some pictures below of the exterior appearance of the house back around 1931/32.

We are starting off presenting this as a timeline history of the house we have been able to decode so far. There may come a time a better form becomes apparent, but for now, this will do.

• 1918 First few houses were built on Pauline Blvd
• 1926 Furthest house on Pauline is 805, phone numbers are just 4 digits
• 1928 801 Pauline built by Ira McInturff. Ira apparently drifted off after a few years and left the place to Clara, is wife and Roy, her brother and her 3 year old son Mac.
• 1929 First border for the house is listed as Chas H Johnson, a Draftsman for King Seely Corp and his wife, Marion.
• 1931 Peter M Scott, a student, and wife Karleen become borders
• 1932 LLoyd W Lebaron, a manager for Kroger Grocery and Baking and his wife Fay are borders
• 1933 Russell A Smith, an assistant at the Law Library at UofM and his wife Berta were borders
• 1934 Maxwell H Thompson, a civil engineer, and wife Laleen were borders
• 1935 Paul C Samson, an instructor at UofM was a border
• 1936 Samuel Bousky, a physicist at Physicists Research Company, was a border
• 1937 Jos Mueller, an assistant at UofM, and wife Ruth were borders. According to city records, a Roy Schoeder, a lab worker and his wife Marie were also borders, but I can't believe at the same time - there wasn't enough room!
• 1938 Marcy V Dougher, a saleswoman, William L Kernahan, a dry cleaner and his wife Lucy and Gerbert T Hebner, a truck driver, and his wife Nina are listed as borders. I have no idea how, though based on past records, borders came and went pretty frequently - perhaps these three were borders at different times of the same year.
• 1939 Merrill R Wiseman, a student, and wife Berly and Robert E Stewart, a student, and wife Marjorie are listed as borders. This is also the first year there is a phone installed in the house.
• 1940 George C Pajineau and Chas Sanders, a clerk, and wife Viola are borders.
• 1941 Acial L Cataline, a factory worker at Buhr machine and tool, and his wife Sadie were borders
• 1942 Clara McInturff is reported to be widowed (although we don't know exactly when - the story is that Ira just abandon Clara and there son Mac). Chellis F Graham, a factory worker, and wife Rita are borders.
• 1943 Francis Villany, an electrician at Ford, and wife Janet are borders.
• 1944 no info available, though still owned by Clara McInturff
• 1945 Donald O Cornwell, a flight engineer at Ford, and wife Lucille are borders.
• 1946 no info available, though still owned by Clara McInturff
• 1947 Edward B Singleton, an intern at UofM, and wife Selwyn are borders
• 1948 no info available, though still owned by Clara McInturff
• 1949 W.L. Kouter, a physician at UofM, and wife Janet are borders
• 1950 no info available, though still owned by Clara McInturff
• 1951 no info available, though still owned by Clara McInturff
• 1952 no info available, though still owned by Clara McInturff
• 1953 no info available, though still owned by Clara McInturff
• 1954 Richard T Gregory, a physician at UofM, and wife Mary are borders
• 1955 Henry G Paquette, a cook at the Allenel Hotel, and wife Ann are borders
• 1956 Henry G Paquette, now a cook at the Stadium Coffee shop, and wife Ann are borders. Claras son, Mac McInturff, a foreman at Hatch Stamping, and his wife Sharon move in. It's possible that Clara either became sick or died about this time, which would explain her sons return and the fact there that there are no further mentions of Clara. We still need to consult the tax records to find out. Mac is still alive and lives in Dexter. In fact, his son (Claras Grandson) just recently visited us (6/1/2001)
• 1957 Donald Corzine, a student, and wife Shirley are borders, along with Dean L Gilbert, an air factory worker and his wife Mary. It's possible that some McInturff still owned the house, but now rented both floors. It's also possible that Donald Corzine bought the house (presumably cheaply) as he is listed for the next 5 years (a record if he was a border).
• 1958 Donald Corzine, still a student, and wife Shirley are borders (??), along with Glen Thomet, a student and his wife Sharon.
• 1959 no info available, though presumable Donald Corzine still lived here
• 1960 Donald Corzine, still a student, and wife Shirley are still borders (maybe, starting to look like they owner the place now). William C McCrary, an instructor at UofM, and his wife Sally were borders.
• 1961 House was sold to Richard P Miller, listed as a student. I sometimes suspect the people putting together the historical directories made guesses when they couldn't confirm a persons occupation (and given this places history, student would be as good as guess as any). William C McCrary, an instructor at UofM, and his wife remained borders.
• 1962 Richard P Miller is still listed as a student. Kenneth Scott, a repairman for American Rug Cleaning Company, and his wife Charlene are borders.
• 1963 Richard P Miller is still listed as a student, though he is listed as having a wife now, Marilyn. No borders are listed.
• 1964 Richard P Miller is now listed as an attendant at Ypsilanti State hospital and is married to Marilyn. Margaret G Hill, a clerk at UMI, begins a multi-year stint as the border. This is also the year it is believed that the aluminum siding was installed. [July 3 Note: The name "Richard Miller" was found written on the undersides of some of the siding we removed, pretty much confirming the date/owner]
• 1965 Richard P Miller, now an office secretary at American Broach, and wife Marilyn still on premise. Margaret G Hill, a clerk at UMI, is still a border. Both had a joyous party on July 22, celebrating my birth that day :)
• 1966 Richard P Miller is now listed as a teacher at Forest Junior High School in Livonia. Appears to be still married to Marilyn. Margaret G Hill is still a clerk at UMI and a border.
• 1966 Richard P Miller is the only listing. He is still a teacher at Forest Junior High School in Livonia and still appears to be married to Marilyn. It's possible that the house was "converted back" to a single family house at this point as there are no further borders listed for the property. It's also possible the city directory changed the way it collected info, but it's likely the reversal to single family happened sometime around this period.
• 1967 Richard P Miller is the only listing. He is still a teacher at Forest Junior High School in Livonia and still appears to be married to Marilyn.
• 1968 Richard P Miller is the only listing. He is still a teacher at Forest Junior High School in Livonia and still appears to be married to Marilyn.
• 1969 House appears to be sold to Raymond E Monroe, a forester at Burh out of door recreation, with wife Susan
• 1970 Raymond E Monroe, a forester at Burh out of door recreation, with wife Susan are the only listing.
• 1971 House appears to have been sold to Robert G Shepherd, vice president and sales manager for Devon Lincoln-Mercury, and wife Joyce.
• 1971 Robert G Shepherd seems to have been promoted to vice president and general manager for Devon Lincoln-Mercury and not lost his lovely wife Joyce in the process.
• 1973 No info available
• 1974 Enid Holzberg appears to have bought the place
• 1975 Enid L Huelsberge is again the only listing, though with an updated spelling and an occupation of student.
• 1976 Jim Gahagan and wife Rene appear to have bought the house
• 1977 Jim Gahagan and wife Rene are listed as occupants of the house. Also listed is Paul C Gilson. Paul must have bought the house that year as he is listed as the owner for the next decade.
• 1978 Paul C Gilson, a teacher at Willow Run Public Schools, owner the house. It's likely that around this period, the walls for the front bedroom on the first floor were ripped out, the walls and archway between the living room and dining room were ripped out and the old front bedroom closet entrance was turned to become a entryway closet. We still need to check witht he building department records to see if there were any serious renovations that would match up.
• 1979 Paul C Gilson listed
• 1980 Paul C Gilson listed
• 1981 Paul C Gilson listed
• 1982 Paul C Gilson now has a wife, Barbara. In a fit of recognizing women as people, the directory lists her occupation as a nurse at UofM. It's not clear if he got married this year or the directory just was in omission for the earlier years.
• 1983 Paul C Gilson and his wife Barbaras listed
• 1984 Paul C Gilson and his wife Barbaras listed
• 1985 Paul C Gilson and his wife Barbaras listed
• 1986 Paul C Gilson and his wife Barbaras listed
• 1987 Paul C Gilson and his wife Barbaras listed
• 1988 Perry W Bullard, State Legislator, buys the house. At some point during his ownership, the current mongo-large garage (2.5 car and then some) is constructed. The neighbors hate him for it because it is way too big for a lot this size and it blocks some of their views of the park. Belief is that the only reason it was allowed is because he had "connections".
• 1989 Perry W Bullard is only listed occupant
• 1990 Perry W Bullard is only listed occupant
• 1991 William Kerrigan, a teaching assistant, and his wife Katrina are occupying the house (it's not clear if they bought it or were renting it)
• 1992 William Kerrigan, a teaching assistant at UofM, and his wife, Katrina A Barnes-Kerrigan are occupying the house
• 1993 Barbara Daoust is occupying the house - ownership is unclear
• 1994 No info available
• 1995 Cindy and David Debol own the house. David is apparently a former NHL hockey player for the Whalers. They did a lot of work on the basement (took the old crumbling floor out and replaced with a new concrete floor, finished of someof the basement, upgraded the electrical service (mostly - the circuit box was upgraded, the wiring to the pole wasn't), carpeted the basement and had a drainage system/sump pump installed. They also installed some less than thrilling white carpet in the front rooms.
• 1996 The Debols owned the house until July 31, at which time we bought it (yeah!). Did only minor updates (added a medicine chest to the basement bathroom, built a laundry table and cabinets in the wash/utility room, etc.
• 1997 Removed the old brickwork (well, fake brickwork) pad in the living room and the last of the big old cast iron stove. Later that year, we did some additional finishing in the basement (closing it up a bit, so instead of one huge L shaped room, we had a separate media room, a small office and the main part of the room. Later in the year, stripped the white carpet back to reveal hardwood floors. Started trying to restore the lawn.
• 1998 Started planning for our renovation. Remove aluminum siding on front porch as a test of whether the underlying clapboards were going to be OK or not. Much more work on lawn. Added more home automation equipment including a touch screen in the kitchen, microphones and speakers in the kitchen as well.
• 1999 Lawn is finally looking pretty darn good. Stripped the aluminum siding off the house (bigger project than it sounds)
• 2000 Remove decrepit shed porch from back of house
• 2001 Major renovation project to the front half of the house.Changed the front door around to be centered on the house, created a study with a window seat (and added windows), wall to wall book cases and french doors. Added a real fireplace (flanked by more book cases), refinished the floors, built the screen wall between the living room and dining room, rebuilt the front porch, added roof/eves bracket. We also stripped bare and rebuilt the east bedroom on the second floor, removing carpet and stripping wood, refinishing the floor. The 2nd floors knob and tube wiring was replaced with romex and data/cable/phone wiring installed. The lawn isn't looking so good anymore though (construction is tough on it)..

Historical photos

We've been in contact with Mac McInturf (who grew up here and with his mom, were the original owners/occupants and very recently passed away (Sept 2001)) and his son Charles. They've sent us some photos of the exterior of the house (along with Mac and Clara) that look to be around 1931-32 (we don't know for sure).

	This is Clara and her son Mac sitting on a long gone back porch. Seeing this photo confirmed that the old covered back porch that was (barely) attached when we moved in was not original. This porch is from a time before the house was converted to two family as there is only one door (which appears to be the same door that is there today). There appears to be some sort of storm door (the wooden one with the Z pattern on it) that could be closed over the back door. That's been gone for a good long time.
	Again, Clara and a young Mac as well as Roy (we beleive) - Claras Brother. They are standing on the east side, in front of the dining room windows. You can see a For Rent sign in the window - the 2nd floor was rented out to folks for much of the houses life. Note the ground - looks like baked clay wastelands (which is pretty much what it'd look like today without a fair amount of work).
	Same people here as above but a slightly wider shot. I'm not sure if they were done at the same time or not. The windows to their right were removed in the 2001 remodel, the the basics behind them are retained in the new windows that replaced them
	Here is a shot of the original front door for the house. A neighbor bought it about a decade ago to use on their place, but their door openings were too wide for it. It's amazing in that the original plan for the front entryway renovation had a door that looked almost exactly like this (mostly to match the windows which also look like this). Back to the future sort of stuff :-)

Last updated September 27, 2001