c.1930 Michigan Handyman Special For Sale on 2.9 Acres

OHU50K Notes $174,900

This impressive Michigan handyman special sits on a 2.9 acre lot and has three bedrooms, 2.5 baths. The brick and stucco home has an attached garage, rear deck, 3-season porch, loads of built-ins, multiple fireplaces, French doors, unique lighting fixtures, and nook and crannies.

House View featured at 1193 W Michigan Ave, Battle Creek, MI, 49037

Realtor Comments

Great potential with this charming home located in Battle Creek. This home has 3 beds, an office, 2.5 baths, tons of storage areas, built ins, closet space, a full basement, 1 stall attached garage, large deck, 3 season porch area, and much more. This character filled home has so many possibilities and is a unique find with room to customize and make your own. This home has an ideal layout for families or those needing extra space. Enjoy peace and privacy on the wooded 2.899 acres – city living with a country feel. Don’t miss out on a chance to make this your dream home, call to schedule your appointment to see this home today! Buyer to verify all information.

3bed
2.5bath
Circa 1935

Aerial View featured at 1193 W Michigan Ave, Battle Creek, MI, 49037

1193 Michigan Ave W, Battle Creek, MI 49037 $174,900

If interested in a property, please contact the realtor whose link is provided in the post below, or contact an agent of your own choosing. Independent verification of details and status is recommended.

Family History

Smith

Mr. and Mrs. Harold Smith were the original residents of our featured home. Mrs. Smith enjoyed entertaining in her impressive home. By 1941, the Smiths had moved away and the house was vacant and up for sale.

Battle Creek Moon-Journal
Tue, Jul 21, 1931 ·Page 15

Kincaid

Col. Leonard C. Kincaid, U.S. Army (1912-1980) lived in the house by the 1960s with his second wife, Irene Elwood Kincaid (1897-1983), who was 15 years Leonard’s senior and with whom he married in 1945. Leonard’s marriage in 1938 to his first first wife, Mildred Minor Walker , only lasted one year but produced a son, Leonard Calvin “Sandy” Kincaid, Jr. Sadly, Sandy passed away after a short illiness at the young age of 13.

Obituary
Published: The Charleston Gazette, Sunday, October 25, 1953″SANDY” KINCAID’S RITE TO BE TODAY

Service will be at 2 p.m. today at the First Presbyterian Church for Leonard (Sandy) Calvin Kincaid Jr., 13, who died Friday afternoon at the home of his grandparents, Mr. and Mrs. W. L. Minor at 1901 Kanawha Avenue, S.E., after a two month illness.

A student in the eighth grade and a member of the band at Thomas Jefferson Jr. High School, the youth was a member of the First Presbyterian Church and the church boy’s choir. He also was a member of Boy Scout Troop No. 5 and the 1952 Tag Galyean Little League baseball team.

Also surviving are his mother and step-father, Mr. and Mrs. George L. Walker of Santa Ana, California; his father, Lt. Col. L. C. Kincaid, U. S. Army; and the paternal grandparents, Mr. and Mrs. R. Kincaid of Rand.