Lot Number 1

1030 Park Avenue, known as Benjamin Brushfield’s Lot Number 1, was platted and recorded in Plat Book No. 1, page 84.

 **Last updated 6-24-09**

Information I have to date, regarding deeds:

The two page links below are for the hand-written deed of John A. and Lottie Wells conveying the  annexed deed to Louis and Laura E. Rice. Mr. Benjamin Brushfield’s Lot 1 sold for $800.00 the 25^th of June, 1897. Recorded in Deed Book 66, pages 272 and 273 July 7, 1897.

 

This same property, 1030 Park Avenue, sold to Samuel Roll and Mary E. Roll, for $1,200.00, on the 26th of March, 1907. See Deed here.

 

I may have to fill in some blanks at a later date but for now, listed as deed dated October 6th, 1920, Deed Book No.91, page 212, also number 3477 when recorded, October 9, 1920, Mary E. Wolf and husband, Harvey S. Wolf, sell to the Hammonds, Lawrence and Mamie, for the sum of $1,400.00.  Reference is made that this is the same real estate conveyed to Samuel Roll, now deceased, who was the husband of Mary E. Wolf, referencing her as the single heir, and the Deed Book 79, page 185.

 

Apparently this was a purchase from one family member to another when Lawrence purchased the property from Mamie for $500.00 on  June 16th, 1924. The deed was recorded the same day, listed as number 2050.

 

Lawrence and Effie Hammond, husband and wife, sold to William  H. Potter  on September 4th, 1937, for one dollar and “good and valuable consideration”, the copy I have was difficult to read, so I won’t share it.

 

Mr. William H. Potter, in turn, sold for one dollar and other valuable consideration, to Stella Cisco, on June 4, 1938; the mortgage deed of $500.00  was dated March 18, 1938, recorded in Building Association Mortgage Record 20, page 522. (The deed was received for record the 10th of June 1942).

 

 The next sale for 1030 Park Avenue was to the Chapples, who have living relatives still in the neighborhood, residing at 1014 Park.  The Warranty Deed states that Stella Cisco , for and in consideration of One ($1.00) and other valuable considerations, sold the property to Claude B. & Mary R. Chapple.

 

The Chapples owned and operated a Service Station for a while at this address, as documented in Hoffman’s City Directory of Madison, 1942 and still in 1947. A relative (June Keller) told me there was a “dance hall” there as well. Another neighbor called it a “tavern”. I have two copies of Warranty Deeds for this property: Number 07933 has the names Charles and June Keller conveying to Genevieve Vestal, and then Number 08016 shows Frances and Freddie Graves with Charles and June Keller conveying with exception.

 

 The census tells who was in the three houses known as Lot #1, which included 2 houses at 1030 Park and Lots#2&3, now Richard Benjamin’s House and factory at 1032-1034, that shown first on the census since it is at the corporatione line.

 

 

I found it curious that descendants of the Hall family were living in the same house, with Samuel and Mary Roll (also spelled Raul); I will follow that up as I can. Of course everyone was related around here.

At this point in time, I do not currently have copies of any other deeds with respect to this property, but I do have this, copied from a book a week before the Courthouse burned, and it shows ownership of this building and the one in back, known as 1030 and 1/2. 1030 is listed on the Madison National Historic Landmark Inventory  Reconnaissance Survey Form as final site 1713, survey number 32064, when surveyed 9/25/2002.

 

This Federal-with-a past, the Brushfield’s big brick house, needs some TLC. I wish I could live there and give it some!

 

The photo below is of the cottage out back, at 1030 and 1/2 Park. Most people wouldn’t know it is there because it sits back off of Park Avenue, closer to E. First Street. It’s kind of a two-for-one thing.