One of Monroe, Michigan's Oldest Homes-- Part 1

From the February 21, 2018, Monroe (Michigan) News  "The history of one of Monroe's oldest homes."

Lafountain House, also known as the Block House (because of its shape) stood from about 1817 to 1912 on Elm Avenue.  It was demolished February 6, 1918.  A newspaper article from back then headlines "Dismantled Old Landmark."

"The River Raisin Paper Company dismantled the old Lafountain house on East Elm Avenue on Monday ro make room for their new factory.  The house is one of the oldest landmarks in Monroe, being over one hundred years old.

"The house was used as a fort during the Battle of the River raisin between the French and Indians in 1812."  (It wasn't the French and Indians in 1812, it was the British and Indians who fought Americans.)

--Brock-Perry