Suzanne Hoonan Inc history

The first locally recorded transaction was when Isaac N. and Cynthia Reed platted Reed’s Addition on November 1, 1878.

Walla Walla City Directories: 1880-present (various publishers–not all years).

Gilbert, Frank T.; Historic Sketches of Walla Walla, Whitman and Garfield Counties, Washington Territory, and Umatilla County, Oregon, 1882.

On May 30, 1885 Sharpstein and his wife Sarah J. sold these 4 lots to the City Water Company for $1000.

On March 1, 1915 M. A. Stafford, the son of E. E. and C. M. Stafford testified that his mother had purchased the property from Mr.

James Still sold Lot 1 to T. A. Farmer on March 21, 1916 for a stated amount of $10.

Starting in 1931 the city directory contained a reverse directory so it is possible to know who rented this house after that time.

Mabel Elam gave a warranty deed to Nettie Woodward, a widow who lived on the corner of Washington and Howard Streets, for “$1.” on February 20, 1945.

There were no directories during the war years but in 1946 Walter R. and Bertha I. Merryman lived there with their daughter Barbara.

In 1954-55 both Walter and Bertha lived at 734 and the house in back was rented to Ernest and Arlene Smith.

After living in this house for a decade, W. R. and Bertha I. Merryman purchased it on April 22, 1955 from Mrs.

They were the first owners to live in this house since the Merrymans left in 1962.

In February of 1972 these two daughters sold this property to Herman A. Miller and Deana J. Miller, individually, for “$1.” Neither Miller apparently ever lived here.