Click above images to enlarge B. F. Howland Lumber Co. 245 N. Main Street, Milford - Oakland County Other Names Begole Fox & Co. Lumber Co., De Garmo Lumber Co., Sidetrack Property Type frame building Historic Use OTHER Current Use COMMERCE/TRADE Style Other Significant Person Begole, Josiah W. Narrative Description The B.F. Howland Lumber Company Building is a gambrel-roofed, one-and-one-half-story, frame, vernacular structure clad in clapboard and resting on a fieldstone foundation. The facade is a three-bay symmetrical composition consisting of two pedestrian entries separated by glass display windows. A single window is centered in the one-half story above the display windows, while the gambrel peak is clad with fishtail shingles. Statement of Significance The B.F. Howland Lumber Company Building is a good example of vernacular architecture preserved through adaptive reuse. It is association with the business interests of a former Michigan governor, Josiah Begole, who was a principle partner in the firm that B.F. Howland sold his interests to in 1880. Period of Significance 1866-1900 Significant Date(s) 1871 Registry Type(s) 07/19/1990 State Register listed Site ID# P24477