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HC Brooks Civic Builder and Early Michigan Millionaire
Historian Frank Stuart, grandson of HC Brooks, notes Brooks wealth from the Brooks Rupture Appliance Company funded Marshall improvements. He bought the Gorham mansion in 1920 and Hyde Lot for 3500, funded a safer skating rink on Rice Creek, and built a club house, shaping the city’s civic landscape.
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Brace Lake
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East Michigan Avenue
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