Here’s a new one for you, and I can even read it this time: “Wm. De Groat.” It’s on the west side of South Magnolia Avenue between Michigan and Prospect.

Unfortunately, my recent bad luck with finding out information about contractors continues. I haven’t been able to learn anything about William De Groat, unless he’s the same “Bill DeGroat” who shows up in the Lansing State Journal league bowling results between 1949 and 1951. Bill DeGroat receives mention several times as one of the people who bowled over 200 on a given night. Perhaps it’s him, perhaps it’s a relative, and perhaps it’s just a coincidental name.