Dr. Eder, Dentist

[Honky Tonk]

Obviously pay no attention to this fool. He goes off half-cocked and loves jumping to contusions.

Yeah, I know one like that too. Great thread, though, with a terrific out come.

[MikeM]

1959

Herbert J Eder, DDS
Residence: 18216 Maryland, Southfield ELgin6-5253
Office: 7615 W Vernor VInewood1-5980

Melvyn Eder, DDS
Residence: 15601 Schoolcraft BR2-1715
Office: 14341 W McNichols VErmont5-2216

[Michael Hojnacki]

I posted an obit but it's not him. This Dr. Eder died in 68.

[Michael Hojnacki]

the doors were definitely slimmer back in the day. we were narrow then. you should see the small 1950s 1960 era wheelchairs at the Woodlawn Mausoleum. very narrow in width.

[Michael Hojnacki]

not sure if this worked

[sw_kid]

Greetings CKE and welcome.

So what are the chances that there were two Dr. Eder's on good ol’ Vernor Hwy?

The door was taken off the hinges by yours truly during the rehab of the upstairs of a building at 5616 W Vernor Hwy. Entrance is through the RED DOOR and up one flight of stairs. Address could have been 5610 W Vernor Hwy?? Not sure since the building has been converted. I do know that the street level store front was a funeral home until the late 70's then a shoe store until last year. It is now a retail store.

[sw_kid]

CKE...the one story medical building that you describe is about a mile down west on the Highway towards Central. 7615 W. Vernor Hwy.

See the 2018 store front.


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[sw_kid]

Also the rear of the building [[7615 W. Vernor Hwy) with the garage off of the alley pic.

[sw_kid]

The American Nazi party store front from the late 1970’s on the north side of Vernor between Central and Honorah.

[sw_kid]

Ahem, not to threadjack here....but what the heck is this towering orange structure on W. Vernor Hwy? I believe that it was built under Mayor Coleman A. Young’s watch in the 1970’s. It’s a little weathered and doesn’t light up anymore but it still looks futuristic and kind of cool.

[sw_kid]

So CKE, because of your description of your father’s office, I am not sure if the door is from his office?

Perhaps your uncle Melvyn Eder had an office in southwest Detroit then relocated his practice to Birmingham?

If if this door could only talk....

[masterblaster]

So CKE, because of your description of your father’s office, I am not sure if the door is from his office?

Perhaps your uncle Melvyn Eder had an office in southwest Detroit then relocated his practice to Birmingham?

If if this door could only talk....

Thanks Mr. SW_kid for coming back and providing more information and the photos. It appears the door is from the Dr. Melvyn Eder's Office, not Dr. Herbert Eder's office because you got the door from the 2-story storefront, but CKE's father, Herbert, worked out of a 1-story building.

Now its appears there was a 3rd Eder [[Warren). This family was quite successful, but I wondered what he died from; he was only 41 years old according to the news obituary.

[Honky Tonk]

Ahem, not to threadjack here....but what the heck is this towering orange structure on W. Vernor Hwy? I believe that it was built under Mayor Coleman A. Young’s watch in the 1970’s. It’s a little weathered and doesn’t light up anymore but it still looks futuristic and kind of cool.

Somewhere in the mid-80s, Detroit wanted to "modernize" neighborhoods to stop them from completely eroding, so they added these "objects de art" here and there, W. Vernor being one of them. Here is a photo I found of a larger project Downtown on Washington Blvd., trying to make it a "walkable" neighborhood, after a lot of the businesses moved out. You can see the similar red trellises there, and an early attempt @ a Blight Rail.

[MikeM]

A few other addresses...

November 1947 phone book:

Herbert J Eder, DDS
Off 14308 Gratiot, PRospect-9009
Res 3696 Oakman Blvd NOrthlawn-1167

November 1949 phone book:

Herbert J Eder, DDS
Off 5608 W Vernor TAshmoo5-4302
Res 3537 W Outer Drive UNiversity4-6615

No Melvy or Warren listed for either year.

1967 Yellow Pages, Dentists:

Herbert J Eder
7615 W Vernor ½ block east of Central
VInewood1-5980

Warren Eder
5800 W Fort corner of Campbell
VInewood1-0152


What is the date of the obituary Michael Hojnacki posted?

[Michael Hojnacki]

Detroit Free Press
[[Detroit, Michigan)
16 Dec 1968, Mon • Page 18

He died Dec 15, 1968

[Cincinnati_Kid]

the doors were definitely slimmer back in the day. we were narrow then. you should see the small 1950s 1960 era wheelchairs at the Woodlawn Mausoleum. very narrow in width.

Everything was smaller, because people in general were.

[Honky Tonk]

Everything was smaller, because people in general were.

Good point. Go to Greenfield Village and look @ the beds, clothes, etc., on display. Everything was shorter and smaller.

[kathy2trips]

Thank you for your response; it's great to hear the background stories on finds like these.