William A. Fisher Mansion 1791 Wellesley Drive

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The Charles Helin house in GP burnt in 1974-1975. He, Charles Helin, bought the Fisher Wellesley in 1978. Neither the Fisher home on Wellesley nor the Helin home in GPS burned in 2018.

I don't know where you you get your ideas but the Helin mansion was destroyed in a deadly fire on March 18, 1978. I lived just down Windmill Pointe at the time and remember it vividly. A G.P.C. fireman lost his life in the inferno. Mr. Helin subsequently purchased the William Fisher home in Palmer Woods and remained there until his death in 1979. Helin never owned a house in G.P.S.

The William Fisher home was destroyed by a fire while under the ownership of Charles Harrell in 1994. The Frank Melin home in Arden Park-East Edison did indeed burn in April of this year.

Coincidentally Both the Frank Melin home and Helin's Windmill Pointe house were designed by the noted architect Louis Kamper.


http://digitize.gp.lib.mi.us/digitiz...1978-03-23.pdf