Summary

1986 and 1987 Beaver Beacon advertisements described a year-round two-story house with a basement, garage, and 40 wooded acres about three miles south of the Township Airport on county-maintained West Side Road. The house was said to have been completed in 1985; the later ad reports a reduced asking price and identifies Randy and Suzanne Moore as broker/owners.

This is a source-qualified listing, not a deed or parcel record. It does not provide a street number, surveyed geometry, or proof of sale.

Open questions

Which current parcel corresponds to the 40-acre listing?
Was the house sold, and what is its current address and use?
Can county parcel or deed records confirm the road frontage?

Maps for this place

These Atlas plates provide regional context. They do not establish a precise boundary, current ownership, access right, operating status, or field condition.

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Sources

Beaver Beacon, August 1986, classified real-estate advertisement.
Describes a two-story house completed in 1985, with basement, garage, and 40 acres three miles south of the Township Airport on West Side Road; offers flexible land-contract terms and names Randy and Suzanne Moore as broker/owners. It does not provide a street number, parcel survey, or deed. The holding institution's portal restricts automated access; the archive holds a copy of this issue and can provide it on request.
data1 · beaver-island-archive · beaver_beacon · 1986-08_Beaver-Beacon
Beaver Beacon, August 1986, held issue PDF, source scan.
The held thirteen-page issue scan is paired with the OCR source and confirms the published notice or report; it does not expand the source-specific identity, event, or outcome claims.
data1 · beaver-island-archive · scans · beaver_beacon · issues · 1986-08_Beaver-Beacon
Beaver Beacon, April 1987, classified real-estate advertisement.
Repeats the house and 40 wooded acres listing, describes the road as county-maintained, and reports a reduced price. It still supplies no street number, parcel geometry, or proof of sale. The holding institution's portal restricts automated access; the archive holds a copy of this issue and can provide it on request.
data1 · beaver-island-archive · beaver_beacon · 1987-04_Beaver-Beacon
Beaver Beacon, April 1987, held issue PDF, source scan.
The held sixteen-page issue scan is paired with the OCR source and confirms the published notice or report; it does not expand the source-specific identity, event, or outcome claims.
data1 · beaver-island-archive · scans · beaver_beacon · issues · 1987-04_Beaver-Beacon
OpenStreetMap contributors, West Side Road, retrieved 2026-08-06 (ODbL 1.0).
The representative point is calculated approximately three road-miles south of the mapped Beaver Island Airport along the current West Side Road alignment, matching the advertisement's relative description. It is not a surveyed parcel, driveway, or house location.

Added 2 August 2026 · revised 3 August 2026. Recent changes

Cite this article

Beaver Island Archive, “West Side Road 40-acre house listing”, https://beaverislandarchive.org/places/west-side-road-40-acre-house-1986/, accessed [date], citing Beaver Beacon, August 1986, classified real-estate advertisement. (and 4 further sources listed on the page).

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