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The Michigan DaIly-Monday, October 17, 1988- Page7
Kempf House shares history
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BY LAURA SAGOLLA
Busloads of screaming grade school chil-
dren don't tramp through it each day, it
probably isn't in any travel brochures, and it
doesn't even have a gift shop. But the Kempf
House for Local History, a museum of sorts,
holds an interesting collection of local period
pieces, and it's a cozy spot to visit some
chilly Sunday afternoon.
The Greek-revival house at 312 S. Divi-
sion St., built in 1853, is named after Reuben
and Pauline Kempf, who owned it from 1890
to 1945. In 1969, the City of Ann Arbor
bought the house. And this past September,
the Kempf House - a confused and quaint
mixture of the Kempfs' personal belongings
and other pieces of local origin - was desig-
nated a Michigan Historical Site and put on
the register of National Historic Places.
The most striking piece on display is the
Kempfs' monstrous 1870s Steinway grand
piano. Reuben Kempf was a respected local
musician and piano teacher for 33 years, and
served as choirmaster for St. Andrew's Epis-
copal Church in Ann Arbor. Pauline Kempf, a
locally celebrated contralto, taught voice in
the house, so the main room was mostly used
as a studio for the couple. They bought the
piano from a wealthy University student who
didn't care to ship the beast home for summer
break.
Some of the Kempf House's more elegant
furniture, a product of the rococo revival,
came from other more wealthy homes in Ann
Arbor. Velvet chairs, a massive marble and
wood end table, and a stately mahogany secre-
tary are nestled in one brightly papered room.
An oak 1897 organ, built by the Ann Arbor
Organ Company, fills another. And upstairs,
the Kempf house holds the squat, fairly hum-
ble-looking desk of Michigan's first governor,
Stevens Mason.
Kempf House President Marilou Warner
said that anywhere from two to 20 visitors
tour in a day.
"All in all, we get about 700 to 800
guests in a year," she said, "and it's a good
mix of people - foreign visitors, students
with history papers to write, (and) locals who
had passed the house several times, but never
went in."
Besides offering tours, theKempfH ouse
sponsors a few holiday events including a
May Day garden party in the spring and a car-
oling party at Christmas, and Warner said
these are well-attended.
Open Sunday afternoons from 1 to 4 p.m.,
the Kempf House might make an appropriate
study break tour, especially if history's your
subject. Seeing real, honest-to-goodness his-
tory is a comfort to those who have been
reading textbooks too long.
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"sensitive communications network"
between patrolling officers, security
personnel in the Liberty Square and
Maynard Street parking structures,
and local businesses. "The Liberty-
Maynard-State area is getting more
coverage than any other area in the
city," Lunsford said.
Police Chief Corbett said Friday
night that the added patrols were
made up of officers working over-
time. "We are not jeopardizing our
coverage of the rest of Ann Arbor,"
he said.
According to the Sept. 22 report,
this is the latest in a series of efforts
since 1981 to combat assaults and
robberies in the downtown and cam-
pus areas. Coverage during peak
crime hours from 7 p.m to 3 a.m.
was increased from one to two offi-
cers in 1984, but violent gang-re-
lated crimes since 1987 have
prompted police to use decoys and
plainclothes officers in the area on
weekends.
City Council Democrats last
week criticized the decision to add
police patrols to the troubled area.
"This isn't a problem that
Republicans have the sole authority
to solve," said Kathy Edgren (D-
Fifth Ward). "The mayor assumed
authority which he doesn't have."
First Ward Democrat Ann Marie
Coleman said the issue is not so
much the additional patrols, but the
methods Jernigan used to order them.
"The mayor has no power to in-
struct anyone to do anything," she
said. "The problem here is the use of
power. The city council wasn't con-
sulted at all."
Despite the criticism, merchants
in the Liberty-State-Maynard Street
area applaud the additional police
protection.
"I absolutely favor the decision to
add officers to this area," said Bill
Quine, manager of Mast's Shoes,
619 E. Liberty. "The teenagers who
make up these gangs would intimi-
date the hell out of anybody."
Gerry Torango, a salesperson at
the Caravan Shop in Nickels Arcade,
thinks the added patrols arrived just
in time, but worries that the gang
activity is more than a late-night
problem.
"When I quit work at 5:30 p.m., I
always leave with a group of peo-
ple," she said. "I'd never leave here
alone."
Torango said she hears many
customershin the store say they are
afraid to shop in the area.
"I think the added police will help
business," she said. "People will
feel more safe."
Mike Bender, manager of the
Nectarine Ballroom, 510 E. Liberty,
agrees that the added protection will
help business. "It's a question of
maintaining people's safety," he
said. "I think the viability of down-
town Ann Arbor as a business area
is at stake."
The Nectarine Ballroom is one of
the late-night businesses involved in
the communications network with
patrolling officers. The Nectarine
closes at 2 a.m., a time when
activities on the street have been
known to escalate.
"I don't care who solves the
problem as long as it's getting
solved," Bender said. "I'm just glad
for the extra protection."
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