The house was originally built in 1925 for Dr. Mortimer
Roberts, a prominent surgeon who served as the city's
bacteriologist in the early 1900s. The home was large for
its day with 11 rooms and three bathrooms, according to
a Grand Rapids Herald feature article..."
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