This 45 acre parcel of land on the southeast corner of the intersection of Lewis Avenue and South Custer Road was listed on the 1890 Platt Map for Raisinville Township as being owned by August Heiden. In later maps, it was shown as owned by Stella Opferman who also owned the property on the west side of Lewis Avenue where the house is shown in the picture above.

Like a lot of pieces of history, we do not know how August Heiden who had immigrated from Germany in 1873 was able to purchase over 90 acres of land in Michigan. He was a "mason" and a carpenter so we assume he was good at his craft and many houses at this time were built of bricks. One source said that he built the house where the Rambow family lived.