GROSSE POINTE PARK, Mich. — When Art Grace got the call to do an estimate on the replacement/upgrade of a 1923 steam heat system in a famous Detroit-area mansion, he jumped at the chance. The home, the former residence of actress Julie Harris, is situated on a beautiful waterfront site overlooking Lake St. Clair in the Detroit suburb of Grosse Pointe Park.

Grace is the owner of Krutsch Heating Inc., a mechanical and electrical contractor in Taylor, Mich. The new owner of the home, Paul Stanford, met Grace through a real estate associate who worked with an HVAC company that Grace recently purchased. Stanford is a celebrity in the Detroit area; as president of Les Stanford Chevrolet, he has the moniker of “America’s Corvette King.”