Sidney T. Smith House
Sidney T. Smith House | |
Formerly listed on the U.S. National Register of Historic Places | |
Location | 12880 Michigan Ave., Grass Lake, Michigan |
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Coordinates | 42°15′24″N 84°10′41″W / 42.25667°N 84.17806°W / 42.25667; -84.17806 (Sidney T. Smith House) |
Area | 5 acres (2.0 ha) |
Built | 1840 (1840) |
Architect | Sidney T. Smith |
Architectural style | Greek Revival |
Demolished | 1972 |
NRHP reference No. | 72001590[1] |
Significant dates | |
Added to NRHP | January 13, 1972 |
Removed from NRHP | January 11, 1978 |
The Sidney T. Smith House was a farmhouse located at 12880 Michigan Avenue in Grass Lake, Michigan. It was listed on the National Register of Historic Places in 1972.[1] However, the house was destroyed by fire in 1972,[2] and removed in 1978 after its demolition.
History
Sidney T. Smith was born in Chenango County, New York in 1809. He opened a store in Pulaski, New York, and married Harriet B. Wood.[3] In 1839 Smith moved from Pulaski to this location in Grass Lake and opened a store in town.[2] The Smiths constructed a log cabin in which to live. Smith soon designed and built this house. In the 1850s, Smith served as a state legislator. Smith died in 1878, and was survived by his wife.[3] Sidney passed the house on to his youngest son Charles (born 1859),[3] who was living there into the 1930s.[4] The house was destroyed by fire in 1972.[2]
Description
The Sidney T. Smith House was a two-story tetrastyle Doric "temple front"[2] Greek Revival structure, with single story wings on each side of the main massing.[4] The house very much resembles the design shown in the 1833 pattern book, "Modern Builder's Guide," by Minard Lafever.[2]
References
- ^ a b "National Register Information System". National Register of Historic Places. National Park Service. November 2, 2013.
- ^ a b c d e Eckert, Kathryn Bishop (1993). Buildings of Michigan. New York: Oxford University Press. p. 15. ISBN 978-0-19-509379-7.
- ^ a b c HISTORY OF JACKSON COUNTY, MICHIGAN, 1881, p. 870
- ^ a b Historic American Buildings Survey (HABS) No. MI-115, "Sidney T. Smith House, Michigan Avenue (U.S. Route 12), Grass Lake, Jackson County, MI"
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