The George and Mary Pine Smith House is a private house located at 3704 Sheldon Road, near Sheldon in Canton Township, Michigan. It was listed on the National Register of Historic Places in 2000.[1]
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| Location | 3704 Sheldon Road, Canton Township, Michigan |
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| Nearest city | Sheldon, Michigan |
| Coordinates | 42°16′47″N 83°28′37″W / 42.27972°N 83.47694°W |
| Area | 0.6 acres (0.24 ha) |
| Built | 1904 |
| Architectural style | Gabled-ell house |
| MPS | Canton Township MPS |
| NRHP reference No. | 00000619[1] |
| Added to NRHP | June 02, 2000 |
History
editThe land this house sits on was first farmed by William Smith of England, who purchased 80 acres (320,000 m2) of land in 1830.[2] In 1835, Smith purchased another 80 acres (320,000 m2) to the east. At some point, William built a log cabin on the property.[3] William Smith and his wife Mary Collins Smith raised seven children on this farm, establishing a long line of Smiths farming in Canton Township.[2]
One of William and Mary Collins Smith's children was George Smith Sr.[4] His son George Jr. (William's grandson) married Mary Pine. In 1904, George Jr. and Mary Smith spent $2,058.76 to build the house that now sits on the property, replacing the log cabin.[2][3] Although the present acreage is small, outbuildings on the property give the feel of the old farmstead and the wooded edges isolate the house from the surrounding modern developments.[2]
Description
editThe George and Mary Pine Smith House is a two-story gabled ell building with an additional ell at the rear.[2] The brick house sits on a two-foot-thick fieldstone foundation laid in courses across the facade.[2] Many of the bricks in the walls were handmade at the building site.[2] Two doors in the front facade are covered by a small porch with decorative millwork. The front facade includes a bay window, and two of the other front windows have a transom sash, one with stained glass in the transom area and the other with beveled glass.[2] Three more large transomed windows are in other elevations, and the remainder of the house's windows are narrow one over ones. The windows are topped with a segmental arch formed of corbelled bricks.[2]
See also
editReferences
edit- ^ a b "National Register Information System". National Register of Historic Places. National Park Service. March 13, 2009.
- ^ a b c d e f g h i "Smith, George and Mary Pine, House". Michigan State Housing Development Authority: Historic Sites Online. Archived from the original on June 6, 2011. Retrieved March 13, 2010.
- ^ a b Gerald C. Van Dusen (2006), Canton Township, Arcadia Publishing, p. 85, ISBN 0-7385-4098-6
- ^ Kosky and Glynn Associates (April 2000), Historic and Architectural Resources of Canton Township Multiple Property Submission Nomination Form, National Park Service
Further reading
edit- Gerald C. Van Dusen (2006), Canton Township, Arcadia Publishing, ISBN 0-7385-4098-6 - front cover picture is of the Smith Farmhouse