George and Mary Pine Smith House

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George and Mary Pine Smith House
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Location3704 Sheldon Road, Canton Township, Michigan
Nearest city Sheldon, Michigan
Coordinates 42°16′47″N83°28′37″W / 42.27972°N 83.47694°W / 42.27972; -83.47694 Coordinates: 42°16′47″N83°28′37″W / 42.27972°N 83.47694°W / 42.27972; -83.47694
Area0.6 acres (0.24 ha)
Built1904
Architectural styleGabled-ell house
MPS Canton Township MPS
NRHP reference No. 00000619 [1]
Added to NRHPJune 02, 2000

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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History

The 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

The 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]

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References

  1. 1 2 "National Register Information System". National Register of Historic Places . National Park Service. March 13, 2009.
  2. 1 2 3 4 5 6 7 8 9 "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.
  3. 1 2 Gerald C. Van Dusen (2006), Canton Township, Arcadia Publishing, p. 85, ISBN   0-7385-4098-6
  4. Kosky and Glynn Associates (April 2000), Historic and Architectural Resources of Canton Township Multiple Property Submission Nomination Form, National Park Service

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