National Register of Historic Places listings in Lapeer County, Michigan

The following is a list of National Register of Historic Places listings in Lapeer County, Michigan. Lapeer County was founded in 1822 and has a current estimated population of almost 90,000. It is officially listed as part of Metro Detroit with Lapeer as a county seat.

The county currently contains 24 properties listed on the National Register of Historic Places. All 24 of these sites are also listed as Michigan State Historic Sites, in which the county contains 43 such state listed properties.[1] The listings on the National Register include 15 houses, four historic districts, one former train station, former courthouse, a bank, a mill, and the restricted Younge Site. Additionally, the Warren Perry House has since been demolished but is still listed on the registry. The city of Lapeer has the most listings with 13.

This National Park Service list is complete through NPS recent listings posted December 30, 2011.[2]


Current listings

[3] Landmark name Image Date listed Location City or town Summary
1 Joseph Armstrong House 01985-07-26July 26, 1985 707 Monroe Street
 Lapeer
2 Currier House 01975-06-10June 10, 1975 231 East Saint Clair Street
 Almont Built in 1854, this octagon house was built by Frederick Currey, who was a prominent businessman in Lapeer County. The front, rear, and side walls are 24 feet (7.3 m) long, and the four diagonal walls are six feet (1.8 m) in length.
3 John W. Day House 01987-12-17December 17, 1987 4985 Dryden Road
 Dryden Township
4 Detroit–Bay City Railroad Company Columbiaville Depot 01984-04-05April 5, 1984 4643 First Street
 Columbiaville The former train station functioned from 1893–1964 and was a prominent stopover to and from Detroit and Bay City. It was built by William Peter, who platted Columbiaville in 1871. Decommissioned in 1964, the railway itself ceased operation in 1977.
5 Dryden Community Country Club–General Squier Historic Park Complex 01986-06-05June 5, 1986 4725 South Mill Road
 Dryden Township Comprising 80 acres (33 ha), the oldest structure on the site is a mill dating to 1871. The complex, which also contains a water park and several other structures, served as the summer residence of George Owen Squier who later converted his property into a county park.
6 James B. Dutton House 01985-07-26July 26, 1985 605 Calhoun Street
 Lapeer
7 James F. Fairweather–Jacob C. Lamb House 01985-09-26September 26, 1985 540 South Almont Avenue
 Imlay City
8 Hadley Flour and Feed Mill 01986-09-25September 25, 1986 3633 Hadley Road
 Hadley Township The site includes several structures, but the main building is a 2½ story wooden gristmill constructed in 1874. The site ceased operation in 1964 and was later converted to a museum known as the Hadley Mill Museum that was donated to the township in 2002.
9 Rodney G. Hart House 01985-07-26July 26, 1985 326 West Park Street
 Lapeer
10 John and Julia Hevener House 01985-07-26July 26, 1985 1444 West Genesee Street
 Lapeer
11 Lapeer County Courthouse 01971-09-03September 3, 1971 Courthouse Square, West Nepessing Street
 Lapeer Completed in 1846, the Greek Revival courthouse is recognized as the oldest original courthouse still in use in the state of Michigan and one of the 10 oldest such structures in all of the country. It has remained largely unaltered since it was built and continues to serve the county.
12 John and Rosetta Lee House 01985-07-26July 26, 1985 823 Calhoun Street
 Lapeer Built in 1872, it is one of the few Gothic Revival houses in Lapeer. At some point, it was converted from a single dwelling into an apartment house, which was the biggest structural change to the building, but most of the exterior has remained the same.
13 Metamora Crossroads Historic District 01984-07-19July 19, 1984 Intersection of Oak and High Street
 Metamora Consisting of 15 buildings dating from 1850–1910, the 3.5 acre (1.4 ha) district centers on Oak and High Street in the village of Metamora, which dates back to 1838. Development of this core area ceased prior to World War I, preserving the early architecture.
14 Charles Palmer House 01987-06-12June 12, 1987 240 North Main Street
 Imlay City
15 Warren Perry House 01985-07-26July 26, 1985 892 Saginaw Street
 Lapeer
16 Piety Hill Historic District 01985-07-26July 26, 1985 Bounded by Park, Calhoun, Nepressing, Cramton, and Main[4]
 Lapeer As the center of Lapeer's early religious gatherings and the oldest platted section of the city, the district includes five different church structures dating from 1881–1911, although the majority of the properties in the district are single-family dwellings dating from 1830–1850.
17 Pioneer State Bank No. 36 01982-04-22April 22, 1982 4046 Huron Street
 North Branch Built in 1906, the building stands as the oldest bank institution in North Branch. Founded in 1885 as a state bank and reorganized in 1889, the present site was purchased for a new building in 1903, which was completed in 1906. The structure continues to operate as an independent bank.
18 Samuel J. Tomlinson House 01985-07-26July 26, 1985 841 Calhoun Street
 Lapeer
19 Columbus Tuttle House 01985-07-26July 26, 1985 610 North Main Street
 Lapeer
20 Peter Van Dyke House 01985-07-26July 26, 1985 1091 Pine St.
 Lapeer
21 William H. and Sabrina Watson House 01985-07-26July 26, 1985 507 Cedar Street
 Lapeer
22 West Saint Clair Street Historic District 01986-05-08May 8, 1986 124–328 West Saint Clair Street
 Almont Consisting of 15 houses located along a single stretch of West Saint Clair Street, the district also contains the Henry Stephens Memorial Library at 213 West Saint Clair Street, which is a contributing property that was listed in its own right as a Michigan State Historic Site on May 16, 1991.
23 Jay White House 01985-07-26July 26, 1985 1109 West Genesee Street
 Lapeer
24 Younge Site 01976-10-29October 29, 1976 Address Restricted
 Goodland Township The Younge Site contains two wooden structures and a burial site presumed to belong to Native Americans in the 1600s. Archaeologists discovered unusual burying practices in the exhumed remains, including the drilling of the skulls and other bone modifications prior to burial.

See also

References

  1. ^ State of Michigan (2009). "Historic Sites Online: Lapeer County". http://www.mcgi.state.mi.us/hso/advancematch.asp?ctype=any&cname=&cnty=Lapeer. Retrieved July 5, 2010. 
  2. ^ "National Register of Historic Places: Weekly List Actions". National Park Service, United States Department of the Interior. Retrieved on December 30, 2011.
  3. ^ Numbers represent an ordering by significant words. Various colorings, defined here, differentiate National Historic Landmark sites and National Register of Historic Places Districts from other NRHP buildings, structures, sites or objects.
  4. ^ The district is very irregularly shaped and includes assorted properties along the streets of Calhoun, Monroe, Madison, Washington, Main (M-24), Park, Liberty, Church, and Nepessing in the city of Lapeer. State of Michigan. "Piety Hill Historic District boundary map". http://www.hal.state.mi.us/argusimages/series9/93e5751b.jpg. Retrieved July 9, 2011. 
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See also: National Register of Historic Places listings in Lapeer County, Michigan and List of National Historic Landmarks in Michigan
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