Marx House
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| Location | 2630 Biddle Ave., Wyandotte, Michigan |
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| Coordinates | 42°12′26″N 83°8′56″W / 42.20722°N 83.14889°WCoordinates: 42°12′26″N 83°8′56″W / 42.20722°N 83.14889°W |
| Area | less than one acre |
| Built | 1862 |
| Architectural style | Italianate |
| Governing body | Local |
| NRHP Reference # | 76001043[1] |
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| Added to NRHP | August 13, 1976 |
| Designated MSHS | January 16, 1976[2] |
The Marx House is a private house located at in 2630 Biddle Avenue in Wyandotte, Michigan. It was listed on the National Register of Historic Places and designated a Michigan State Historic Site[2] in 1976.[1] It is now used by the Wyandotte Historical Museum.[3]
History
This house was built in approximately 1862 for Warren Isham.[3] In the next 60 years, the house went through six owners,[3] including Charles W. Thomas, Wyandotte’s first druggist, and Dr. Theophilus Langlois, a prominent physician who served as Wyandotte's mayor for two terms and contributed to other civic projects in the city.[2] In 1921, the house was purchased by John Marx, the city attorney and scion of a local brewery owner.[2][3] In 1974, John Marx's children Leo Marx and Mary T. Polley gave the house to the city of Wyandotte.[3] The house was opened to the bublic in 1996.[3]
Description
The Marx House is a two-story Italianate townhouse built of red brick and sitting on a stone foundation.[4] The facade features a double entrance door and tall windows topped with semicircular brick-and-stone hoods.[2] A truncated hipped roof, with ornamental ironwork at the perimeter of the uppermost flat area, caps the structure.[4] A two-story frame wing with a single-story addition id connected at the rear of the building.[2]
References
- ↑ 1.0 1.1 "National Register Information System". National Register of Historic Places. National Park Service. 2009-03-13.
- ↑ 2.0 2.1 2.2 2.3 2.4 2.5 "Marx House". Michigan State Housing Development Authority: Historic Sites Online. Retrieved August 5, 2010.
- ↑ 3.0 3.1 3.2 3.3 3.4 3.5 "Marx Home History". Wyandotte Museums.
- ↑ 4.0 4.1 Ren Farley. "John Marx Home/ Theophilus Langlois Home". Detroit1701.org. Retrieved August 19, 2010.
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