George and Mary Pine Smith House

George and Mary Pine Smith House
Location 3704 Sheldon Road, Canton Township, Michigan
Nearest city Sheldon, Michigan
Coordinates 42°16′47″N 83°28′37″W / 42.27972°N 83.47694°WCoordinates: 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
Governing body Private
MPS Canton Township MPS
NRHP Reference # 00000619[1]
Added to NRHP June 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]

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]

See also

References

  1. ↑ 1.0 1.1 "National Register Information System". National Register of Historic Places. National Park Service. 2009-03-13.
  2. ↑ 2.0 2.1 2.2 2.3 2.4 2.5 2.6 2.7 2.8 "Smith, George and Mary Pine, House". Michigan State Housing Development Authority: Historic Sites Online. Retrieved March 13, 2010.
  3. ↑ 3.0 3.1 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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