320 N. Ann Arbor St.

About this Item

About this home

National Register Listed: 10/10/85
USGS Map: Saline Quadrangle
District Name: North Ann Arbor Street
Street and No.: 320 N. Ann Arbor St.
Municipal Unit: Saline
County: Washtenaw
Original Usage: Residence
Present Usage: Residence
Ownership: Driskell, Blair and Gretchen

About this photograph

Photo Negative No.: 20:10
Photo Date: January, 1994
Photo View: South and west facades taken facing northeast

About the construction

Description: Two story, gable front and wing, Folk Victorian style house. Wrap around porch with Ionic columns resting on formed concrete piers, with a long, curving spindlework balustrade. Modern picture window on front (west) facade. Other windows are four lights over four, and one over one. Additions to the rear. Stone foundation.
Date Of Construction: 1870 ca.
Context: This home is on the 1888 Sanborn map. It seems to be pictured on the 1872 Bird's Eye View of Saline. It combines Queen Anne and Colonial Revival detailing on the porch. Emanuel Layher and his wife, Julia, lived in the house with their five children from approximately 1912 - 1926. Emanuel was a section foreman for the railroad, and several of his sons were section heads in 1916. This house is listed on the National Register as part of the North Ann Arbor Street Historic District.
Bibliographic Reference: City Directories: 1878, 1894, 1899, 1912, 1916, 1920, 1926, 1941, 1945. Assessor's files: 1947 and current; U.S. Census: 1910, 1920. Sanborn Maps: 1888, 1893, 1899, 1912, 1921, 1929; Bird's Eye View of Saline, 1872; 1985 Multiple Resource Nomination, Laurie Sommers.
Form Source: MICHIGAN DEPARTMENT OF STATE KG 91

About this record

Survey Date: May, 1994
Surveyor: K. Glynn & S. Kosky
Recorder Date: April, 1994
Card No.: 91

Technical Details

Collection: Saline Historic Homes
Image Size: 2048 x 1456
File Size: 397 KB
Record: SL0215
Link to this Item: https://quod.lib.umich.edu/s/sdlhomes/x-sl0215/sl021501.tif

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