405 N. Ann Arbor St. / Saline Mercantile Company

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About this home

Historic Name: Saline Mercantile Company
USGS Map: Saline Quadrangle
Common Name: Antiques International
Street and No.: 405 N. Ann Arbor St.
Municipal Unit: Saline
County: Washtenaw
Original Usage: Grain Store
Present Usage: Commercial - Antique Store
Ownership: Zahn, Dean et al

About this photograph

Photo Negative No.: 11:19
Photo Date: January, 1994
Photo View: South and east facades taken facing northwest

About the construction

Description: One and a half story, elongated, side gabled building. Sliding door on north (rear), and also the front facades. Vertical siding on north (back) facade. Entry door near center of south facade, and is flanked by small windows on both sides. Three sets of modern, roll-out windows, and a corner window on southeast corner of building. Sign on east facade. Aluminum siding.
Date Of Construction: 1910
Context: This building was originally part of the Cool Brother Grain Company operations. It was purchased in 1917 by the (grain) Elevator Division of the Saline Mercantile complex (dealers in grain, coal, flour, and feed). The building contained a 20 ton scale used to weigh livestock and grain. The Sanborn maps show the Lakeshore and Michigan Central Railroad grain elevator to the west of the present building in 1888, 1893, and 1899, but this building does not appear until the 1912 Sanborn. The railroad tracks were located immediately north of the building, therefore the need for the sliding doors. Saline Mercantile operated until 1971, when it was purchased by Gary Girbach and David and Dean Zahn. The entire property on the west side of N. Ann Arbor St. is 1.8 acres.
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; Undocumented article in Saline Historical Society files.
Form Source: MICHIGAN DEPARTMENT OF STATE KG 100

About this record

Survey Date: May, 1994
Surveyor: K. Glynn & S. Kosky
Recorder Date: April, 1994
Card No.: 100

Technical Details

Collection: Saline Historic Homes
Image Size: 2472 x 1664
File Size: 547 KB
Record: SL0302
Link to this Item: https://quod.lib.umich.edu/s/sdlhomes/x-sl0302/sl030202.tif

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Full citation: "405 N. Ann Arbor St.; Saline Mercantile Company." In the digital collection Saline Historic Homes. https://quod.lib.umich.edu/s/sdlhomes/x-sl0302/sl030202.tif. University of Michigan Library Digital Collections. Accessed April 20, 2024.