204 S. Ann Arbor St. / Coe House

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About this home

Historic Name: Coe House
USGS Map: Saline Quadrangle
Street and No.: 204 S. Ann Arbor St.
Municipal Unit: Saline
County: Washtenaw
Original Usage: Residence
Present Usage: Apartments
Ownership: DeRossett, Gene and Stewart-Robinson, A.

About this photograph

Photo Negative No.: 10:21
Photo Date: January, 1994
Photo View: North and east facades taken facing southwest

About the construction

Description: Two and a half story, cross gabled, vernacular, Queen Anne style house. Partial width porch has spindlework supports, balustrade, and frieze. Windows are one light over one with shutters. Small, square window in front gable. Stone foundation. Modern siding. Stairway and entry porch to second story apartment on south facade. Aluminum siding. Modern, two car garage at rear.
Date Of Construction: 1906
Context: George Coe probably built the house. His son and daughter, Wilbur and Minta, owned the house at least through 1926. Charles Carven owned through 1934, and his daughter, Bessie Collins, owned through 1947. General Telephone owned in 1973, and Gene DeRossett in 1980. An article in the Saline Observer stated that Bessie Collins had leased a house on S. Ann Arbor to the government to help relieve the housing shortage. Completely remodeled in 1980, aluminum siding. Garage added 1988.
Bibliographic Reference: City Directories: 1899, 1912, 1916, 1920, 1926, 1941, 1945. Assessor's files: 1947 and current; U.S. Census: 1910, 1920. Sanborn Maps: 1899, 1912, 1921, 1929; Saline Observer: September 10, 1914 and June 17, 1943; Tax Rolls: 1892, 1931, and 1935.
Form Source: MICHIGAN DEPARTMENT OF STATE KG 123

About this record

Survey Date: May, 1994
Surveyor: K. Glynn & S. Kosky
Recorder Date: April, 1994
Card No.: 123

Technical Details

Collection: Saline Historic Homes
Image Size: 2064 x 1488
File Size: 409 KB
Record: SL0325
Link to this Item: https://quod.lib.umich.edu/s/sdlhomes/x-sl0325/sl032501.tif

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