208 S. Ann Arbor St.
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About this Item
About this home
- USGS Map
- Saline Quadrangle
- Street and No.
- 208 S. Ann Arbor St.
- Municipal Unit
- Saline
- County
- Washtenaw
- Original Usage
- Residence
- Present Usage
- Apartments
- Ownership
- Gilbert, Jon and Sarah
About this photograph
- Photo Negative No.
- 22:08
- Photo Date
- January, 1994
- Photo View
- East facade taken facing west
About the construction
- Description
- Two and a half story, vernacular Queen Anne style house. Hipped roof with lower crossed gables. Partial width porch with spindlework supports and hipped roof. Gable peaks have fishscale shingles, and a small square window. Diamond shaped shingle roof. Partial, two story, cutaway bay on south facade with spindlework. Clapboard siding. Concrete block and stone foundation. Small, entry porch on north facade to upper apartment. Addition and deck to rear.
- Date Of Construction
- 1900-10
- Context
- According to the Sanborn maps and the census, the house was built between 1899 and 1910. John Burg or A.M. Hunt probably built it. Kneeland Simmons rented the house from 1910 until 1926. Charles Carven owned the house by 1931, and his daughter, Bessie Collins owned it until at least 1947. Charles Carven also owned 204 and 206. In 1961 Michael Smelt owned the house.
- Bibliographic Reference
- City Directories:1894, 1899, 1912, 1916, 1920, 1926, 1941, 1945. Assessor's files: 1947 and current; U.S. Census: 1910, 1920. Sanborn Maps: 1893, 1899, 1912, 1921, 1929; Tax Rolls: 1892, 1931, and 1935. Atlases: 1894, 1915.
- Form Source
- MICHIGAN DEPARTMENT OF STATE KG 127
About this record
- Survey Date
- May, 1994
- Surveyor
- K. Glynn & S. Kosky
- Recorder Date
- April, 1994
- Card No.
- 127
Technical Details
- Collection
- Saline Historic Homes
- Image Size
- 2064 x 1488
- File Size
- 409 KB
- Record
- SL0404
- Link to this Item
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