300 E. Henry / Parsonage

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About this home

National Register Listed: 10/10/85
Historic Name: Parsonage
USGS Map: Saline Quadrangle
Common Name: Eugene Garrison House
District Name: East Michigan Avenue
Street and No.: 300 E. Henry
Municipal Unit: Saline
County: Washtenaw
Original Usage: Residence
Present Usage: Residence
Ownership: Garrison, Dr. Eugene

About this photograph

Photo Negative No.: 6:09
Photo Date: January, 1994
Photo View: North and east facades taken facing southwest

About the construction

Description: Two story, cross gabled, Queen Anne style house with free classic detailing. Partial width porch with round, support columns resting on stone piers, and a wood balustrade. Rectangular bay on front (north) facade with convex roof. Two story octagonal bay on east rear facade. Molded wood lintels over front windows on upper story. Windows are two lights over two. All windows have shutters. Rectangular two story bay on west facade with a convex roof. One and a half story, modern, addition to east rear separate from house with a connecting corridor. Glass enclosed, hot house room at west rear. Modern, two car garage at rear. Two story building on east rear houses doctor's office and apartment.
Date Of Construction: 1870 ca.
Context: Built as parsonage for Methodist Episcopal Church. Was home to serveral prominent Saline families: Curtises, Bairds, Campbells, Professor Ashes, Dr.Harold Millers. Barn purchased from a neighbor and converted into an office under Dr. Miller. Garage added 1952. The house had a metal roof until about 1984. Seems to be on the 1872 Bird's Eye View of Saline. This house is listed on the National Register.
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. Undocumented article in Saline Library, Vertical File; 1985 Multiple Resource Nomination, Laurie Sommers.
Form Source: MICHIGAN DEPARTMENT OF STATE KG 23

About this record

Survey Date: May, 1994
Surveyor: K. Glynn & S. Kosky
Recorder Date: April, 1994
Card No.: 23

Technical Details

Collection: Saline Historic Homes
Image Size: 2064 x 1488
File Size: 409 KB
Record: SL0518
Link to this Item: https://quod.lib.umich.edu/s/sdlhomes/x-sl0518/sl051802.tif

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