217 Monroe
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About this Item
About this home
- USGS Map
- Saline Quadrangle
- Street and No.
- 217 Monroe
- Municipal Unit
- Saline
- County
- Washtenaw
- Original Usage
- Residence
- Present Usage
- Residence
- Ownership
- Nichols, Randall and Brinker, Mary
About this photograph
- Photo Negative No.
- 7:17
- Photo Date
- January, 1994
- Photo View
- North and west facades taken facing southeast
About the construction
- Description
- Gable front and wing Folk House. The gable section is two stories, and the wing is one story. Partial width porch on the wing has wood supports. Windows are four lights over four. Two small windows on north facade. Asbestos siding. Stone foundation. Addition to rear wing. Modern, one and a half car garage at rear.
- Date Of Construction
- 1870 ca.
- Context
- Seems to be visible on the 1872 Bird's Eye View of Saline. John and Mary Ehnis lived in the house from about 1894 to 1916. John was a tailor and had a shop in town. Ray Davis lived in it in 1926. George Rothfuss owned the house from at least 1931-1941.
- 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; Tax Rolls: 1931 and 1935.
- Form Source
- MICHIGAN DEPARTMENT OF STATE KG 34
About this record
- Survey Date
- May, 1994
- Surveyor
- K. Glynn & S. Kosky
- Recorder Date
- April, 1994
- Card No.
- 34
Technical Details
- Collection
- Saline Historic Homes
- Image Size
- 2072 x 1488
- File Size
- 410 KB
- Record
- SL0807
- Link to this Item
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https://quod.lib.umich.edu/s/sdlhomes/x-sl0807/sl080701.tif
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