211 N. Ann Arbor St. / Jortin Forbes House

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About this home

National Register Listed: 10/10/85
Historic Name: Jortin Forbes House
USGS Map: Saline Quadrangle
Street and No.: 211 N. Ann Arbor St.
Municipal Unit: Saline
County: Washtenaw
Original Usage: Residence
Present Usage: Residence
Ownership: Lewis, John and Pamela

About this photograph

Photo Negative No.: 11:01
Photo Date: January, 1994
Photo View: North and east facades taken from southwest

About the construction

Description: Red brick, gable front and wing, Folk House. The gable is two stories, and the wing is one story. Partial width porch on wing has a shed roof and spindlework supports, balustrade and frieze. Steeply pitched roof line with wide cornice band. Most of the segmental arched windows are one over one, except for the two on the upper front (east), which are four over one. Stone foundation. Barn behind 207 probably belonged to this property originally.
Date Of Construction: 1860
Context: One of the earlier surviving homes, this is a nice brick example of mid-nineteenth century, vernacular architecture. Tax records, combined with evidence from the 1864 plat map, suggest that Jortin and Matilda Forbes built the house in 1860. The building appears on the 1872 Bird's Eye View, and is clearly indicated as the Forbes' property on the 1874 atlas. Jortin Forbes served in a number of village posts among them: street commissioner in 1866-1867; inspector for the first village election in 1866; marshall in 1866-1867; and justice of the peace in 1878. Matilda Forbes operated a millinery shop. Matilda was listed as a widow in the 1894 city directory, and continued to live in the house until 1916. 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; 1985 Multiple Resource Nomination, Laurie Sommers.
Form Source: MICHIGAN DEPARTMENT OF STATE KG 63

About this record

Survey Date: May, 1994
Surveyor: K. Glynn & S. Kosky
Recorder Date: April, 1994
Card No.: 63

Technical Details

Collection: Saline Historic Homes
Image Size: 2048 x 1480
File Size: 403 KB
Record: SL0112
Link to this Item: https://quod.lib.umich.edu/s/sdlhomes/x-sl0112/sl011201.tif

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Full citation: "211 N. Ann Arbor St.; Jortin Forbes House." In the digital collection Saline Historic Homes. https://quod.lib.umich.edu/s/sdlhomes/x-sl0112/sl011201.tif. University of Michigan Library Digital Collections. Accessed April 23, 2024.