214 W. Michigan Ave.

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About this home

USGS Map: Saline Quadrangle
Common Name: Terry A. Timm, D.D.S.
Street and No.: 214 W. Michigan Ave.
Municipal Unit: Saline
County: Washtenaw
Original Usage: Residence
Present Usage: Commercial
Ownership: Terry Timm

About this photograph

Photo Negative No.: 13:03
Photo Date: Jan-94
Photo View: South and west facades. Facing northwest.

About the construction

Description: This transitional Queen Anne-Colonial Revival style house has cross gables with fish scale shingles and clapboard on the lower two stories. The front gable has a broken pediment and Palladian-style window. The full front porch is supported by round columns on molded cement base with balustrade. Leaded glass decorates the upper panes of the bay window on the west facade. A one-story wing on the rear has a porch with turned supports and balustrade. A lattice- sided handicap ramp wraps from the front porch to the rear on the east facade. Detached two car garage.
Date Of Construction: 1913
Context: This transitional Queen Anne-Colonial Revival style house is noteworthy for its simple classical details such as columned porch and Palladian-style window. It was occupied by the Burkhardt family from around 1920 to the 1940s. Jacob Burkhardt was a farmer.
Bibliographic Reference: Pioneer Woman Claimed by Death. Saline Observer, December 21, 1944. Saline city directories. U.S. Census 1920.
Form Source: MICHIGAN DEPARTMENT OF STATE SK 158

About this record

Survey Date: 1994
Surveyor: K. Glynn & S. Kosky
Recorder Date: April, 1994
Card No.: 158

Technical Details

Collection: Saline Historic Homes
Image Size: 2064 x 1496
File Size: 411 KB
Record: SL0715
Link to this Item: https://quod.lib.umich.edu/s/sdlhomes/x-sl0715/sl071501.tif

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