Sidney_T._Smith_House

Sidney T. Smith House

Sidney T. Smith House

United States historic place

The Sidney T. Smith House was a farmhouse located at 12880 Michigan Avenue in Grass Lake, Michigan. It was listed on the National Register of Historic Places in 1972.[1] However, the house was destroyed by fire in 1972,[2] and removed in 1978 after its demolition.

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History

Sidney T. Smith was born in Chenango County, New York in 1809. He opened a store in Pulaski, New York, and married Harriet B. Wood.[3] In 1839 Smith moved from Pulaski to this location in Grass Lake and opened a store in town.[2] The Smiths constructed a log cabin in which to live. Smith soon designed and built this house. In the 1850s, Smith served as a state legislator. Smith died in 1878, and was survived by his wife.[3] Sidney passed the house on to his youngest son Charles (born 1859),[3] who was living there into the 1930s.[4] The house was destroyed by fire in 1972.[2]

Description

The Sidney T. Smith House was a two-story tetrastyle Doric "temple front"[2] Greek Revival structure, with single story wings on each side of the main massing.[4] The house very much resembles the design shown in the 1833 pattern book, "Modern Builder's Guide," by Minard Lafever.[2]

References

  1. [1]
    "National Register Information System". National Register of Historic Places. National Park Service. November 2, 2013.
  2. [2]
    Eckert, Kathryn Bishop (1993). Buildings of Michigan. New York: Oxford University Press. p. 15. ISBN 978-0-19-509379-7.
  3. [3]
    HISTORY OF JACKSON COUNTY, MICHIGAN, 1881, p. 870
  4. [4]
    Historic American Buildings Survey (HABS) No. MI-115, "Sidney T. Smith House, Michigan Avenue (U.S. Route 12), Grass Lake, Jackson County, MI"
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