George and Mary Pine Smith House
George and Mary Pine Smith House | |
| NRHP reference No. | 00000619[1] |
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| Added to NRHP | June 02, 2000 |
The George and Mary Pine Smith House is a private house located at 3704 Sheldon Road, near Sheldon in
History
The land this house sits on was first farmed by William Smith of England, who purchased 80 acres (320,000 m2) of land in 1830.[2] In 1835, Smith purchased another 80 acres (320,000 m2) to the east. At some point, William built a log cabin on the property.[3] William Smith and his wife Mary Collins Smith raised seven children on this farm, establishing a long line of Smiths farming in Canton Township.[2]
One of William and Mary Collins Smith's children was George Smith Sr.[4] His son George Jr. (William's grandson) married Mary Pine. In 1904, George Jr. and Mary Smith spent $2,058.76 to build the house that now sits on the property, replacing the log cabin.[2][3] Although the present acreage is small, outbuildings on the property give the feel of the old farmstead and the wooded edges isolate the house from the surrounding modern developments.[2]
Description
The George and Mary Pine Smith House is a two-story gabled ell building with an additional ell at the rear.
See also
- Canton Township MPS
- Canton Charter Township, Michigan
References
- ^ a b "National Register Information System". National Register of Historic Places. National Park Service. March 13, 2009.
- ^ a b c d e f g h i "Smith, George and Mary Pine, House". Michigan State Housing Development Authority: Historic Sites Online. Archived from the original on June 6, 2011. Retrieved March 13, 2010.
- ^ ISBN 0-7385-4098-6
- ^ Kosky and Glynn Associates (April 2000), Historic and Architectural Resources of Canton Township Multiple Property Submission Nomination Form, National Park Service
Further reading
- Gerald C. Van Dusen (2006), Canton Township, Arcadia Publishing, ISBN 0-7385-4098-6- front cover picture is of the Smith Farmhouse
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