Jay White House


Jay White House
U.S. National Register of Historic Places

MPS		Lapeer MRA
NRHP reference No.	85001636^[1]
Added to NRHP	July 26, 1985

The Jay White House is a single-family home located at 1109 W. Genesee Street in Lapeer, Michigan. It was listed on the National Register of Historic Places in 1985.^[1]

History

Phineas and Enoch White were two of Lapeer's original pioneering settlers. Jay White, one of their descendants, was born in 1869. This house was apparently constructed for him and his wife, Emma Gale, in 1899 or 1900, when the couple was in

Hanover, Germany, serving as US Consul. It was then sold to George H. Cary, the owner of the Marshall Hotel and Livery. A later owner was Raymond T. Carpenter, a clothing merchant.^[2]

Description

The Jay White House is a two-story brick and shingle residence. It is a unique and individualized architectural style, with primarily Romanesque Revival influences. The roof of the house is steeply pitched in the front, running upward from above the front entrance between two side towers. The recessed front entrance porch is reached through a wide but shallow arch, framed with split fieldstones. The massive, squat towers are topped with conical roofs and copper finials. The first floor level is clad in brick, which changes to shingles on the upper portions of the side facades. The windows in the house are all double-hung with the upper sash one-half the height of the lower. ^[2]

References

v t e National Register of Historic Places in Lapeer County, Michigan
Historic districts	Dryden Community Country Club–General Squier Historic Park Complex Metamora Crossroads Historic District Piety Hill Historic District West Saint Clair Street Historic District
Historic properties	Charles Palmer House Columbus Tuttle House Currier House Columbiaville station Hadley Flour and Feed Mill James B. Dutton House James F. Fairweather–Jacob C. Lamb House Jay White House John and Julia Hevener House John and Rosetta Lee House John W. Day House Joseph Armstrong House Lapeer County Courthouse Peter Van Dyke House Pioneer State Bank No. 36 Rodney G. Hart House Samuel J. Tomlinson House Warren Perry House William H. and Sabrina Watson House Younge Site
See also: National Register of Historic Places listings in Lapeer County, Michigan and List of National Historic Landmarks in Michigan

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