Abram C. Fisk House

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Abram C. Fisk House
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Location867 E. Chicago Rd., Coldwater, Michigan
Coordinates 41°56′6″N84°57′52″W / 41.93500°N 84.96444°W / 41.93500; -84.96444 Coordinates: 41°56′6″N84°57′52″W / 41.93500°N 84.96444°W / 41.93500; -84.96444
Area5 acres (2.0 ha)
Built1861 (1861)
Architectural style Italianate
NRHP reference # 89002306 [1]
Added to NRHPJanuary 12, 1990

The Abram C. Fisk House is a private house located at 867 East Chicago Road in Coldwater, Michigan. It was listed on the National Register of Historic Places in 1990. [1]

Coldwater, Michigan City in Michigan, United States

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National Register of Historic Places federal list of historic sites in the United States

The National Register of Historic Places (NRHP) is the United States federal government's official list of districts, sites, buildings, structures, and objects deemed worthy of preservation for their historical significance. A property listed in the National Register, or located within a National Register Historic District, may qualify for tax incentives derived from the total value of expenses incurred preserving the property.

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History

Abram C. Fisk was born in Penfield, New York in 1815. He moved to Coldwater in 1835 and married Catherine Smith soon after. In 1840, the Fisks settled on an eighty-acre farm at this site, straddling the Chicago Road. They built a house on the south side of the road, near the current house. There Fisk raised horses, and gained a reputation as a leading thoroughbred breeder. In about 1861, the Fisks began construction of this house, finishing it within a few years. [2]

Penfield, New York Town in New York, United States

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Abram Fisk died in 1897, and the farm and house passed on to his son, William. In 1914, it was sold to Charles and Lena Moore, who passed it to their daughter, Eleanor Barthel. It was later sold to Mr. and Mrs. Carl Bohnenstadt, who used the house as an antique shop, and then Elizabeth Jewell purchased the house in 1961. [2] On Elizabeth's death in 2000, the house passed to her son Philip Jewell. In 2012 Jewell began an extensive restoration of the house. [3]

As of 2016, Philip Jewell and his wife Catherine operate Blue Hat Coffee shop and roasters out of the house. [4]

Description

The Abram C. Fisk House is a two-story red brick Italianate structure with a hip roof crowned with a cupola. The house measures 40 feet by 40 feet and stands on an ashlar stone foundation. The facade is symmetrical, and is decorated with raised brick pilasters and arched head windows. The eaves are supported with oversized paired brackets, shaped in a wheel-with-daisy pattern. [2]

Italianate architecture 19th-century phase in the history of Classical architecture

The Italianate style of architecture was a distinct 19th-century phase in the history of Classical architecture.

A Colonial Revival porch spans the front of the house; this was likely added around 1900. The entryway is through a double door flanked by double-hung one-over-one windows. [2]

On the interior, the house has a square plan. The first floor originally contained a central hall, sitting room, parlor, dining room/ kitchen, and a small bedroom. The second floor originally contained four bedrooms and a bathroom. The ceiling height throughout the house is twelve feet. [2]

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References

  1. 1 2 National Park Service (2010-07-09). "National Register Information System". National Register of Historic Places . National Park Service.
  2. 1 2 3 4 5 Esther Walton; Robert O. Christensen (August 1989), National Register of Historic Places Registration Form: Abram C. Fisk House (note: large pdf file)
  3. "Historic home preserved", The Daily Reporter, February 9, 2012
  4. Don Reid (July 24, 2016), "The historic Fisk house", The Daily Reporter