Charles Peters Sr. House

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Charles Peters Sr. House
Location130 N. 6th, Saginaw, Michigan
Coordinates 43°25′58″N83°55′34″W / 43.43278°N 83.92611°W / 43.43278; -83.92611 (Charles Peters Sr.) Coordinates: 43°25′58″N83°55′34″W / 43.43278°N 83.92611°W / 43.43278; -83.92611 (Charles Peters Sr.)
Arealess than one acre
Built1884 (1884)
ArchitectFranklin Boergeort
Architectural style Queen Anne
MPS Center Saginaw MRA
NRHP reference # 82002873 [1]
Added to NRHPJuly 9, 1982

The Charles Peters Sr. House is a single family home located at 130 North 6th Street in Saginaw, Michigan. It was listed on the National Register of Historic Places in 1982. [1] The house is missing and presumed demolished.

Saginaw, Michigan City in Michigan, United States

Saginaw is a city in the U.S. state of Michigan and the seat of Saginaw County. The city of Saginaw and Saginaw County are both located in the area known as Mid-Michigan or Central Michigan. The city of Saginaw is located adjacent to Saginaw Charter Township and is considered part of the Tri-City area, along with neighboring Bay City and Midland. The Saginaw County MSA had a population of 196,542 in 2013. The city is also the largest municipality within the Saginaw, Midland, and Bay City Metropolitan Area.

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

Charles Peters arrived with his family in Saginaw in 1853, when he was still an infant. He apprenticed to a printer at the age of twelve and stayed until the outbreak of the Civil War, when he enlisted. He returned to the printing business after the war, and in 1879 started the firm of Seeman and Peters Printing with Joseph Seeman. In 1881 Seeman and Peters published the first edition of the Saginaw Evening News (which eventually became The Saginaw News ). Peters quickly built the News into an influential paper. Peters was also active in the region's fur trade, experimented in sugar beet sugar production and marketing, and helped to finance various other business ventures in the Saginaw area. [2]

American Civil War Civil war in the United States from 1861 to 1865

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The Saginaw News is a newspaper publication based in Saginaw, Michigan, owned by Booth Newspapers, a division of Advance Publications. Published on Thursdays, Fridays and Sundays, the paper has approximately 30,000 readers each day. It celebrated its 150th year in 2009.

In 1884, Peters hired architect Franklin Boergeort to design a new home on Sixth Street. He lived there until his death in 1910. [2]

Description

The Charles Peters Sr. House was a two story Queen Anne structure covered with clapboard, with intersecting gable roofs having swept eaves. It was large, with asymmetrical massing and a variety of window shapes and sizes. The front facade had a wrap-around porch, along with balanced window placement and a Palladian window in the front gable end. [2]

Queen Anne style architecture in the United States architectural style during Victorian Era

In the United States, Queen Anne-style architecture was popular from roughly 1880 to 1910. "Queen Anne" was one of a number of popular architectural styles to emerge during the Victorian era. Within the Victorian era timeline, Queen Anne style followed the Stick style and preceded the Richardsonian Romanesque and Shingle styles.

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References

  1. 1 2 National Park Service (2013-11-02). "National Register Information System". National Register of Historic Places . National Park Service.
  2. 1 2 3 Marlia Hoover; Janet Kreger (February 1982), NATIONAL REGISTER OF HISTORIC PLACES REGISTRATION FORM: Charles Peters Sr. House