Edwin Trump House

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Edwin Trump House
Edwin Trump House Fenton MI.jpg
Location801 S. East St., Fenton, Michigan
Coordinates 42°47′16″N83°42′04″W / 42.78778°N 83.70111°W / 42.78778; -83.70111 (Edwin Trump House)
Arealess than one acre
Built1867 (1867)
Architectural styleLate Gothic Revival
MPS Genesee County MRA
NRHP reference No. 82000532 [1]
Added to NRHPNovember 26, 1982

The Edwin Trump House is a single-family home located at 801 South East Street in Fenton, Michigan. It was listed on the National Register of Historic Places in 1982. [1]

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History

Edwin Trump was the President of the Trump & Wilmot Bank. He built this house in 1867, reportedly as part of a contest between Trump and his partner, George Wilmot, to see who could build the most lavish home. In 1872, Trump traded the house to local attorney A. U. Wood for a business block in downtown Fenton. [2]

Description

The Edwin Trump House is a two-story, wood-framed Gothic Revival structure built in a T-shape with multiple gables and dormers. It has a decorative open porch, containing Gothic ornamentation in its bargeboards, which match the bargeboards in the eaves of the gables. [2]

References

  1. 1 2 "National Register Information System". National Register of Historic Places . National Park Service. November 2, 2013.
  2. 1 2 Karen Bean (May 1982), National Register of Historic Places Inventory-Nomination Form: Edwin Trump House