Frederick A., Jr. and Caroline Hewett Kennedy Farm

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Frederick A., Jr. and Caroline Hewett Kennedy Farm
Location8490 Hanover Rd., Hanover, Michigan
Coordinates 42°6′5″N84°33′56″W / 42.10139°N 84.56556°W / 42.10139; -84.56556 (Frederick A., Jr. and Caroline Hewett Kennedy Farm) Coordinates: 42°6′5″N84°33′56″W / 42.10139°N 84.56556°W / 42.10139; -84.56556 (Frederick A., Jr. and Caroline Hewett Kennedy Farm)
Area80 acres (32 ha)
Builtc. 1847 (c. 1847)
Architectural style Greek Revival, Basement barn
NRHP reference # 00000643 [1]
Added to NRHPDecember 21, 2000

The Frederick A., Jr. and Caroline Hewett Kennedy Farm is a historic farmstead located at 8490 Hanover Road near Hanover, Michigan. It was listed on the National Register of Historic Places in 2000. [1]

Hanover, Michigan Village in Michigan, United States

Hanover is a village in Jackson County in the U.S. state of Michigan. The population was 441 at the 2010 census. The village is located within Hanover Township.

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

Frederick A. Kennedy, Jr. was born in 1811 in Brighton, England, and emigrated to the United States in 1817 along with his family. The family moved around New York State and Pennsylvania, eventually settling near Lodi, New York in 1821. In about 1830 or 1831, Frederick Jr. moved to Tecumseh, Michigan, where he married Caroline Hewett. The Kennedys moved to Hanover Township, Michigan in 1837, part of the early wave of European settlers who arrived in the area. The couple purchased property, eventually amassing 370 acres. After arriving, the Kennedys constructed a small house located just east of the present site. [2]

Pennsylvania State of the United States of America

Pennsylvania, officially the Commonwealth of Pennsylvania, is a state located in the northeastern and Mid-Atlantic regions of the United States. The Appalachian Mountains run through its middle. The Commonwealth is bordered by Delaware to the southeast, Maryland to the south, West Virginia to the southwest, Ohio to the west, Lake Erie and the Canadian province of Ontario to the northwest, New York to the north, and New Jersey to the east.

Lodi, New York Town in New York, United States

Lodi is a town in Seneca County, New York, United States. The population was 1,550 at the 2010 census.

Tecumseh, Michigan City in Michigan, United States

Tecumseh is a small city in Lenawee County, Michigan, United States. It is situated where M-50 crosses the River Raisin, a few miles east of M-52. Tecumseh is about 60 miles (97 km) southwest of Detroit, 25 miles (40 km) south of Ann Arbor and 40 miles (64 km) north of Toledo, Ohio.

The construction date of the present house is unknown, although tax records suggest that a portion of it was built in the 1846-47 period, and a larger portion added in the 1855-56 period. Frederick A. Kennedy, Jr., served four terms as Hanover Township supervisor, and in 1846 was elected to the state legislature. However, in 1871 the Kennedys moved to Jackson, and in 1883 they sold the Hanover farm to their son, Van Buren Kennedy and his wife Adelia M. Kennedy. In 1936, the property was purchased by Hiram A. and Helen Tallmadge; Helen Tallmadge sold it to Dr. and Mrs. John Hand in 1980. [2]

Jackson, Michigan City in Michigan, United States

Jackson is a city in the south central area of the U.S. state of Michigan, about 40 miles (64 km) west of Ann Arbor and 35 miles (56 km) south of Lansing. It is the county seat of Jackson County. As of the 2010 census, the city population was 33,534, down from 36,316 at the 2000 census. Served by Interstate 94, it is the principal city of the Jackson Metropolitan Statistical Area, which includes Jackson County and has a population of 160,248.

Description

The Frederick A. and Caroline Hewett Kennedy, Jr., Farm is an eighty-acre farm, containing open field and pasture as well as wooded sections. On the property are a brick, Upright and Wing-style Greek Revival house and a timber-frame basement barn. [2]

Upright and Wing, also referred to as Temple and Wing or Gable Front and Wing, is a residential architectural style found in American vernacular architecture. It was popular from the mid- to late 19th century and is typified by a gable ended "upright" section, usually two stories, and a one-story ell or "wing" section.

The house consists of a two-story upright section and one-story wing with a single-story ell in the rear. The house sits on a fieldstone foundation, and the walls are made of hard-baked brick in the front, upright-and-wing section of softer brick in the rear ell, perhaps indicating different construction dates. The windows are six-over-six units in square-head openings with splayed brickwork caps The wing is fronted with a recessed porch containing the front entrance; the porch is supported by two fluted Tuscan columns with similar half-columns flanking the opening. Frieze windows under the eaves of the upright contain decorative cast-iron grilles. [2]

The nineteenth-century gable-roof barn is located well to the rear of the house. It is constructed of rubble fieldstone walls on two sides and vertical boarding on the other two. A superstructure is completely clad in vertical board-and-batten siding. One side of the basement contains an entrance. [2]

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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 4 5 Robert O. Christensen (March 2000), NATIONAL REGISTER OF HISTORIC PLACES REGISTRATION FORM: Frederick A., Jr. and Caroline Hewett Kennedy Farm
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