James F. Fairweather–Jacob C. Lamb House

Last updated
James F. Fairweather–Jacob C. Lamb House
Fairweather Lamb House.jpg
USA Michigan location map.svg
Red pog.svg
Location540 S. Almont Ave., Imlay City, Michigan
Coordinates 43°01′07″N83°04′39″W / 43.01861°N 83.07750°W / 43.01861; -83.07750 (James F. Fairweather–Jacob C. Lamb House) Coordinates: 43°01′07″N83°04′39″W / 43.01861°N 83.07750°W / 43.01861; -83.07750 (James F. Fairweather–Jacob C. Lamb House)
Area0.5 acres (0.20 ha)
Built1871 (1871)
Architectural style Gothic Revival
NRHP reference # 85002494 [1]
Added to NRHPSeptember 26, 1985

The James F. Fairweather–Jacob C. Lamb House is a private house located at 540 South Almont Avenue in Imlay City, Michigan. It was listed on the National Register of Historic Places in 1985. [1]

Imlay City, Michigan Town in Michigan, United States

Imlay City is a town in Lapeer County in the U.S. state of Michigan. The population was 3,869 at the 2000 census and 3,597 in 2010.

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.

Contents

History

The Fairweather family settled in Imlay City in the early 1860s, and by 1864 was farming on land south of town. At about that time one family member, James F. Fairweather, started a drygoods business in town. Although settled much earlier, Imlay City was not actually platted until 1870, when the Port Huron and Lake Michigan Railroad constructed a line through the settlement. The arrival of the railroad created a business boom, and in 1871 James Fairweather purchased a lot in town, and by 1874 had this house constructed. [2]

In 1879 James F. Fairweather ended his business, sold his home, and apparently moved from Imlay City. The new owner of the house was Jacob C. Lamb, who was born in Burlington County, New Jersey in 1828 and had settled in Dryden, Michigan in 1854. He began farming, and also ran a mercantile business dealing in wool with his brother. By 1867 he was dealing over 250,000 pounds of wool, and in 1871 constructed a grain elevator in Imlay City, and in 1876 an evaporator used to dry fruit. Lamb maintained his house in Dryden until 1878, when he moved into this house in Imlay City. He continued his various business enterprises, and by 1880 ran one of the county's largest businesses, with a yearly income of over $250,000. [2]

Burlington County, New Jersey County in the United States

Burlington County is a county located in the U.S. state of New Jersey. The county is the second largest in New Jersey by total area behind Ocean County which has a total area of 915.40 sq mi and its county seat is Mount Holly. As of the 2017 Census Bureau estimate, the county's population was 448,596, making it the 11th-largest of the state's 21 counties, representing a 0.1% decrease from the 2010 United States Census, when the population was enumerated at 448,734, in turn an increase of 25,340 (6.0%) from the 423,394 enumerated in the 2000 Census. The most-populous place was Evesham Township, with 45,538 residents at the time of the 2010 Census, while Washington Township covered 102.71 square miles (266.0 km2), the largest total area of any municipality in Burlington County.

Dryden, Michigan Village in Michigan, United States

Dryden is a village in Lapeer County in the U.S. state of Michigan. The population was 951 at the 2010 census. The village is located within Dryden Township.

Lamb and his family owned this house until 1907, when it was sold to the Hovey family. In 1922, Mark Cheney, the village's tax assessor, bought the house. It remained in the Cheney family for many years. [2]

Description

This house is a two-story wood frame Gothic Revival structure covered with clapboard. It has an L-shaped plan with a tower-like projection in the front containing the entrance. Two single-story additions are in the rear, constructed in the late 19th and early 20th century. The original portion of the home is three bays wide, each topped with a steep gable containing ornamental bargeboards in the gable ends. The elaborate detailing includes Gothic pointed arch door and window enframements, and single- and two-story bay windows. [2]

The interior includes a center stair surrounded by a living room, foyer and parlor, and a library/sunroom. The dining room, kitchen, and bath are in the rear addition. On the second floor, the floor plan echoes the lower story, with three bedrooms and a sewing room aligned with the major rooms downstairs. [2]

Related Research Articles

Thomas A. Parker House

The Thomas A. Parker House was built as a private residence and is located at 975 East Jefferson Avenue in Detroit, Michigan. The house was listed on the National Register of Historic Places in 1982. It is currently the law offices of Liddle & Dubin, P.C.

Rudolph Nims House

The Rudolph Nims House is a private residence located at 206 West Noble Street in the city of Monroe in Monroe County, Michigan. It was listed as a Michigan Historic Site on October 29, 1971 and added to the National Register of Historic Places on October 18, 1972.

Dr. Leonard Hall House

The Dr. Leonard Hall House was a private resident located at 334 West Main Street (M-34) in Hudson in westernmost Lenawee County, Michigan. It was designated as a Michigan Historic Site on April 4, 1978 and later added to the National Register of Historic Places on October 2, 1978.

George B. and Amanda Bradish Horton Farmstead building in Michigan, United States

The George B. Horton and Amanda Bradish Farmstead is a privately owned farmhouse that sits on 40 acres of land at 4650 West Horton Road in rural Fairfield Township in Lenawee County, Michigan. It was added to the National Register of Historic Places on February 1, 2007. There are several other buildings on the property, but the main farmhouse was built in 1888 in Queen Anne Style.

East River Road Historic District

The East River Road Historic District is a historic district located along East River Road near the Grosse Ile Parkway in Grosse Ile, Michigan. The district includes eleven structures, including seven houses, two outbuildings, St. James Episcopal Church, and the Michigan Central Railroad depot. The district stretches from St. James Episcopal Church on the south to Littlecote on the north. The district was designated a Michigan State Historic Site in 1972 and listed on the National Register of Historic Places in 1973. The historically significant 1870s customs house was moved into the district in 1979.

Jacob Quickel House

The Jacob Quickel House is a historic building located on the east side of Davenport, Iowa, United States. It has been listed on the National Register of Historic Places since 1984.

General Squier Memorial Park park in Dryden Township, Michigan

The General Squier Memorial Park is a park located at 4725 South Mill Road in Dryden Township in southeastern Lapeer County, Michigan. It was designated as a Michigan Historic Site on June 6, 1977 and later added to the National Register of Historic Places on June 5, 1986 as the Dryden Community Country Club–General Squier Historic Park Complex. The site is also known locally as the General George Squier Club or General Squier County Park.

West Saint Clair Street Historic District

The West Saint Clair Street Historic District is a residential historic district located along 124–328 West Saint Clair Street in the village of Almont in Almont Township in southeast Lapeer County, Michigan. It was designated as a Michigan State Historic Site and also added to the National Register of Historic Places on May 8, 1986.

John W. Day House

The John W. Day House, also known as the Day-Dittman House, is a private residential structure located at 4985 Dryden Road in Dryden Township in southern Lapeer County, Michigan, United States. It was designated as a Michigan State Historic Site on September 26, 1987 and soon after added to the National Register of Historic Places on December 17, 1987.

Chelsea Commercial Historic District

The Chelsea Commercial Historic District is a historic district located along both sides of Main Street from Orchard to North Street in Chelsea, Michigan; the district also includes the adjacent 100 blocks of Jackson, East Middle, and West Middle Streets, as well as structures on Park, East, and Orchard Streets. It was listed on the National Register of Historic Places in 2011.

Stratton House (Centerville, Iowa)

Stratton House is a historic residence located in Centerville, Iowa, United States. The 1½-story brick house exhibits aspects of the Gothic Revival style, especially in its plan, steeply pitched gables and bargeboard trim. It was built by Jonathan F. Stratton. Stratton was a Pennsylvania native who moved to Michigan in 1820 where he was a surveyor, community leader, commissioner of highways and Justice of the Peace. In 1841 he was the first person to stake a claim in Appanoose County, near present-day Cincinnati, Iowa. After moving to Udell Township two years later his home was the location for the first religious service and the first election in the county. His wife taught several local children in their home making it the first school in the northern part of the county. He opened the first grist mill in the county in 1845. The following year, Stratton surveyed, platted and settled Centerville, which had been named the new county seat. He built this house in 1858, and died here in 1884. It was listed on the National Register of Historic Places in 1975.

Cherry DeLefebvre House

The Cherry DeLefebvre House is a private house located at 115 West Chart Street in Plainwell, Michigan. It was listed on the National Register of Historic Places in 1991.

Wilbur F. Davidson House

The Wilbur F. Davidson House is a private house located at 1707 Military Street in Port Huron, Michigan. It was listed on the National Register of Historic Places in 1972.

Charles Palmer House

The Charles Palmer House is a single-family home located at 240 North Main Street in Imlay City, Michigan. It was listed on the National Register of Historic Places in 1987.

Jacob Hoffstetter House

The Jacob Hoffstetter House is a former single-family home located at 322 East Washington Street in Ann Arbor, Michigan. It was listed on the National Register of Historic Places in 1982.

Louis Sturm House

The Louis Sturm House is a single family home located at 100 Russell in Saline, Michigan. It was listed on the National Register of Historic Places in 1985.

Samuel D. Van Duzer House

The Samuel D. Van Duzer House was built as a single family home, and is located at 205 South Ann Arbor Street in Saline, Michigan. It was listed on the National Register of Historic Places in 1985.

Jacob Fishbeck Farmstead

The Jacob Fishbeck Farmstead is a farm located at 5151 Crooked Lake Road in Genoa Township, Michigan. It was listed on the National Register of Historic Places in 2003.

Westside Neighborhood Historic District

The Westside Neighborhood Historic District is a residential historic district, located along West Maple, and West Ash Street between South McRoberts Street and the railroad grade east of Sycamore Creek in Mason, Michigan. It also includes The district was listed on the National Register of Historic Places in 1985.

Roethke Houses

The Roethke Houses are two side-by-side single family homes located at 1759 and 1805 Gratiot Avenue in Saginaw, Michigan. THey were listed on the National Register of Historic Places in 2001.

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 Sarah Ward Eubanks; Janet L. Kreger (June 1985), National Register of Historic Places Inventory-Nomination Form: James F. Fairweather–Jacob C. Lamb House
This page is based on this Wikipedia article
Text is available under the CC BY-SA 4.0 license; additional terms may apply.
Images, videos and audio are available under their respective licenses.