Jesse H. Buck Farm House

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Jesse H. Buck Farm House
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Location6095 Baldwin Rd., Swartz Creek, Michigan
Coordinates 42°53′02″N83°47′33″W / 42.88389°N 83.79250°W / 42.88389; -83.79250 (Buck, Jesse H., Farm House) Coordinates: 42°53′02″N83°47′33″W / 42.88389°N 83.79250°W / 42.88389; -83.79250 (Buck, Jesse H., Farm House)
Arealess than one acre
Built1888 (1888)
Architectural style Gothic Revival
MPS Genesee County MRA
NRHP reference # 82000503 [1]
Added to NRHPNovember 26, 1982

The Jesse H. Buck Farm House is a single-family home located at 6095 Baldwin Road in Swartz Creek, Michigan. It was listed on the National Register of Historic Places in 1982. [1]

Swartz Creek, Michigan City in Michigan, United States

Swartz Creek is a city in Genesee County in the U.S. state of Michigan. The population was 5,758 at the 2010 census. The city is a suburb of Flint and has incorporated land formerly within Flint Charter Township, Gaines Township, and Clayton Township, but is administratively autonomous from all three.

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

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History

Jesse H. Buck moved from Oakland County to this area in 1864. He purchased 80 acres of farmland and began raising livestock. He built this farmhouse in 1888. [2]

Oakland County, Michigan County in the United States

Oakland County is a county in the U.S. state of Michigan. It is northwest of Detroit and part of metropolitan Detroit. As of the 2010 census, its population was 1,202,362, making it the second-most populous county in Michigan, behind neighboring Wayne County. The county seat is Pontiac. The county was founded in 1819 and organized in 1820.

Description

The Buck Farm House is a two-story vernacular Gothic Revival frame structure built in a T-shaped plan. It has an open front porch with turned columns and elaborate bargeboards. The gable ends have similarly decorative bargeboards, along with vertical siding contrasting with the horizontal clapboard covering the remaining wall surfaces. A corner stone bears the inscription, 'J. S. Buck 1888'. [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 Karen Bean (May 1982), National Register of Historic Places Inventory-Nomination Form: Jesse H. Buck Farm House