John Pulcipher House

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John Pulcipher House
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Location7710 US 31 N, Acme Township, Michigan
Coordinates 44°47′49″N85°29′36″W / 44.79694°N 85.49333°W / 44.79694; -85.49333 Coordinates: 44°47′49″N85°29′36″W / 44.79694°N 85.49333°W / 44.79694; -85.49333
Area7.6 acres (3.1 ha)
Built1883 (1883)
Architectural style Stick/Eastlake
NRHP reference No. 00001484 [1]
Added to NRHPDecember 7, 2000

The John Pulcipher House, also known as the Country Hermitage Bed & Breakfast, is a private house located at 7710 US 31 North, in Acme Township, Michigan. It was listed on the National Register of Historic Places in 2000. [1]

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History

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John Pulcipher
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Mary Ann Pulcipher

John Pulcipher was born in Jefferson County, New York in 1838, the son of Edwin and Matilda Pulcipher. [2] In 1855, he moved with his family to homestead on a farm located across the road from where this house now stands. [3] He married Mary Ann Hoover in 1869; [4] the couple had four children. [2] In 1874, Pucipher purchased the original farm, and in 1883 he built this house for $2000. [3] A summer kitchen addition was constructed in 1895. It was continuously inhabited until 1964, when John's niece Jessie died. [4] It stayed empty until 1999, when Nels Veliquette, a local cherry farmer, purchased the house and surrounding property and began restoration. A modern kitchen addition was constructed, and the house was opened as the Country Hermitage Bed & Breakfast.

Description

The John Pulcipher House is an unusually large and fine two-story Stick/Eastlake house. [3] It has a hipped and cross-gable roof. It boasts elaborate millwork detail.

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References

  1. 1 2 "National Register Information System". National Register of Historic Places . National Park Service. July 9, 2010.
  2. 1 2 Elvin L. Sprague; Mrs. George N. Smith, eds. (1903), Sprague's History of Grand Traverse and Leelanaw Counties, Michigan:, B.F. Bowen, pp. 402–408
  3. 1 2 3 "Pulcipher, John, House". Michigan State Housing Development Authority: Historic Sites Online. Archived from the original on 2014-03-08.
  4. 1 2 "About the Inn". Country Hermitage Bed & Breakfast. Retrieved March 7, 2014.