Joshua G. and Nancy (Bly) Leland House

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Joshua G. and Nancy (Bly) Leland House
Joshua G. and Nancy (Bly) Leland House
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Location3850 East North Territorial Rd., Northfield Township, Michigan
Coordinates 42°22′00″N83°41′10″W / 42.36667°N 83.68611°W / 42.36667; -83.68611 (Joshua G. and Nancy (Bly) Leland House)
Built1846 (1846)
Architectural style Colonial Revival, Greek Revival
NRHP reference No. 100012316 [1]
Added to NRHPNovember 18, 2025

The Joshua G. and Nancy (Bly) Leland House is a historic house located at 3850 East North Territorial Road in Northfield Township, Michigan, United States. It was listed on the National Register of Historic Places in 2025. [1]

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History

Joshua Leland was born in 1801. [2] He purchased the land this house sits on in 1831. [3] Leland was president of the Washtenaw County Agricultural Society and served two terms in the Michigan Legislature. He constructed this house in 1846. [2] After his death in 1876, Leland passed it down to his son Emory Ezra Leland, who was a probate judge. He then passed the house to his son Claude Leland. However, the house is no longer owned by members of the Leland family. [4]

Description

The Leland house is a two story Greek Revival structure with Colonial Revival detailing. It sits on a stone foundation, and has a front gable, asphalt covered roof. The front facade is symmetric, with a flat-roofed center entrance porch with square columns. The entrance door is flanked by wood panel sidelights. Above the porch, a similar door with sidelights is set into a Classical surround. The house has wide wood cornerboards and a wide trim at the cornice. A rear wing dates from 1940. [4]

References

  1. 1 2 "National Register of Historic Places Program: Weekly List 2025 11 21". National Park Service . Retrieved November 22, 2025.
  2. 1 2 "Legislator Details: Joshua G. Leland". Library of Michigan. Retrieved November 23, 2025.
  3. ↑ "Century-Old Leland Home on E. North Territorial Rd". Ann Arbor News. February 16, 1949.
  4. 1 2 Cheri LaFlamme Szcodronski (September 2021), Architectural Survey of Northfield Township, Washtenaw County, Washtenaw County, Michigan
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