Marx House

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Marx House
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Location2630 Biddle Avenue
Wyandotte, Michigan
Coordinates 42°12′26″N83°8′56″W / 42.20722°N 83.14889°W / 42.20722; -83.14889
Arealess than one acre
Built1862
Architectural style Italianate
NRHP reference No. 76001043 [1]
Significant dates
Added to NRHPAugust 13, 1976
Designated MSHSJanuary 16, 1976 [2]

The Marx House is a private house at 2630 Biddle Avenue in Wyandotte, Michigan. It was listed on the National Register of Historic Places and designated a Michigan State Historic Site [2] in 1976. [1] It is now used by the Wyandotte Historical Museum. [3]

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History

This house was built in approximately 1862 for Warren Isham. [3] In the next 60 years, the house went through six owners, [3] including Charles W. Thomas, Wyandotte's first druggist, and Dr. Theophilus Langlois, a prominent physician who served as Wyandotte's mayor for two terms and contributed to other civic projects in the city. [2] In 1921, the house was purchased by John Marx, the city attorney and scion of a local brewery owner. [2] [3] In 1974, John Marx's children Leo Marx and Mary T. Polley gave the house to the city of Wyandotte. [3] The house was opened to the public in 1996. [3]

Description

The Marx House is a two-story Italianate townhouse built of red brick and sitting on a stone foundation. [4] The facade features a double entrance door and tall windows topped with semicircular brick-and-stone hoods. [2] A truncated hipped roof, with ornamental ironwork at the perimeter of the uppermost flat area, caps the structure. [4] A two-story frame wing with a single-story addition is connected at the rear of the building. [2]

References

  1. 1 2 "National Register Information System". National Register of Historic Places . National Park Service. March 13, 2009.
  2. 1 2 3 4 5 6 "Marx House". Michigan State Housing Development Authority: Historic Sites Online. Archived from the original on May 11, 2012. Retrieved August 5, 2010.
  3. 1 2 3 4 5 6 "Marx Home History". Wyandotte Museums.{{cite web}}: CS1 maint: deprecated archival service (link)
  4. 1 2 Ren Farley. "John Marx Home/ Theophilus Langlois Home". Detroit1701.org. Retrieved August 19, 2010.
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