Sidney T. Smith House

Sidney T. Smith House
Formerly listed on the  U.S. National Register of Historic Places
Location	12880 Michigan Ave., Grass Lake, Michigan
Coordinates	42°15′24″N84°10′41″W / 42.25667°N 84.17806°W / 42.25667; -84.17806 (Sidney T. Smith House)
Area	5 acres (2.0 ha)
Built	1840 (1840)
Architect	Sidney T. Smith
Architectural style	Greek Revival
Demolished	1972
NRHP reference No.	72001590 [1]
Significant dates
Added to NRHP	January 13, 1972
Removed from NRHP	January 11, 1978

The Sidney T. Smith House was a farmhouse located at 12880 Michigan Avenue in Grass Lake, Michigan. It was listed on the National Register of Historic Places in 1972. ^[1] However, the house was destroyed by fire in 1977, ^[2] and removed in 1978 after its demolition.

History

Sidney T. Smith was born in Chenango County, New York in 1809. He opened a store in Pulaski, New York, and married Harriet B. Wood. ^[3] In 1839 Smith moved from Pulaski to this location in Grass Lake and opened a store in town. ^[2] The Smiths constructed a log cabin in which to live. Smith soon designed and built this house. In the 1850s, Smith served as a state legislator. Smith died in 1878, and was survived by his wife. ^[3] Sidney passed the house on to his youngest son Charles (born 1859), ^[3] who was living there into the 1930s. ^[4] The house was destroyed by fire in 1977. ^[2]

Description

The Sidney T. Smith House was a two-story tetrastyle Doric "temple front" ^[2] Greek Revival structure, with single story wings on each side of the main massing. ^[4] The house very much resembles the design shown in the 1833 pattern book, "Modern Builder's Guide," by Minard Lafever. ^[2]

References

1. "National Register Information System". National Register of Historic Places . National Park Service. November 2, 2013.
2. Eckert, Kathryn Bishop (1993). Buildings of Michigan. New York: Oxford University Press. p. 15. ISBN   978-0-19-509379-7.
3. HISTORY OF JACKSON COUNTY, MICHIGAN, 1881, p. 870
4. Historic American Buildings Survey (HABS) No. MI-115, " Sidney T. Smith House, Michigan Avenue (U.S. Route 12), Grass Lake, Jackson County, MI "