West Saint Clair Street Historic District

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West Saint Clair Street Historic District
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West Saint Clair Street Historic District (the US)
Location 124–328 W. Saint Clair Street
Almont, Michigan
Coordinates 42°55′14″N83°02′52″W / 42.92056°N 83.04778°W / 42.92056; -83.04778 Coordinates: 42°55′14″N83°02′52″W / 42.92056°N 83.04778°W / 42.92056; -83.04778
Area 16 buildings
Architectural style Mix of Colonial Revival, Gothic Revival, Greek Revival, Italianate, Late Victorian, and Queen Anne
NRHP reference # 86000998 [1]
Significant dates
Added to NRHP May 8, 1986
Designated MSHS May 8, 1986 [2]

The West Saint Clair Street Historic District is a residential historic district located along 124–328 West Saint Clair Street in the village of Almont in Almont Township in southeast Lapeer County, Michigan. It was designated as a Michigan State Historic Site and also added to the National Register of Historic Places on May 8, 1986. [1] [2]

Historic districts in the United States group of buildings, properties, or sites that have been designated as historically or architecturally significant

Historic districts in the United States are designated historic districts recognizing a group of buildings, properties, or sites by one of several entities on different levels as historically or architecturally significant. Buildings, structures, objects and sites within a historic district are normally divided into two categories, contributing and non-contributing. Districts greatly vary in size: some have hundreds of structures, while others have just a few.

Almont, Michigan Village in Michigan, United States

Almont is a village in Lapeer County in the U.S. state of Michigan. The population was 2,674 at the 2010 census. The village is located within Almont Township.

Almont Township, Michigan Township in Michigan, United States

Almont Township is a civil township of Lapeer County in the U.S. state of Michigan. The population was 6,041 at the 2000 census.

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History

Almont was first settled in 1834, when Daniel Black built a log tavern in this area. By 1838, the settlement had a school, store, blacksmith shop, shoe shop, and grist mill. In 1843, the local logging industry was picking up, and the firm of Beach, Imlay and Morse built a sawmill in Imlay City and a connecting plank road to Mt. Clemens running through Almont. The access to reliable transportation was a boon to the local economy, and a pearlash factory, fulling mill, and foundry opened in the next few years, with a sawmill, fanning mill, and another foundry following close behind. [3]

Imlay City, Michigan Town in Michigan, United States

Imlay City is a town in Lapeer County in the U.S. state of Michigan. The population was 3,869 at the 2000 census and 3,597 in 2010.

With the boom in industry, the town prospered, with new commercial buildings being constructed. At the same time, new Greek Revival and Italianate houses were being built for the town'e newly prosperous and prominent citizens; many of those were in the district along West Saint Clair Street. By 1865, Almont had over 800 citizens, and in 1866 a local bank was formed, and a number of factories using the still-abundant local lumber were established in the area. By 1882, the lumber industry was slowing, but the Port Huron and Northwestern Railway built a line through the village, which gave the area easy access to cheap transportation for agricultural goods. Later introduction of the automobile in the twentieth century shifted the output of local factories to make automotive parts. [3]

The Port Huron and Northwestern Railway (PH&NW) is a defunct railroad which operated in the Thumb area of Michigan during the 1880s. The company was chartered by a group of Port Huron, Michigan businessmen on March 23, 1878, and opened its first line, Port Huron to Croswell, on May 12, 1879. The PH&NW's main line ran from Port Huron through Vassar to East Saginaw; this 91-mile (146 km) stretch opened on February 21, 1882. In addition the PH&NW operated three branch lines: Sand Beach, which was a continuation of the original Croswell line and ran up the Lake Huron coast; Port Austin, which split from "Sand Beach" at Palms and went through Bad Axe before reaching the northern tip of the Thumb; and Almont, which ran due west from Port Huron.

Description

Located just west of Almont's central business district along M-53, the district consists of 15 residential houses and one library located along a single stretch of West Saint Clair Street that intersects with Church, Cherry, and Day Street—although the district contains no properties along these side streets. The district contains a variety of architectural styles, including Colonial Revival, Gothic Revival, Greek Revival, Italianate, Late Victorian, and Queen Anne. [2] The district also contain the Henry Stephens Memorial Library, which is a contributing property that was listed in its own right as a Michigan State Historic Site on May 16, 1991. Located at 213 West Saint Clair Street, the Colonial Revival structure was funded and built in 1918 by Albert Stephens, who was the son of one of Lapeer County's earliest settlers and lumber pioneers, Henry Stephens. [4]

M-53 (Michigan highway) highway in Michigan, United States

M-53 is a north–south state trunkline highway in the US state of Michigan that connects Detroit to The Thumb region. The highway starts in Detroit at a connection with M-3 and ends in Port Austin, Michigan at M-25. In between, the trunkline passes through the northern suburbs of Metro Detroit, connects to freeways like Interstate 69 (I-69) and provides access to rural farmland. In Macomb County, M-53 follows the Christopher Columbus Freeway, while the remainder of the highway is known as Van Dyke Avenue in the metro area or Van Dyke Road elsewhere. The highway has also been named the Earle Memorial Highway for one of the pioneers of the Good Roads Movement and Michigan's highway system.

Colonial Revival architecture

Colonial Revival architecture was and is a nationalistic design movement in the United States and Canada. Part of a broader Colonial Revival Movement embracing Georgian and Neoclassical styles, it seeks to revive elements of architectural style, garden design, and interior design of American colonial architecture.

Gothic Revival architecture Architectural movement

Gothic Revival is an architectural movement popular in the Western world that began in the late 1740s in England. Its popularity grew rapidly in the early 19th century, when increasingly serious and learned admirers of neo-Gothic styles sought to revive medieval Gothic architecture, in contrast to the neoclassical styles prevalent at the time. Gothic Revival draws features from the original Gothic style, including decorative patterns, finials, lancet windows, hood moulds and label stops.

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Henry Stephens (1823–1886) was born in Dublin, Ireland. He made a fortune as a lumberman, merchant and financier. He lived in Lapeer County, Michigan and was one of Almont, Michigan's earliest settlers, where he established the first mercantile business. North of Lapeer, Michigan, he built a sawmill in 1845. After cutting down and cashing in on those pine forests, he moved to Richfield Township, which is in Roscommon County, Michigan. He built another mill and founded the village of St. Helen, Michigan. He also had a summer home in Romeo. He could legitimately be characterized as a lumber baron.

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References

  1. 1 2 "National Register Information System". National Register of Historic Places. National Park Service. August 10, 2011.
  2. 1 2 3 State of Michigan (2009). "West Saint Clair Street Historic District" . Retrieved August 10, 2011.
  3. 1 2 Sarah Ward Eubanks (1986), National Register of Historic Places Inventory-Nomination Form: West Saint Clair Street Historic District
  4. ↑ State of Michigan (2009). "Stephens, Henry, Memorial Library" . Retrieved August 10, 2011.
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