Farrand Hall

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Farrand Hall
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Location451 Farrand Rd., Colon, Michigan
Coordinates 41°56′54″N85°20′33″W / 41.94833°N 85.34250°W / 41.94833; -85.34250 Coordinates: 41°56′54″N85°20′33″W / 41.94833°N 85.34250°W / 41.94833; -85.34250
Area1 acre (0.40 ha)
Built1854 (1854)
Architectural style Greek Revival
NRHP reference # 72001307 [1]
Added to NRHPAugust 25, 1972

Farrand Hall is a private house located at 58522 Farrand Road in Colon, Michigan. It was listed on the National Register of Historic Places in 1972. [1]

Colon, Michigan Village in Michigan, United States

Colon is a village in St. Joseph County in the U.S. state of Michigan. The population was 1,173 at the 2010 census. The village is located within Colon Township.

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History

Henry K. Farrand moved from New York, to Colon Township in 1836 and settled on a 200-acre parcel at this location. He was accompanied by his aunt, Maria Farrand. Farrand settled in and began farming, and soon married and built a log house. He soon gained a reputation for raising livestock, and added another 600 acres to his farm. [2]

New York (state) State of the United States of America

New York is a state in the Northeastern United States. New York was one of the original Thirteen Colonies that formed the United States. With an estimated 19.54 million residents in 2018, it is the fourth most populous state. To distinguish the state from the city in the state with the same name, it is sometimes called New York State.

Colon Township, Michigan Township in Michigan, United States

Colon Township is a civil township of St. Joseph County in the U.S. state of Michigan. The population was 3,405 at the 2000 census. The village of Colon is located within the township.

In 1854, Farrand built this house for his family; it reportedly resembled his Aunt Maria's birthplace in Philadelphia. Farrand's wife died in 1855, leaving him with four young children. Farrand continued to live and farm here, and served as township supervisor from 1872 to 1883. He died in 1887. The farmland passed on to Farrand's descendants, who farmed the land until at least the early 1970s. [2] Farrand Hall passed to Farrand's daughter Margaret. After her death in about 1930, the house was sold to Mr. and Mrs. Schultz of Chicago. In 1952 the house was sold to Blanche Price Burgess, Henry Farrand's great-granddaughter, who restored the house and lived in it until her death in 1965. [3] The house was later sold to Robert La Valle. [2]

Philadelphia Largest city in Pennsylvania, United States

Philadelphia, sometimes known colloquially as Philly, is the largest city in the U.S. state and Commonwealth of Pennsylvania, and the sixth-most populous U.S. city, with a 2017 census-estimated population of 1,580,863. Since 1854, the city has been coterminous with Philadelphia County, the most populous county in Pennsylvania and the urban core of the eighth-largest U.S. metropolitan statistical area, with over 6 million residents as of 2017. Philadelphia is also the economic and cultural anchor of the greater Delaware Valley, located along the lower Delaware and Schuylkill Rivers, within the Northeast megalopolis. The Delaware Valley's population of 7.2 million ranks it as the eighth-largest combined statistical area in the United States.

Description

Farrand Hall is a large two-story Greek Revival frame house with clapboard siding and a gable roof. Pilasters decorate the eaves and the corners of the house, and flank the front door. A single story addition is located at the rear. The windows have six over six lights, with slightly smaller windows in the rear, and eyebrow windows in the rear addition. [2]

Greek Revival architecture architectural movement of the late 18th and early 19th centuries

The Greek Revival was an architectural movement of the late 18th and early 19th centuries, predominantly in Northern Europe and the United States. A product of Hellenism, it may be looked upon as the last phase in the development of Neoclassical architecture. The term was first used by Charles Robert Cockerell in a lecture he gave as Professor of Architecture to the Royal Academy of Arts, London in 1842.

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References

  1. 1 2 National Park Service (2010-07-09). "National Register Information System". National Register of Historic Places . National Park Service.
  2. 1 2 3 4 Catherine B. Ellis (December 6, 1971), National Register of Historic Places Inventory Nomination Form: Farrand Hall (note: large pdf file)
  3. ↑ "Farrand Hall on Farrand Road". Colon Historical Society. Retrieved August 2, 2017.


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