John Carveth House

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John Carveth House
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Location614 W. Main St., Middleville, Michigan
Coordinates 42°42′40″N85°28′27″W / 42.71111°N 85.47417°W / 42.71111; -85.47417 Coordinates: 42°42′40″N85°28′27″W / 42.71111°N 85.47417°W / 42.71111; -85.47417
Area5 acres (2.0 ha)
Built1886 (1886)
Architectural style Queen Anne
NRHP reference No. 92001076 [1]
Significant dates
Added to NRHPAugust 21, 1992
Designated MSHSDecember 12, 1992 [2]

The John Carveth House, also known as the Aaron Clark House or the Lone Willow Farm, is a private house located at 614 West Main Street in Middleville, Michigan. It was designated a Michigan State Historic Site in 1992 [2] and listed on the National Register of Historic Places in 1992. [1]

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History

John Carveth was born in 1841 in Saranac, Michigan. [3] He worked for a time as a teacher, [3] but in 1867 moved to Middleville to read law. [2] He was admitted to the bar in 1868 and established a practice in Middleville, and in 1885-86 served as a state senator from the district. In 1886, he built the house for his own use. Carveth lived here until 1895, when he sold the house to his brother-in-law and one-time law partner, Aaron Clark. [2]

Description

The John Carveth House is an elaborate, asymmetrical two-story Queen Anne structure. [2] It has a wood frame with a steep cross-gable and hip roof and sits on an ashlar fieldstone foundation. The house is covered with clapboard siding, with additional patterned shingling and decorative siding in the gables. A broad veranda features decorative spindlework, broad arches, and bull's eye motifs, as does the balvony above. Many first floor windows contain an upper sash with tinted margin lights flanking a clear center light. The interior boasts decorative Eastlake designs around windows, fireplace, and other trim. [2]

A two-story frame side-gable carriage house/barn is located near the house, as is small milking parlor and a modern garage. [2]

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References

  1. 1 2 "National Register Information System". National Register of Historic Places . National Park Service. July 9, 2010.
  2. 1 2 3 4 5 6 7 "Carveth, John, House". Michigan State Housing Development Authority: Historic Sites Online. Archived from the original on September 30, 2013. Retrieved March 13, 2013.
  3. 1 2 Michigan. Dept. of State (1885), Michigan Manual, p. 550