Jortin Forbes House

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Jortin Forbes House
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Location211 N. Ann Arbor St., Saline, Michigan
Coordinates 42°10′05″N83°46′57″W / 42.16806°N 83.78250°W / 42.16806; -83.78250 (Jortin Forbes House) Coordinates: 42°10′05″N83°46′57″W / 42.16806°N 83.78250°W / 42.16806; -83.78250 (Jortin Forbes House)
Arealess than one acre
Built1860 (1860)
Architectural style Stick/eastlake
MPS Saline MRA
NRHP reference # 85002954 [1]
Added to NRHPOctober 10, 1985

The Jortin Forbes House is a single-family home located at 211 North Ann Arbor Street in Saline, Michigan. It was listed on the National Register of Historic Places in 1985. [1]

Saline, Michigan City in Michigan, United States

Saline is a city in Washtenaw County in the U.S. state of Michigan. As of the 2010 census, the city population was 8,810.

National Register of Historic Places federal list of historic sites in the United States

The National Register of Historic Places (NRHP) is the United States federal government's official list of districts, sites, buildings, structures, and objects deemed worthy of preservation for their historical significance. A property listed in the National Register, or located within a National Register Historic District, may qualify for tax incentives derived from the total value of expenses incurred preserving the property.

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History

This house was built by Orange Risdon prior to 1856, and possibly as early as the 1840s. Although this house has been historically known as the Jortin Forbes House, there is no evidence that he ever lived there, and in fact likely lived next door in the house at 209 North Ann Arbor. [2] Jortin Forbes was active in village life, serving as street commissioner in 1866-67, inspector for the first Village election in 1866, Marshal in 1866-67, and Justice of the Peace in 1878. His wife Matilda Forbes owned a milliner shop. [3] Blacksmith Henry Johnson lived here in the 1860s, and later owners were Orrin Parsons, Sarah Schleh and Sarah Ennis. [2]

Description

The Jortin Forbes House is a vernacular two-story brick Stick/eastlake style Upright and Wing house. The structure sits on a small lot. It has a two-story upright section and a one-story wing to one side, both gabled. It has a wide frieze topped with a raking cornice without returns. The windows are in segmental-arched head openings. The front features a hipped roof front porch, with spindled balusters and decorative brackets, which is probably a later addition. [3] A single-story addition on the rear of the house was probably built about 1881. [2]

Stick style late-19th-century American architectural style

The Stick style was a late-19th-century American architectural style, transitional between the Carpenter Gothic style of the mid-19th century, and the Queen Anne style that it had evolved into by the 1890s. It is named after its use of linear "stickwork" on the outside walls to mimic an exposed half-timbered frame.

Upright and Wing, also referred to as Temple and Wing or Gable Front and Wing, is a residential architectural style found in American vernacular architecture. It was popular from the mid- to late 19th century and is typified by a gable ended "upright" section, usually two stories, and a one-story ell or "wing" section.

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References

  1. 1 2 National Park Service (2013-11-02). "National Register Information System". National Register of Historic Places . National Park Service.
  2. 1 2 3 Lori Swick (April 17, 2013). "211 North Ann Arbor Street". City of Saline.
  3. 1 2 Laurie Sommers (April 1985), National Register of Historic Places Inventory-Nomination Form: Jortin Forbes House
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