Richard and Deborah (Brough) Glaister House

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Richard and Deborah (Brough) Glaister House
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Location402 S. Walnut St., Lansing, Michigan
Coordinates 42°43′47″N84°33′26″W / 42.72972°N 84.55722°W / 42.72972; -84.55722 (Richard and Deborah (Brough) Glaister House) Coordinates: 42°43′47″N84°33′26″W / 42.72972°N 84.55722°W / 42.72972; -84.55722 (Richard and Deborah (Brough) Glaister House)
Built1876 (1876)
ArchitectRichard Appleyard
Architectural style Queen Anne, Italianate
NRHP reference # 100000763 [1]
Added to NRHPMarch 21, 2017

The Richard and Deborah (Brough) Glaister House is a single-family home located at 402 South Walnut Street in Lansing, Michigan. It was listed on the National Register of Historic Places in 2017. [1]

Lansing, Michigan Capital of Michigan

Lansing is the capital of the U.S. state of Michigan. It is mostly in Ingham County, although portions of the city extend west into Eaton County and north into Clinton County. The 2010 Census placed the city's population at 114,297, making it the fifth largest city in Michigan. The population of its Metropolitan Statistical Area (MSA) was 464,036, while the even larger Combined Statistical Area (CSA) population, which includes Shiawassee County, was 534,684. It was named the new state capital of Michigan in 1847, ten years after Michigan became a state.

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

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History

Richard Glaister was born in 1826 in England, and married Deborah Brough in 1847. In 1864 the Glaister family moved to Ottawa, Canada, and in 1868 moved to Detroit. Glaister worked as a stonemason, and did the stone work on Pittsburgh's Trinity Cathedral. Returning from Pittsburgh, he was hired to do the stonework for the Michigan State Capitol in Lansing. [2]

England Country in north-west Europe, part of the United Kingdom

England is a country that is part of the United Kingdom. It shares land borders with Wales to the west and Scotland to the north-northwest. The Irish Sea lies west of England and the Celtic Sea lies to the southwest. England is separated from continental Europe by the North Sea to the east and the English Channel to the south. The country covers five-eighths of the island of Great Britain, which lies in the North Atlantic, and includes over 100 smaller islands, such as the Isles of Scilly and the Isle of Wight.

Detroit Largest city in Michigan

Detroit is the largest and most populous city in the U.S. state of Michigan, the largest United States city on the United States–Canada border, and the seat of Wayne County. The municipality of Detroit had a 2017 estimated population of 673,104, making it the 23rd-most populous city in the United States. The metropolitan area, known as Metro Detroit, is home to 4.3 million people, making it the second-largest in the Midwest after the Chicago metropolitan area. Regarded as a major cultural center, Detroit is known for its contributions to music and as a repository for art, architecture and design.

Trinity Cathedral (Pittsburgh) Church in Pennsylvania W. LloydArchitectural style, Gothic RevivalGoverning bodyEpiscopal ChurchWebsitehttps://www.trinitycathedralpgh.org/

Trinity Cathedral is an Episcopal Church in downtown Pittsburgh, Pennsylvania and is the cathedral for the Episcopal Diocese of Pittsburgh.

The present Gothic church was completed in 1872 on the site of a hilltop cemetery on land deeded by heirs of Pennsylvania founder William Penn to the congregation's founders. The site, centered on a terrace above the historic "point" was sacred to Native Americans as a burial ground. The Trinity Churchyard has the oldest marked graves west of the Atlantic Seaboard, of both Native American leaders, French, English, and American colonists.

Richard and Deborah Glaister built this house in 1876, likely from a design by architect Richard Appleyard. They raised their family here, [3] and lived in the house until Richard's death in 1887. Deborah Glaister continued to live in the house after her husband's death. [2]

Alice Sessions purchased the home in 1966, and worked to preserve it. [3] In 2017, it was sold to a nearby business. [4]

Description

The Richard and Deborah Glaister House is a two-story, red brick house. [4] It has both Queen Anne and Italianate details, including tall windows, carved stone window lintels, and highly detailed wood brackets under the eaves. [3]

Queen Anne style architecture in the United States architectural style during Victorian Era

In the United States, Queen Anne-style architecture was popular from roughly 1880 to 1910. "Queen Anne" was one of a number of popular architectural styles to emerge during the Victorian era. Within the Victorian era timeline, Queen Anne style followed the Stick style and preceded the Richardsonian Romanesque and Shingle styles.

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References

  1. 1 2 "National Register of Historic Places Program: Weekly List: March 31, 2017". National Park Service. Retrieved August 16, 2018.
  2. 1 2 Chapman Brothers (1891), Portrait and Biographical Album of Ingham and Livingston Counties, Michigan:, Chapman Bros., p. 499
  3. 1 2 3 Daniel E. Bollman (November 1, 2017). "Eye candy of the Week". Lansing City Pulse.
  4. 1 2 Lawrence Cosentino (July 19, 2018). "A tale of two houses". Lansing City Pulse.
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