Rowe House (Milford, Michigan)

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Rowe House
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Nearest city Milford, Michigan
Coordinates 42°37′21″N83°38′53″W / 42.62250°N 83.64806°W / 42.62250; -83.64806 (Rowe House) Coordinates: 42°37′21″N83°38′53″W / 42.62250°N 83.64806°W / 42.62250; -83.64806 (Rowe House)
Area1 acre (0.40 ha)
Built1855 (1855)
Architectural style Greek Revival
NRHP reference # 75000959 [1]
Added to NRHPDecember 6, 1975

The Rowe House is a single-family home located at 2360 Lone Tree Road, northwest of Milford, Michigan. It was listed on the National Register of Historic Places in 1975. [1]

Milford, Michigan Village in Michigan, United States

Milford is a village in Oakland County in the U.S. state of Michigan. The population was 6,175 at the 2010 census. The village is located within Milford Township.

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

Squire W. Rowe was born in 1815 in Camillus, New York. After marrying his wife Dolly, the Rowes moved to Michigan in 1835 and purchased 40 acres and began farming. Squire Rowe was influential in the local community, serving 21 terms as the Township Supervisor. Squire and Dolly Rowe had this house built for them in 1855. Squire comntinued being active in the community, raising a company for the 13th Michigan Volunteer Infantry Regiment in the Civil War, and serving as a member of the state legislature in 1865. However, Squire's ill health prevented more active service, and he died in 1866. [2]

Camillus, New York Town in New York, United States

Camillus is a town in Onondaga County, New York, United States. The population was 24,167 at the 2010 census. The town was named after Roman military leader Marcus Furius Camillus by a clerk interested in the classics.

The 13th Regiment Michigan Volunteer Infantry was an infantry regiment that served in the Union Army during the American Civil War.

American Civil War Civil war in the United States from 1861 to 1865

The American Civil War was a war fought in the United States from 1861 to 1865, between the North and the South. The Civil War is the most studied and written about episode in U.S. history. Primarily as a result of the long-standing controversy over the enslavement of black people, war broke out in April 1861 when secessionist forces attacked Fort Sumter in South Carolina shortly after Abraham Lincoln had been inaugurated as the President of the United States. The loyalists of the Union in the North proclaimed support for the Constitution. They faced secessionists of the Confederate States in the South, who advocated for states' rights to uphold slavery.

The Rowe House remained in family hands until 1908. In 1953, Squire and Dolly's great-granddaughter Margaret Rowe Mastick and her husband Earl re-purchased the property and restored the house. [2]

Description

The Rowe House is an elegant cut fieldstone Greek Revival house, composed of a two-story, gable-fronted, rectangular central section, and two one-and-one-half story wings on either side. The fieldstone is irregularly sized, contrasting with the flat, smooth stone quoins, sills and lintels, which project slightly for added dcontrast. Each wing is fronted with a single story, two-bay width porch, supported by square Doric columns. The front of the central section contains four double hung six-over-six sash windows with louvered wooden shutters. The boxed cornice and returns are decorated with delicate scroll work. In the center of the building is a cobblestone chimney. Unusually for Michigan, a datestone reading "1855" is centrally placed, directly above the cut stone watertable. A carport was added to one wing early in the 20th century. [2]

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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 Kathleen E. Kelly (July 1975), NATIONAL REGISTER OF HISTORIC PLACES INVENTORY-- NOMINATION FORM: Rowe House
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