Wendell P. and Harriet Rounds Robbins House

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Wendell P. and Harriet Rounds Robbins House
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Location680 Pipestone St., Benton Harbor, Michigan
Coordinates 42°6′17″N86°26′38″W / 42.10472°N 86.44389°W / 42.10472; -86.44389 Coordinates: 42°6′17″N86°26′38″W / 42.10472°N 86.44389°W / 42.10472; -86.44389
Area1.5 acres (0.61 ha)
Built1897 (1897)
Architectural style Queen Anne, Shingle Style
NRHP reference # 07000385 [1]
Added to NRHPMay 2, 2007

The Wendell P. and Harriet Rounds Robbins House is a private house located at 680 Pipestone Street in Benton Harbor, Michigan. It was listed on the National Register of Historic Places in 2007. [1]

Benton Harbor, Michigan City in Michigan, United States

Benton Harbor is a city in Berrien County in the U.S. state of Michigan which is located southwest of Kalamazoo, and northwest of South Bend, Indiana. In 2010, the population was 10,038 according to the census. It is the smaller, by population, of the two principal cities in the Niles–Benton Harbor Metropolitan Statistical Area, an area with 156,813 people.

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

Wendell Phillips Robbins was born in 1849 in Harwich, Massachusetts. He worked as a clerk in a dry goods store for two years; then moved to Benton Harbor in 1869, only three years after the village had been established. There, he worked for his older brother Nathaniel as a shipping clerk for a few years. In the early 1870s, Wendell purchased an interest in the Robbins & Eldredge lumber yard, which had been established by Nathaniel Robbins and a brother-in-law, Barzilla B. Eldredge. The firm was later reorganized as Eldredge & Robbins, but in 1894, Wendell Robbins assumed full ownership of the lumber yard. [2]

Harwich, Massachusetts Town in Massachusetts, United States

Harwich is a New England town on Cape Cod, in Barnstable County in the state of Massachusetts in the United States. At the 2010 census it had a population of 12,243. The town is a popular vacation spot, located near the Cape Cod National Seashore. Harwich's beaches are on the Nantucket Sound side of Cape Cod. Harwich has three active harbors. Saquatucket, Wychmere and Allen Harbors are all in Harwich Port. The town of Harwich includes the villages of Pleasant Lake, West Harwich, East Harwich, Harwich Port, Harwich Center, North Harwich and South Harwich. Harwich is also home to the exclusive Wequassett Resort and Golf Club.

In 1873, Wendell Robbins married Harriet Rounds. Harriet Rounds was born in Stoney Point, Jefferson County, New York in 1854, and had arrived in Benton Harbor in about 1866. The couple had this house constructed in 1897. Wendell Robbins continued in the lumber business and lived in this house until his retirement in 1920. He died the next year; Harriet Rounds Robbins died in 1924. [2] The house stayed in the family until 1941, when the Robbins' daughter Grace died. It was restored in the 1990s. [3]

Jefferson County, New York County in the United States

Jefferson County is a county in the U.S. state of New York. As of the 2010 census, the population was 116,229. Its county seat is Watertown. The county is named after Thomas Jefferson, third President of the United States of America. It is adjacent to Lake Ontario, southeast from the Canada–US border of Ontario.

Description

The Robbins House is a two-and-one-half-story wooden Queen Anne/Shingle style building with a combination of hip and gable roofs. The exterior is covered primarily in clapboard, with shingling on the gable ends and portions of the front facade. The broad front facade is asymmetrical, with an octagonal tower at one end and a hip roof round-ended extension at the other. The entrance is in the center, sheltered with a single story veranda. A porte cochere is attached to the house near the extension. Fluted Tuscan columns support both the veranda and the porte cochere. [2]

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.

Shingle style architecture

The Shingle style is an American architectural style made popular by the rise of the New England school of architecture, which eschewed the highly ornamented patterns of the Eastlake style in Queen Anne architecture. In the Shingle style, English influence was combined with the renewed interest in Colonial American architecture which followed the 1876 celebration of the Centennial. The plain, shingled surfaces of colonial buildings were adopted, and their massing emulated.

The interior contains extensive stained wood trim, with art glass or leaded glass transoms over the windows. The first floor contains an entry foyer that leads to a larger central foyer. The central foyer provides access to the upstairs, as well as a living room and den. The dining room, kitchen, and pantry are located behind the living room, and a library is located near the den. The second floor contains a master suite with office and bathroom, two additional bedrooms, a bath, and a play area. The third floor contains a family room, bar area, poker room, bathroom and storage rooms. [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 4 Robert O. Christensen (December 2006), NATIONAL REGISTER OF HISTORIC PLACES REGISTRATION FORM: Wendell P. and Harriet Rounds Robbins House (note: large pdf file)
  3. ↑ Julie Swidwa (June 22, 2007). "An old house with a history". The Herald Palladium.
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