National Register of Historic Places

Anderson, William, House

Ann Arbor, Washtenaw County, Michigan
Listed
August 18, 1982
Type
Building
Period
Industrial
Ref No.
82002884

About this property

The William Anderson House is a single-family house located at 2301 Packard Street in Ann Arbor, Michigan. It was listed on the National Register of Historic Places in 1983. Built around 1853 for William Anderson, the first Washtenaw County Sheriff, the house is a well-preserved surviving example of Greek Revival architecture in Southeast Michigan. The house is owned by Genesis of Ann Arbor, a joint Jewish-Christian house of worship that has used the Anderson House for its food bank program since 2007. William Anderson and his descendants lived in the house until the 1930s, when it was foreclosed upon. Dr. Inez R. Wisdom, a graduate of the University of Michigan Medical School, purchased the house in 1937. Wisdom lived in the house with her longtime partner Gertrude L. Griffith, and also operated her medical office there. Wisdom constructed a small chapel on the property in 1941, which expanded into the St. Clare of Assisi Episcopal Church. The church built a larger building on the grounds in the 1950s, and entered into a unique joint venture with Reform Jewish congregation Temple Beth Emeth in 1974, forming Genesis of Ann Arbor. The Anderson House was then operated as commercial office space from the 1980s until the 2000s, when it became the location of the Back Door Food Pantry, a food bank operated by Genesis of Ann Arbor.

Location

2301 Packard Rd.
Ann Arbor, Washtenaw County, Michigan
42.25467, -83.72493

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When was Anderson, William, House listed on the National Register?

Anderson, William, House was listed on the National Register of Historic Places on August 18, 1982.

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Anderson, William, House is classified as a building in the National Register of Historic Places.

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The period of significance for Anderson, William, House is recorded as the industrial era.

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