National Register of Historic Places

Carveth, John, House

Middleville, Barry County, Michigan
Listed
August 20, 1992
Type
Building
Period
Industrial
Ref No.
92001076

About this property

The John Carveth House, also known as the Aaron Clark House or the Lone Willow Farm, is a private house located at 614 West Main Street in Middleville, Michigan. It was designated a Michigan State Historic Site in 1992 and listed on the National Register of Historic Places in 1992. John Carveth was born in 1841 in Saranac, Michigan. He worked for a time as a teacher, but in 1867 moved to Middleville to read law. He was admitted to the bar in 1868 and established a practice in Middleville, and in 1885-86 served as a state senator from the district. In 1886, he built the house for his own use. Carveth lived here until 1895, when he sold the house to his brother-in-law and one-time law partner, Aaron Clark. The John Carveth House is an elaborate, asymmetrical two-story Queen Anne structure. It has a wood frame with a steep cross-gable and hip roof and sits on an ashlar fieldstone foundation. The house is covered with clapboard siding, with additional patterned shingling and decorative siding in the gables. A broad veranda features decorative spindlework, broad arches, and bull's eye motifs, as does the balvony above. Many first floor windows contain an upper sash with tinted margin lights flanking a clear center light. The interior boasts decorative Eastlake designs around windows, fireplace, and other trim. A two-story frame side-gable carriage house/barn is located near the house, as is small milking parlor and a modern garage.

Location

614 W. Main St.
Middleville, Barry County, Michigan
42.71115, -85.47411

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When was Carveth, John, House listed on the National Register?

Carveth, John, House was listed on the National Register of Historic Places on August 20, 1992.

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Carveth, John, House is classified as a building in the National Register of Historic Places.

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The period of significance for Carveth, John, House is recorded as the industrial era.

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