National Register of Historic Places

Curtiss, Charles G., Sr., House

Plymouth, Wayne County, Michigan
Listed
December 2, 1993
Type
Building
Period
Industrial
Ref No.
93001350

About this property

The Charles G. Curtiss Sr. House is a private home at 168 S. Union St. in Plymouth, Michigan in the United States. It was listed on the National Register of Historic Places in 1993 and designated a Michigan State Historic Site in 1994. This house was built c. 1890 for Charles G. Curtiss Sr., a builder from Plymouth. Curtiss was born in Connecticut in 1823; he eventually moved to Plymouth and was involved in moving and building houses. It is likely, although not certain, that Curtiss designed and built this house. Curtiss died only a few years later in 1893, and his wife Caroline continued to live in the house until 1901. The mix of architectural features in the house is unique in Plymouth. The Charles G. Curtiss Sr. House is a two-story wood-framed house sitting on a fieldstone foundation. It is built in a cross-gabled ell shape, with a three-story square tower within the ell. A shed-roof verandah is attached to the front of the house and a single-story hipped-roof addition is in the rear. The exterior of the house is sheathed in clapboard, patterned shingling, and, beneath the veranda, wood panels. The house is distinctive because of its decorative elements, including the shingling, turned posts on the verandah, and stickwork under the gables. The form of the house (a gabled ell with tower) had been popular regionally and nationally since the 1850s, but by the time this house was built, c. 1890, was much out of fashion.

Location

168 S. Union St.
Plymouth, Wayne County, Michigan
42.37211, -83.46611

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When was Curtiss, Charles G., Sr., House listed on the National Register?

Curtiss, Charles G., Sr., House was listed on the National Register of Historic Places on December 2, 1993.

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Curtiss, Charles G., Sr., House is classified as a building in the National Register of Historic Places.

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The period of significance for Curtiss, Charles G., Sr., House is recorded as the industrial era.

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