National Register of Historic Places

Frieseke, Frederick, Birthplace and Boyhood Home

Owosso, Shiawassee County, Michigan
Listed
November 4, 1980
Type
Building
Period
Industrial
Ref No.
80001895

About this property

The Frederick Frieseke Birthplace and Boyhood Home is a single-family home in Owosso, Michigan. It was listed on the National Register of Historic Places in 1980. Herman Frieseke and his brother Julius worked in the Owosso brickyards of Charles Shattuck and in the late 1860s purchased the operation. Their yard was a success, and in 1870 Herman could afford to construct a family home. In 1874, his son Frederick Frieseke was born in this house. Frederick showed an aptitude for art at a young age, and his parents sent him to the Art Institute of Chicago after finishing elementary school. He later moved to Paris, studied under Whistler, and was awarded the Chevalier of the Legion of Honor, the highest honor bestowed upon artists by the French state. Frieseke died in 1939 in Paris. The Frieseke house is a two-story, three-bay brick Italianate structure. It has rounded arch windows with soldier brick voussoirs, brackets along the cornice, and a low hipped roof. The front porch has been altered, and a large concrete block addition was constructed at the rear of the house.

Location

654 N. Water St.
Owosso, Shiawassee County, Michigan
43.00436, -84.17298

Categories

ART
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Sources

Property data from the National Register of Historic Places, National Park Service (public domain).

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When was Frieseke, Frederick, Birthplace and Boyhood Home listed on the National Register?

Frieseke, Frederick, Birthplace and Boyhood Home was listed on the National Register of Historic Places on November 4, 1980.

What type of historic resource is Frieseke, Frederick, Birthplace and Boyhood Home?

Frieseke, Frederick, Birthplace and Boyhood Home is classified as a building in the National Register of Historic Places.

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The period of significance for Frieseke, Frederick, Birthplace and Boyhood Home is recorded as the industrial era.

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