National Register of Historic Places

Matthews, Thomas and Margaret Spencer, Farm

Amador, Sanilac County, Michigan
Listed
April 6, 1995
Type
District
Period
Listed
Ref No.
95000371

About this property

The Thomas and Margaret Spencer Matthews Farm is a farm located at 5916 East Gardner Line Road near Amadore, Michigan. It was listed on the National Register of Historic Places in 1995. A number of farm families migrated from Ontario, Canada to this region of Michigan in the mid-1800s. Among them were Thomas and Margaret Spencer Matthews, who arrived at this location in 1848. Thomas was born in 1822, and his father, Peter, had been executed for taking part in the Rebellions of 1837–1838 against the British government. The couple built this farmhouse in 1852, as well as the nearby hay barn. They raised seven children, and continued farming until Thomas's death in 1893.

Location

5916 E. Gardner Line Rd., Worth Township
Amador, Sanilac County, Michigan
43.20823, -82.57980

Categories

HISTORIC - NON-ABORIGINALARCHITECTUREEXPLORATION/SETTLEMENT
Sources

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

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Matthews, Thomas and Margaret Spencer, Farm was listed on the National Register of Historic Places on April 6, 1995.

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Matthews, Thomas and Margaret Spencer, Farm is classified as a district in the National Register of Historic Places.

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