Oliver Street Historic District

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The Oliver Street Historic District is a primarily residential historic district, located along Oliver Street between Third and Oak Street, as well as some adjacent sections of Williams and Goodhue Streets, in Owosso, Michigan. It was listed on the National Register of Historic Places in 1980. Even when originally settled, the Oliver Street neighborhood was home to Owosso's most prominent families. The first houses constructed in the area were built in 1838 and 1840 by the pioneering Williams brothers. Development continued along Oliver Street throughout the 1800s, and up until the start of the Great Depression. The breadth of time over which the houses along Oliver Street were built produced a wide array of architectural styles, including Greek Revival, Italianate, Queen Anne, Gothic Revival, French Second Empire, Romanesque, Carpenter Gothic, Eastlake, Georgian Revival, Colonial Revival, Tudor Revival, and Dutch Revival, as well as an array of eclectic combinations of styles. The neighborhood contains 122 properties, 114 of which are residential, with seven of the remaining being churches. Josiah Turner Residence - 105 Goodhue Street. Two story, wood-framed and clapboard Greek Revival house constructed in 1856 for Judge Josiah Turner. Christ Episcopal Church - Fayette Square. Red brick structure Romanesque church built in 1859. Several additions have been made over the years. Ebenezer Gould Residence - 419 North Shiawassee Street. Brick Italianate residence constructed in 1860 for Ebenezer Gould, Owosso's first merchant. Goodhue-Christian Residence - 302 West Oliver Street. This brick Italianate home was built around 1860 for the Goodhues, one of the City's major dry-goods businesses. It was later converted into apartments, but just after 1900 Daniel Christian, founder of Christian's Department Store, purchased it and restored it to single-family use. Amos Gould Residence - 515 North Washington Street. Some time before 1860, Amos Gould built an original home on this property, using a simple style executed in wood and stucco. In 1873, he remodeled the house into an elaborate Italianate residence. The original servant's quarters, now known as the Amos Gould House, have been moved. William Fletcher Residence - 118 East Oliver Street. Italian Villa style home built in 1874 for William Fletcher, who established one of Owosso's most successful grist mills. Guerdon Dimmick Residence and Carriage house - 713 West Oliver Street. Italian Villa constructed in 1876 for real estate speculator Guerdon L. Dimmick. McHardy-Kincaid Residence - 115-117 Goodhue Street. Brick Gothic Revival structure built in 1885 for hardware store owner Arthur McHardy.

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

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