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The Sawyer Homestead

Posted on January 21, 2022 by Mike Sonnenberg Posted in Houses .

This grand old house is a few blocks from downtown Monroe. It was built in 1873 by Dr. Sawyer. His daughter Jenny Toll Sawyer lived in the house and then donated it to the city of Monroe in 1938 which it still owns today. The Sawyer Homestead is used for events such as weddings, showers and receptions with the proceeds going to maintenance of the historic house.

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The House of Seven Gables

Posted on January 17, 2022 by Mike Sonnenberg Posted in Houses, Thumb .

The house of Seven Gables in Huron City, near the tip of the thumb, is a beautifully preserved Victorian home, sits on a bluff overlooking Lake Huron. It was named by William Lyon Phelps, for the house of the same name in the Hawthorne novel. This is the third house built on this site. The forest fires of 1871 and 1881 destroyed Forestview and Lakeview, its predecessors.

The house has large double parlors, a graceful stairway, an elegant Victorian dining room, and is home to a portion of William Lyon Phelps’ personal library

Annabel Hubbard decorated Seven Gables in 1886 for her father Langdon Hubbard. After her marriage to William Lyon Phelps, Annabel added “modern” bathrooms and updated several rooms in the early 1900’s. Seven Gables has always been owned by family members. The furniture you see is original to the house and major portions of the house still have the original 1886 decorations, giving you a unique view into history.

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The Old House in Clio

Posted on January 12, 2022 by Mike Sonnenberg Posted in Forgotten Places, Houses .

I saw this old house in Clio a few years ago. I was intrigued by the shutters on the windows. I think it is gone now but I bet it could tell some stories of walls could talk.

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The Stone and Wood Farmhouse

Posted on January 10, 2022 by Mike Sonnenberg Posted in Forgotten Places, Houses .

I saw this old wood and stone house near the ghost town of McClure. I bet it was a beautiful house when it was constructed and I love the fieldsne walls. I bet if they could talk I can only imagine the stories they would tell.

If you missed my post about the town of McClure you can check it out HERE

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Santa’s House

Posted on December 21, 2021 by Mike Sonnenberg Posted in Houses .

When Santa is not at his workshop in the North Pole he can sometimes be found at his house in downtown Midland. Santa greets visitors through the holiday season listening to wishes from children.

The house is also home to the Charles W. Howard Santa Claus School. In 1937, Charles W. Howard a farmer in Albion, New York established a Santa school in direct response to his displeasure with seeing other Santas in frayed suits and cheap beards, and an inadequate knowledge of reindeer. In 1968 the school was moved to Bay City and then eventually to the Santa House in Midland. About 300 students visit the school every year.

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Chase Farmhouse

Posted on December 18, 2021 by Mike Sonnenberg Posted in Houses .

I saw this old farmhouse near the town of Chase. It looks as if it has been a long time since a Christmas tree was set up inside.

P.S. as always I only take pics from the road and do not trespass.

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The Sheriff’s House

Posted on December 15, 2021 by Mike Sonnenberg Posted in Houses .

This massive red and white brick house stands behind the historic Eaton County Courthouse in Charlotte. It was built in 1873 and was used as a residence for the sheriff and his family. A large jail complex stood off the back of the house but it was demolished in the 1990s and the house was converted into commercial office space.

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Lexington House

Posted on December 6, 2021 by Mike Sonnenberg Posted in Houses .

I saw this old house in the town of Lexington along Lake Huron. Unfortunately, I was unable to find any history or info about the home. It is a beautiful queen ann style house. Maybe it’s just me but I think the most underrated place in Michigan is the stretch along Lake Huron north of Port Huron. There are some really nice towns along the shoreline including Port Sanilac, Harbor Beach, Port Hope and of course Lexington.

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Comstock House

Posted on November 29, 2021 by Mike Sonnenberg Posted in autumn, Houses .

I was roaming around Marshall Michigan admiring all the old historic homes when I came across this pale yellow house blanketed in golden Autumn leaves. I figured it was an important house with the historical marker standing in the front yard. It reads:

Oliver C. Comstock Jr. (1806-1895) built this Gothic Revival house between 1849 and 1856. Comstock, born in Fairfield, New York, migrated to the Marshall area in 1836. He left a well-established medical practice in Trumansburg, New York, to start anew on the Michigan frontier. Later that year, he erected the first brick business building in Calhoun County on Exchange Street. It housed his pharmacy and office.

Oliver C. Comstock Jr. served as the state’s third superintendent of public instruction (1843-45). In 1847 he was one of the abolitionists who prevented Kentucky slaveholders’ taking the fugitive slave family of Adam Crosswhite. In 1848 he and several prominent Marshall citizens were convicted and fined for conspiracy to harbor the fugitives. Comstock was superintendent of the construction of the Michigan Central Railroad between Jackson and Kalamazoo and a founder of the Michigan Pioneer and Historical Society.

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The Log Cabin Hidden Inside A House

Posted on November 22, 2021 by Mike Sonnenberg Posted in Historic Places, Houses .

This old log cabin stands near the Shiawassee River next to the Curwood Castle. It was the first permanent residence in the settlement that became Owosso. Built in 1836, it was the home of Judge Elias Comstock and his wife, Lucy Lamson Comstock. The cabin was the site of the first church services (Baptist) as well as the first school classes and the place where newly arrived settlers could stay until their cabins were built. Each cabin required the owner to fell forty logs after which the men of the settlement would gather to erect a cabin in one day.

The Comstocks continued to build onto their little cabin. Eventually, it was completely framed in by the house they lived in until their deaths in 1886 and 1890. The home sold a few times until the property was purchased in the 1920s for the location of a gas station. When the house was demolished the original log cabin was discovered as part of the home and used as a living room. That is when it was moved to Bently Park where it stands today.

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