Sidney T. Smith House

The Sidney T. Smith House was a farmhouse located at 12880 Michigan Avenue in Grass Lake, Michigan. It was listed on the National Register of Historic Places in 1972.[1] However, the house was destroyed by fire in 1972,[2] and removed in 1978 after its demolition.

Sidney T. Smith House
Location12880 Michigan Ave., Grass Lake, Michigan
Coordinates42°15′24″N 84°10′41″W
Area5 acres (2.0 ha)
Built1840 (1840)
ArchitectSidney T. Smith
Architectural styleGreek Revival
Demolished1972
NRHP reference No.72001590[1]
Significant dates
Added to NRHP1972
Removed from NRHP1978

History

Sidney T. Smith was born in Chenango County, New York in 1809. He opened a store in Pulaski, New York, and married Harriet B. Wood.[3] In 1839 Smith moved from Pulaski to this location in Grass Lake and opened a store in town.[2] The Smiths constructed a log cabin in which to live. Smith soon designed and built this house. In the 1850s, Smith served as a state legislator. Smith died in 1878, and was survived by his wife.[3] Sidney passed the house on to his youngest son Charles (born 1859),[3] who was living there into the 1930s.[4] The house was destroyed by fire in 1972.[2]

Description

The Sidney T. Smith House was a two-story tetrastyle Doric "temple front"[2] Greek Revival structure, with single story wings on each side of the main massing.[4] The house very much resembles the design shown in the 1833 pattern book, "Modern Builder's Guide," by Minard Lafever.[2]

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