Wenzel House

The Wenzel House is a single family home located at 1203 South Fayette in Saginaw, Michigan. It was listed on the National Register of Historic Places in 1982.[1]

Wenzel House
Location1203 S. Fayette, Saginaw, Michigan
Coordinates43°24′40″N 83°58′28″W
Arealess than one acre
Built1874 (1874)
Architectural styleClassical Revival, Italianate
MPSCenter Saginaw MRA
NRHP reference No.82002880[1]
Added to NRHPJuly 9, 1982

History

This house was constructed in 1874 for Mr. Wenzel, a Saginaw harness maker. It was later sold to Harold Sperbeck, who owned it into the 1980s..[2]

Description

The Wenzel House is a two-story frame Italianate house with bracketed eaves and a pediment breaking the eavesline of each facade. The house has a low-pitched hip roof, with a twelve pane belvedere having an arched roof line in the center of the main roof. A one-story wing is connected to the rear, and has an alcove porch rimmed by dentils. A classically-inspired front porch is a later addition; it has a hipped roof, balustrade, and columns. [2]

References
  1. "National Register Information System". National Register of Historic Places. National Park Service. November 2, 2013.
  2. Marlia Hoover; Janet Kreger (February 1982), NATIONAL REGISTER OF HISTORIC PLACES REGISTRATION FORM: Wenzel House
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