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
Formerly listed on the U.S. National Register of Historic Places
Location	12880 Michigan Ave., Grass Lake, Michigan
Coordinates	42°15′24″N 84°10′41″W
Area	5 acres (2.0 ha)
Built	1840
Architect	Sidney T. Smith
Architectural style	Greek Revival
Demolished	1972
NRHP reference No.	72001590[1]
Significant dates
Added to NRHP	1972
Removed from NRHP	1978

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]

References

1. "National Register Information System". National Register of Historic Places. National Park Service. November 2, 2013.
2. Kathryn Bishop Eckert (1993), Buildings of Michigan, Oxford University Press, p. 15, ISBN 9780195061499
3. HISTORY OF JACKSON COUNTY, MICHIGAN, 1881, p. 870
4. Historic American Buildings Survey (HABS) No. MI-115, "Sidney T. Smith House, Michigan Avenue (U.S. Route 12), Grass Lake, Jackson County, MI"