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11. . Continue south, crossing Woodward, to 202 S. Huron. This is the Larzelere Home. Built in 1830 of brick (now painted yellow) it is Greek Revival with elements of Federal style. There are five bays(aligned vertical divisions of a building) across the front of the home with symmetrical windows and a fireplace at each end of the home. There are Greek Revival Style eave returns in the side facing gables of the low pitched roofline. This home may be made from two homes that were brought together in the center where the front door is now. The north and south ends have different stairways of the same type of wood. It is known that the home was built in at least three sections over a period of time. Note the enclosed porch on the south side of the home. The small front porch, or portico, with flat columns, or pilasters, is typical of the style of the building.
Jacob Larzelere was a judge. Today the house is a private residence.
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12. Continue next door to 206 S. Huron. This is an Eastlake Style home, with elements of the Stick Style. Built in the late 1870s, it was Louis Childs' home, a florist and grain dealer by profession. The asymmetrical wooden house has deep eaves, bay windows, a many-gabled steep roof, and Doric columns on the front wraparound porch. Note the perforated gables above a few of the second story windows. The decorative framing in the gables of the home reflects the interior frame of the house, and give it a three dimensional quality, an element of the Stick Style. The interior, once of eighteen rooms, is plain in decoration. Today the house is divided into four or five apartments.
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13. Continue south to 212 S. Huron. Darwin Griffin, a lawyer, built this residence between 1903-05. It is stone and in the Queen Anne Style with Tudor Style elements. It has a slate roof with many steeply pitched gables. Note the small stones used as decoration in the tops of all the gables, even in the pediment above the front porch. There is intricate trim found in this pediment also. There also are projecting bay windows and large porches, consistent with the Queen Anne Style. The Tudor Style is seen in the half-timbering trim detail. Half-timbering was a method of filling the spaces between large wooden beams with brick or stucco. Today most half-timbering is decorative and not structural, as is the case here. There is an interesting stone carving above the front entry of this home, which is now apartments.
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14. Continue south to 220 S. Huron for the next stop on the tour. This house has had some interesting residents. The Italianate Style home was built in the late 1870s by H. P. Glover. Lambert Barnes, who once lived in the home, was the Peninsular Paper Company President and a mayor at one time. Samuel Barnard also once lived here; he was vice-president of Peninsular Paper. Frank Newton, an avid antique collector who worked for Henry Ford at the Henry Ford Museum, also lived here and remodeled the home to have more Classical Revival details. Ford once visited the home. When Newton died in the 1960s, he left a house full of antiques.
The home itself is classic Italianate in style with symmetrical windows, which are very narrow and high. The side porch features tall square shaped columns, added in 1925. The home is brick with a low pitched roof and deep eaves supported by ornate brackets.
The 5,000 square foot interior of the home has five bedrooms. One of the most interesting features is an 18th century New England tavern/kitchen brought here and set up in the basement of the home.
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