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" G l e a n i n g s : M a r c h , 1976

"AS IT WAS IN THE B E G I N N I N G " (second a r t i c l e )

Foster L. F l e t c h e r , City H i s t o r i a n

It is impossible to record all the events and h a p p e n ­

ings in Y p s i l a n t i during the two decades from 1 8 5 0 to 1 8 7 0

even if our space was not l i m i t e d . H o w e v e r , c e r t a i n ones

must be listed w h i l e many d e s e r v i n g m e n t i o n are left o u t .

The Y p s i l a n t i N o r m a l Teacher Training School was d e c i -

cated October 5 1 8 5 2 and there w e r e three in the first

graduating c l a s s : Helen C. N o r r i s , Alzina M o r t o n and J.M.B.

S i l l . On October 2p 1 8 5 9 , the o r i g i n a l b u i l d i n g b u r n e d .

It was replaced and classes resumed April 1 0 i860,

M a r c h 29 1 8 5 7 , the S e m i n a r y burned and did not r e ­

open u n t i l August 1 7 I 8 5 8 . That building stood u n t i l it

too burned in 1 8 7 7 . Prior to i 8 6 0 , Primary Grades w e r e

conducted in the brick b u i l d i n g on the East side of River

Street w h i c h had housed the First M e t h o d i s t S o c i e t y ; a

brick s t r u c t u r e on East Forest A v e n u e at River was a Grade

School and another was in the b u i l d i n g on the SW corner of

South W a s h i n g t o n and W o o d w a r d S t r e e t .

By 1 8 5 7 the First P r e s b y t e r i a n Society w h i c h a l s o i n -• (

eluded the C o n g r e g a t i o n a l S o c i e t y , had o u t g r o w n the frame

building on P e a r s o n S t r e e t , N o r t h of t h e W e s t s i d e P u b l i c

Square, A "handsome stone and b r i c k s t r u c t u r e w i t h a single

steeple w a s built on the NE corner of W a s h i n g t o n at Emmet,

The d e d i c a t i o n that year had. R e v . G. L. .Foster as distin-,

quished s p e a k e r .

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The E m a n u e l E v a n g e l i c a l Lutheran Church was o r g a n i z e d

in 1 8 5 9 with a m e m b e r s h i p of 1 6 . Mark Norris contributed

the lot on w h i c h the first Church for Lutherans was b u i l t ,

NE corner of E. M i c h i g a n and Grove Street.

The Home A s s o c i a t i o n was o r g a n i z e d in 1 8 5 7 .

Charles G r i s w o l d Wiard, b o r n June 2 5 1 8 3 5 , bad m a r ­

ried a w i d o w , M r s , Catherine Arnold Ackley in I 8 5 8 . Later

he purchased the Ezra D . Lay farm on East M i c h i g a n , w h i c h

was formerly known as the Colby Stand w h i c h was taken up

from the Government by Zolva B o w e n . Zolva was an early

Tavern Keeper at that l o c a t i o n .

August 2 9 1 8 5 9 , the first oil w e l l was- drilled in

T i t u s v i l l e , P e n n s y l v a n i a , causing a greater change in our

c i v i l i z a t i o n than that other event in the same year : Charles

Darwin p u b l i s h e d his "Origin of the S p e c i e s " a s t o n i s h i n g

only a few scientific m i n d s . B o t h events went u n n o t i c e d

in Ypsilanti where citizens were doing very w e l l w i t h the

horse and b u g g y , well w a t e r , the outhouse and. u n p a v e d s t r e e t s .

The 'American T r o u b a d o r 1 , Stephen F o s t e r , composed

"My Old K e n t u c k y H o m e " , "Old Folks at H o m e " and other s i m p l e ,

sentimental a p p e a l i n g m e l o d i e s ; Henry Clay Work p u b l i s h e d

"Carry Me Back to Old V i r g i n i e " , the p o p u l a r temperance s o n g ,

"Father Dear F a t h e r , Come Home With M e N o w " , "Year of

J u b i l l o " and m a n y o t h e r s . September 19 I858 Daniel Decatur

Emmett composed the stirring song "Dixie".. Music caused

or follows the moods of the p e o p l e , " ...

October 6 , 1 8 5 9 the most m i l i t a n t of the a b o l i t i o n i s t s ,

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John B r o w n , ana 21 of his f o l l o w e r s , seized the little town

of H a r p e r ' n P e r r y , V i r g i n i a , and then captured the United

States A r s e n a l t h e r e . Under command of Lt. Col. Robert E .

L i e , the United States M a r i n e s , r e t o o k the A r m o r y , k i l l i n g

1 1 of the raiders including two of John Brown's s o n s , a n d

five c i l i l i a n s . The Marines lost one m a n . On December 2 n d ,

John Brown and five of his followers w e r e convicted of

Treason and p u b l i c l y hanged in what is now Charles T o w n ,

West V i r g i n i a .

M a r c h 19 i 8 6 0 W i l l i an Jennings B r y a n was born in Salem,

I l l i n o i s . Theodore R o o s e v e l t was born in New York City,

October 27 1 8 5 8 ,

The A n t i - S l a v e r y Society was formed in 1 8 3 3 causing

serious division of citizens in the United States w i t h v i o ­

l e n c e , b l o o d s h e d and death in several of the States.

Slavery was the greatest problem facing the Nation but

there w e r e many places w h e r e opinions differed on p r o b l e m s

having nothing to do w i t h Slavery, During the 1 8 5 0 s l o c a l

problems led to anger and a division of Y p s i l a n t i . The

p r o m i n e n t men on the East side of the River H u r o n w e r e d e t e r ­

mined to separate from the city on the west side of the

r i v e r . It took state l e g i s l a t i v e p r e s s u r e to join the two

factions and e s t a b l i s h the City of Y p s i l a n t i in I 8 5 8 w i t h

Chauncey Joslyn as Mayor and A r d e n B a l l a r d graciously r e ­

tiring as P r e s i d e n t of the V i l l a g e of Y p s i l a n t i .

Benjamin Thompson came to Y p s i l a n t i in 1828 as a y o u n g

m i l l w r i g h t and helped install m a c h i n e r y in many s a w m i l l s ,

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gristmills and pulp-paper mills on the H u r o n R i v e r . Dur­

ing the next decades the T h o m p s o n name was p r o m i n e n t in

the b u s i n e s s and civic affairs of the City. He e s t a b l i s h e d

his own b u s i n e s s making carriages and w a g o n s .

When Mark Norris sold the triangle of land occupied

by his Great W e s t e r n Hotel - an imposing b r i c k s t r u c t u r e ,

on the NE corner of River and East Cross. B e n j a m i n Thompson

m o v e d his wagon and carriage w o r k s into that b u i l d i n g and

was joined by his son Oliver E . Thompson who m a n u f a c t u r e d

•farm implements in that l o c a t i o n for the next sixty y e a r s .

The m a n y Thompson p r o p e r t i e s located b e t w e e n E, Cross and

M a p l e S t r e e t , were part of the growing kth W a r d of the city.

The first Volunteer Fire D e p a r t m e n t , the M a s o n i c Lodge in

the N o r r i s Block and m a n y other Civic enterprises always

found the name T h o m p s o n l e a d i n g the w a y .

Oliver E . T h o m p s o n w a s M a y o r of Y p s i l a n t i . 1 9 0 1 - 0 2 and

it was his p e r s o n a l project w h i c h a r r a n g e d b r i n g i n g the.big

Parrot Rifle to Y p s i l a n t i and having it m o u n t e d in. Prospect

Park w h e r e it stands after 112 y e a r s of lonely silence having

never b e e n fired in its l i f e t i m e . This u n u s u a l cannon w a s

cast in a foundry at West P o i n t , New York and in lQ6k it was

m o u n t e d at Fort M c C l e r y , K i t t e r y , M a i n e , as part of the

defense of the A t l a n t i c Coast.

The i n t e n t i o n is to m a k e a modest outline of the h i s ­

tory of Y p s i l a n t i but it is so easy to expand on certain

names and e v e n t s . Those s e l e c t e d are not the only ones that

deserve m e n t i o n .

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Daniel Laee Quirk and A s a Dow his close friend and

bu s i n e s s a s s o c i a t e from C h i c a g o , built h a n d s o m e b r i c k m a n ­

sions side by side on No r t h Huron Street w i t h grounds ex­

tending fioira to the Huron R i v e r , Q u i r k , w i t h M a n s a r d roof

style at 30** N o r t h Huron and Dow at 2 2 0 . Both had carriage

houses to m a t c h their h o n e s . Two of the really fine hones

in Y p s i l a n t i .

Robert L a r b i e , who had cone as a y o u t h of Ik with his

p a r e n t s , Francis and Mary L a m b i e , from S t r a t h a v e n , Scotland

in 1 8 3 9 to Superior T o w n s h i p , built a Greek R e v i v a l type

house on the Nl corner of Hamilton and old E l l i s .

The John Gilbert r e s i d e n c e , with square tower and other

f e a t u r e s , at 227 N , Grove Street, b e c a n e an imposing show

place for W a s h t e n a w County w h e n completed in i 8 6 0 . Spacious

grounds p r o v i d e d arple roca for tennis c o u r t s , outdoor R o n a n

type swining pool w i t h a t t r a c t i v e fountain in the c e n t e r ,

fruit o r c h a r d , flower rarcens and fish p c n d . The Gilberts

entertained rraciously t h r u the years for n a n y social g a t h e r ­

ings in their lovely h o n e .

The 350 nile Erie Canal opened in 1 8 2 5 and several

Trillion p e o p l e and tons of m e r c h a n d i s e and ho u s e h o l d goods

passed t h r u it until the 1 8 5 0 s when the r a i l r o a d s took o v e r .

Toward the end of the 1 8 5 0 s , there w a s a great amount

of b u i l d i n p , b o t h b r i c k and f r a n e , in the n e w l y i n c o r p o r a t e d

City of Y p s i l a n t i .

One of the largest and finest b r i c k h o n e s , was that of

John S. Jenness at 3?.h West Forest A v e n u e . John A . W a t l i n g

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who b e c a m e a world famous d e n t i s t , built his brick r e s i ­

dence w i t h h a n d s o m e square t o w e r , at 1 2 1 N . Huron S t r e e t ,

The Jerome Walton b r i c k at kok II. Huron is an example of

how b r i c k was used in building the G r e e k R e v i v a l s t y l e ,

E d w i n J. M i l l s , successful b a r d w a r e m e r c h a n t , built

his large V i c t o r i a n b r i c k house at 130 IT. Huron w h i c h

twenty years later b e c a m e the home of the John S t a r k w e a t h e r s

and then the l o c a t i o n of the L a d i e s ' Library w h e n M r s .

Starkweather rave the property to that a c t i v e a s s o c i a t i o n

of w o m e n in 1 8 9 0 ,

The Nathan Follett home at 2 1 9 N o r t h Huron is a com­

b i n a t i o n of cobblestone and b r i c k , a p o r t i o n of the house

having been built in 1 8 ^ 5 , Much of the A r d e n Ballard h o u s e

at 1'25 N o r t h Huron is b r i c k c o n s t r u c t i o n and commands at­

t e n t i o n after IkO y e a r s .

The Isaac IT. Conklin house at 1 2 6 A d a m s Street is

b a s i c l y b r i c k , and the Charles King at 103 North Adams is

one of the fine homes built by Cecil M i l l i n g t o n , Erastus

S a m s o n , a drug store owner as early as 1 8 U 0 , built and

lived in the sturdy Italiante b r i c k home at 302 West Cross

Street. The W i l l i a m H. Beubels built and lived graciously

for many years in the handsome brick at 2 1 1 North W a s h i n g t o n ,

S t r e e t , a site of many social g a t h e r i n g s . The Hiram

B a t c h e l d o r brick home at 210 N o r t h Washington Street was

another of note in that b l o c k along with the Charles Bassett

house at 201 N o r t h W a s h i n g t o n . The briik house of M a r k

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S e r b i a , datinr b a c k to I83U, stands at 213 Biver S t r e e t .

Georre W, K i s h l a r , an early "builder, built the imp r e s s i v e

b r i c k house at 2 2 1 South W a s h i n g t o n Street. There w e r e

m a n y m o r e b r i c k houses built during the tine of Y p s i l a n t i ' s

e x p a n s i o n , so many rone even t h o u g h the ravapes of tine

did not destroy t h e n .

The B r i c k Yards of Charles M c C o r n i r k and M u r r a y P.

Holnes & C o . , vera classed ancnp the preat b r i c k y a r d s of

the S t a t e .

In i 8 6 0 the United States Census listed a p o p u l a t i o n

of 3956 for the City of Y p s i l a n t i a n d 1 3 5 7 for the T o w n s h i p .

There was no distinct division of City and To w n s h i p except

on the na p s shewing the surveyed b c u n d r i e s of the City.

C h i c k e n s , c o w s , pirs and h o r s e s , thcuph less in numbers

were as connon in the City of Y p s i l a n t i as in the Township

farns where there ware ele.-ant hones equally those in the

City. Because of the preat forests in M i c h i g a n , and the

coninp of the saw and abundant w a t e r p e w e r to operat e the

circular saw, the shift fron lor cabin to the clap b o a r d

house was r a p i d . The a x e , hand hewn b e a n s , studs c o n t i n u e d

as lonp as labor was cheap and p l e n t i f u l . Log cabins and

farn lor structures were in evidence on E i t c h i n g h a n R o a d ,

Willis Road and other parts of Ypsila n t i Township even a

decade or m o r e after the turn of the Century.

The Greek Revival style of A r c h i t e c t u r e , c o n s p i c u o u s

because of its sinpla b a l a n c e , w a s troupht to Y p s i l a n t i

pare eifrht

fron lev York State and New England and.used extensively.

The Tinothy Showernans • "built" a home at ' 2 0 6 . North-.-Huron

usinp this style as did Dr. Francis Rexford at 1 1 1 North

Huron, on the West side of the Street. At the south end

of old Cemetery Street, now Prospect Street, where it joins

South Grove Street, Addison Fletcher built a Greek Revival

house, side to he the finest example in Ypsilanti of that

style. The lot on which it'was built was part of the site

cf Woodruff's Grove, new lost as well as the house, to

antiquity except for the Marker placed by the Ypsilanti

Chapter, of the BAR in 1 9 2 3 to cennenorate the location of

Woodruff's Grove.

Charles Sherman Woodard, a Civil Engineer who cane with

the new railrosc to Ypsilanti in 1838 made his hone in

Ypsilanti and his fine residence was at 301 North Grove Street.

The Greek Revival' structure at 2 1 8 North Washington Street

has the name cf Arden Ballard linked to it and became the hone

of Elijah Grant, It hss been restored recently by the Ladies'

Literary Club, the owner for sixty-two years, and is a very

lovely structure of which Ypsilanti is proud.

Joseph Sstabrook, an early influence in Education and

Relificn in tie State cf Michigan, built a f i n e f r a n e house

at the NW corner of West Forest and Lowell Street, Joseph

Kitchen, a veil known nercharit, built an elep-ant hone at 1 1 6

North Adams Street in which many beautiful stained glass

windows vers used. In Ypsilanti Township, an example of

Greek Revi-al Architecture can be seen at 1 2 7 6 North Huron

Fiver JjriTft. built in 18U2 by John S t a r k w e a t h e r .

The Ezra Lay h o m e , *.n i n p r t s s i v e Greek R e v i v a l example

v i t h corner p i l a s t e r s , was built at 1 7 0 1 East M i c h i g a n (the

Chicago R o a d ) in 1 8 3 ^ . It was saved from d e s t r u c t i o n and

oblivion in 1 9 6 6 by the Charles Eaglers w h o m o v e d it to

3^01 Berry Road in Superior T o w n s h i p , r e s t o r i n g it, p e r h a p s ,

oven beyond its former e l e g a n c e .

East of the Lay r e s i d e n c e a quarter m i l e or m o r e was

the large handsome home of the S p e n c e r s , Grove and Edward

w i t h templelike pillars in f r o n t . The George W i a r d s , the

Lyman W i a r d s , the Burrells and m a n y others w e r e on the East

adre of the T o w n s h i p . There w a s a Tollgate on the TJorthside

of East M i c h i g a n at Holmes R o a d . Following the Huron River

s o u t h , we find Edward K i n ^ whose land in the r i v e r b c t t o m was

known as 'Kings F l a t s ' , Charles C r a n e , Ben E m e r i c k , A l v r n

C r o s s , Adam Y e c k l e y , Isaac Burtpus and m a n y names long f o r ­

gotten. S o u t h , along the M o n r o e R o a d , as W h i t t a k e r R o a d w a s

k n o w n , Seth A r n o l d , Hiram S e a v e r , George M o o r m a n , A. R. and

Lyman G r a v e s . . . a l c n p Stoney Creek Road was George E l l i o t t ,

N . E . C r i t t e n d e n , w i t h David G a r d n e r , W a t s o n Barr and R o b e r t

Campbell in Augusta. T o w n s h i p .

As the M o n r o e Road turns s o u t h e a s t , there w a s the J o s ­

eph M c l n t y r e farm and that of Edward Gorton w i t h the P a i n t

Creek Post O f f i c e on W i l l i s R o a d in A u g u s t a T o w n s h i p . Others

of note were Asa Darling and A a r o n Childs.

Going toward the west on the Sauk T r a i l , (Chicago R o a d ,

now M i c h i g a n A v e n u e ) , there is the Gothic V i c t o r i a n h o u s e ,

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the f o m e r f a n ) hone or E i w i n C . W a r t a r , 102k M i c h i g a n A v e ­

n u e . The Evan B e r o l e hone -was just b e y o n d the West edge of

French Clair # 6 9 0 . Fountain W a t l i n p and Georpe S h e r w o o d ,

south of the .Trail at the West edge of Ypsilanti T o w n s h i p ,

with excellent farn and we l l kept b u i l d i n p s ; Philo P a r s o n s ,

west of Evan Be-ole w i t h a w h i t e frane h o u s e , a n o d i f i e d

V i c t o r i a n s t y l e ; a n i l e farther W e s t at the corner of

E l l s w o r t h and Carpenter R o a d , was the inpressive hone of

H . E . E l l s w o r t h , w i t h b a l a n c e d p i l a s t e r s at the two front

c o r n e r s , a structure that only neplect could destroy with

i n d i f f e r e n c e . E,B. Hewitt's farn w a s in the NW corner of

Fre n c h Claim # 6 9 1 , on the eastside of Hewitt R o a d .

The V i c t o r i a n frane house began..to outnumber the Greek

s t y l e , w h i c h had lasted with v a r i a t i o n s for thirty y e a r s in

p o p u l a r i t y . The hone of Randall R o s s , 5 1 3 8 West M i c h i g a n ,

was a splendid example of the V i c t o r i a n s t y l e . Today it

is p r e s e r v e d and kept in excellent condition by the Joseph

Schmidts.. The Grove Sanders house at H980 W . Mi c h i g a n is

a n o t h e r example of that style and pivinp, evidence that the

old builders p r o d u c e d sturdy, h a n d s o n e h o u s e s .

North of Y p s i l a n t i there is an u n u s u a l brick h o u s e , the

J e r e m i a h Newton farn at 830 W, Clark Road in Superior Town­

s h i p , built in 18^7 by Charles Francis N e w t o n , son of

J e r e m i a h , and now owned by M r . & M r s . Herbert E . C o r n i s h .

Other, handsone hones on the N o r t h and in Superior

T o w n s h i p : Jares W. V o o r h e e s , SE corner of LeForge and Geddes

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a splendid Greek style hone with attractive innovations; the

hones of J.L.Strang and William Mulholland on Cherry Hill

road; O.A. Sober and I,M, Loverridge on Geddes Road East of

Prospect; L,L, Kimmel, Harris road and the sturdy brick of

John Rooke on the west side of Gotfredson .road..»

Many of the roads were given their present nanes by

the Detroit Edison Conpany after 1 9 0 0 .

As land was cleared to raise crops, crops for live stock,

the crops and live stock vere often housed better than the

farmer's fanily.

During the 1 8 6 0 s , the nane Worden was very prominent in

Ypsilanti. Alva Worden, an inventor with several patents to

his credit; Charles Worden, a drygoods merchant; Williaa H.

Worden with a gun shop upstairs in the building of the NE

corner of Horth Huron and old Congress Street vith John S,

Worden in the sane building on the first floor vith a pop­

ular saloon. 1 0 5 Horth Huron was once a Worden hone. Three

Wordens built handsone brick structures, mansard style, one

at twenty East Michigan, another at 2k East Michigan and one

on the HW corner of River and Congress Street. Such elegant

homes and nov all gone, the last one in 191k to make nore

parking space,

Ypsilanti had a Distillery as early as 1 8 2 7 , only tvo

years after the Village vas platted and named. A Temperance

Society vas forned in 1 8 2 9 .

For the first Independence Day Celebration in the County,

•T -- .. pape twelve

July k 1 8 2 4 and in Woo d r u f f ' s G r o v e , Clark S i l l s , w a l k e d

to Detroit to pr o c u r e two gallons of wh i s k e y w h i c h he b r o u g h t

b a c k on his b a c k . . . perhaps lightening the load a little by

taking a svi/r new and then to reduce the w e i g h t . That first

D i s t i l l e r y was located on the south side of Conpress net

far fron the west end of the old b r i d g e . Nearby was the

Tannery of Isaac Crane. Another early Tannery was that of

John H o w l a n d located on the nor t h side of Forest Avenue at

the west end cf that bridpe , Across the r o a d , was the

Jacob Grcb hone and i c e h o u s e , also the first established

B r e w e r y . Breweries nake Beer, and Distilleries cake Whiskey

and both used to nake m o n e y .

A p r i l 3 , i 8 6 0 the Pony Express began service between

S a c r e a e n t o , California and St J o s e p h , M i s s o u r i - 80 r i d e r s ,

kO saddle horses and 1 9 0 relay stations.

T h i r t e e n months later the Pony Express rave u p , even

thouph one of the riders was William F r e d e r i c k Cody, later

a t t a i n i n g dime-novel fane as 'Buffalo B i l l ' . 'Buffalo B i l l '

was in an Ypsilanti p a r a d e in the sunner of 1 8 9 9 .

In May of that y e a r , one Georpe W, W a s h b u r n e , a local

b u t c h e r , was accused of killing his w i f e , Ypsilanti's first

m u r d e r .

May 18, i 8 6 0 Abrahar. Lincoln was nomin a t e d as R e p u b l i ­

can Candidate for P r e s i d e n t .

Evidence of honor is found for those days in the i 8 6 0

City Directory for Ypsila n t i where the following is found:

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J.M. Howard., p r i n c i p a l "business is courting what few ladies there are that are w i l l i n g to be b o r e d w i t h h i n , boards east side H u r o n b e t w e e n Emmet and Ellis ( W a s h t e n a w ) .

1360 - Edgar and F.E. Bogardus opened a p r i v a t e Bank

in a frame b u i l d i n g on the south side of Congress Street

near the SE corner of W a s h i n g t o n Street. 'The Barton H o t e l '

was built on the ITW corner of P e a r l and W a s h i n g t o n .

The State L e g i s l a t u r e denied M i c h i g a n State

Normal School m o n e y for a Gymnasium. The Normal S c h o o l now

had 25 5 students.

Nov. 6- A b r a h a m Lincoln was elected P r e s i d e n t of the United

S t a t e s , w i t h a salary of $25,000, In ten of the t h i r t y - t h r e e

States he did not r e c e i v e a single v o t e .

D e c . k - P r e s i d e n t B u c h a n a n ' s A n n u a l M*ssa.p© to Congress is

read to that b o d y . Buchanan holds that no State has a

right to secede from the Union,

Dec 6.- A Committee of t h i r t y - t h r e e is a p p o i n t e d by the

Speaker of the H o u s e , one from each S t a t e , to consider and

try to resolve the issues between the South and the N o r t h ,

Dec,20. - The South Carolina Convention passes an O r d i n ­

ance of S e c e s s i o n from the United S t a t e s .

D e e . 31. - J u d a h B e n j a m i n , in a dramatic scene in the

S e n a t e , declares "The Horth Can never subjugate the S o u t h -

Never - IT ever I".

The'War Between the S t a t e s ' was about to b e ­

gin. There is no record of War ever b e i n g d e c l a r e d .

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January 9 .- M i s s i s s i p p i v o t e d to seceed followed

"by nine ether S t a t e s .

The first shot fired in the 'Far Between the

S t a t e s ' . A cannon was fired at the unarmed m e r c h a n t steaner ,

"Star of the W e s t " , as it entered the h a r b o r at C h a r l e s t o n ,

South Carolina with supplies for the troops in Fort Sunpter.

January 2 9 . - Kansas admitted to the Union,

February k, - First meeting of the Confederate

Con cress.

February 5. - M o v i n g picture P e e p - s h o w M a c h i n e

p a t e n t e d by S, D. Goodale,

February 9* - J e f f e r s o n Davis elected President

of the newly forr.ed Confederacy in M o n t g o m e r y , A l a b a m a .

February 1 1 . - Abraham Lincoln and family say

farewell to S p r i n g f i e l d , Illinois and the only home they ever

owned.

March h. - Abraham Lincoln i n a u g u r a t e d as the l6th

President of the United S t a t e s .

April 2 , - Dakota Territory created.

April 9 . - M e a n w h i l e , in Y p s i l a n t i , Ralph W .

Van Fossen was appointed P o s t m a s t e r . P a r m e n i o Davis elected

Mayor of Y p s i l a n t i and served for the next two y e a r s .

April 9 . - Sixty-seven year old Edmund R u f f i n

fired on Fort Sunpter.

April 17» - President Lincoln sent out a call

for 75,000 n e n .

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April 20 - Col. Robert E . Lee resigned fron the

Army of the United States after having b e e n offered Con=

n a n d of the A m y of the N o r t h by G e n e r a l W i n f i e l d S c o t t .

April 23 - Robert E , Lee b e c a m e Commander of the

Army of V i r g i n i a the "Old Dominion S t a t e " .

When the United States became a Nation after the

R e v o l u t i o n , the Armed Forces vere r e d u c e d to a small n u m b e r .

Every na n vas supposed to answer a call to Arms if n e c ­

essary. Each State was to supply their own quota and

recruit the needed n e n .

The Congress made the demand for nen fron the States

in the tine of the Civil War and after the first burst cf

P a t r i o t i s m , the r e s p o n s e was s n a i l . A Draft Law was put

in o p e r a t i o n , but a^ain it was the p r o b l e m of each State

to enforce it. Bounties as m u c h as $300 caused forceful

r e c r u i t i n r by B o u n t y Hunters and there was wide spread

corruption by fanilies able to pay for a s u b s t i t u t e . The

Draft Law included all nen frcn t w e n t y - o n e to f o r t y - f i v e

and did not exenpt anyone for o c c u p a t i o n or n a r r i e d w i t h

a far-.ily to care for. Riots w e r e frequent in the tip c i t i e s ,

New York City h a v i n p the largest and most d e s t r u c t i v e ,

1000 or more tein/» killed in the r i o t s .

In l86l, Ypsilanti r e s p o n d e d ir i m e diately to P r e s i d e n t

Lincoln's call for 75,000 n e n . The names of Y p s i l a n t i ' s

first r e o r u i+.s sre listed here followed by the old n e w s ­

paper story t e l l i n p of those spirited e x c i t i n r t i r e s .

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R O L L OF P A T R I O T S

First enlistment roll at Y p s i l a n t i for Civil W a r "The u n d e r s i g n e d , citizens of the State of M i c h i g a n , do hereby "by enlist and consent to be m u s t e r e d into the M i l i t a r y Service of the State of M i c h i g a n , pursuant to an Act entitled "An Act t o p r o v i d e a M i l i t a r y F o r c e " , first approved M a r c h l 6 , l 8 6 l , and to hold ourselves , subject to all l i a b i l i t e s and -obligations • »

created by said A c t , and for the period and p u r p o s e s there-in set f o r t h "

Name R e s i d e n c e A g e Name R e s i d e n c e A

J . S. Whittlesey Ypsilant i 31* Geo.W. M o n r o e Dundee 21 David A . Wise »» 35 Cicero Newell Y p s i l a n t i 2 0 M.A. Parks !T 35 John Norton tt 21 George R. A n d e r s o n Canton 21 Wm. H. Parker 11 25 Smith B a b c o c k ft 22 R . J. P a r k h u r s t 11 20 George W. Baker II 23 C P . Perry tt 29 Murray Baker 11 2 1 G . S . P h i l l i p s it 20 Thomas Baker tl 27 Henry Post it 25 James W. B i n g h a m Green Oak 20 David Punches B e l l e v i l l e 1+1 Hiram S. B o u t e l l Ypsilant i 25 Nathan P u t n a m M i l a n 21 Decatur Brundage A u g u s t a 21 Lewis C. R a n d a l l Pittsfield 3k J .M. Carr Belleville 23 Wm. H . R a n d a l l Y p s i l a n t i 20 Edward J.Carson n 21 J.L.Rans om 11 28 Phillip Chivers Y p s i l a n t i 2k Henry Reed B e l l e v i l l e 2 1 Peter Clark Milan 22 Robert R e y n o l d s Ypsilant i 26 A d d i s o n Curtis Belleville 21 W . W . A . R u s s e l l Green Oak 20 J o s e p h Davis n 21 H.R.Scovill Y p s i l a n t i 1 9 Thomas Davis York 21 J .E.Schafer 11 23 F.Eaton Saline 21 G.H.Simmons Y o r k 18 Norman Ellis Belleville 37 W . D . S i m m o n s York 22 Truman W. Elton Y p s i l a n t i 21 A l v a h Smith, Jr . Clinton 25 A l o n z o Ford 11 21 Charles Smith L ivonia 21 Benjamin W. Fuller V a n B u r e n k0 Fenton W. Smith A u g u s t a 23 L. Haight Saline 21 John Smith Belleville ! 21 Wm. Herdman Ypsilant i 18 Lewis Spawn tt kl Edwin A . H e r r i c k it 1 9 Clinton Spencer Ypsilanti 21 Jas H. Hodgkin it 18 J.StClair 11 21 A. D . Hoffman B e l l e v i l l e 28 Albert Stuck ti 23 Fred C. Joslin Ypsilanti 18 Charles Twist n 23 M i c h a e l Kean tt 25 Ira B. Tuttle 11 25 Wm. B.Kelly Canton 21 Oscar V a n V a l k e n b u r g York 21 Orin King Ypsilanti 27 Marcus Vining Yps ilanti 1 9 Rufus Lawrence tt 28 James N. W a l l a c e Ionia 21 Clark M a c o m b e r Augusta 21 Harman Wise Yps ilanti 18 George M a r s h a l l B e l l e v i l l e 2k Wm. H. Worden tt 27 James McCoy Yps ilanti 19

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Fron the front pare of TEE Y P S I L A N T I COMMERCIAL, p u b ­

lished every Saturday r.orninp at the corner cf H u r o n and

Cross S t r e e t s , Y p s i l a n t i , M i c h i g a n , by C.R. P a t t i s o n , J a n ­

uary 6, 13TT:

Prior to the Civil W a r , there was a M i l i t i a Conpany existing in Y p s i l a n t i , one of the best drilled in the S t a t e . J,W, W h i t t l e s e y was Captain of the Conpany; F.P. B o p a r d u s , 1st L i e u ­tenant, When news reached Y p s i l a n t i of the fire on Fort Sunpter the Conpany d i s b a n d e d . A public n e e t i n r was called at Hewitt Hall (3rd f 1 . of the b u i l d i n g iTE corner M i c h i g a n and W a s h i n g t o n ) , t h e 22nd day of April 1361. The nost i n t e n s e e n t h u s ­iasm p e r v a d e d the m e e t i n g , and b e f o r e noon of that day the persons w h o s e names are given w e r e inscribed u p o n the r o l l of h o n o r . Mr. F.P, 3osa.ra . i j8 was anonp the n e s t i n f l u e n t i a l in organ* zir.g the Conpany, thouph his name does not appear on the R o l l , on account of the necessity of his a b i d i n p by the bank of w h i c h he is now cashier.' M r , B. p r e s e r v e d the enlistnent r o l l , each nenber sign­ing his own n a m e . We are i n d e b t e d , h o w e v e r , to David A . Wise for the m a n u s c r i p t , h a v i n p it in his p o s s e s s i o n . We r e q u e s t e d it fcr p u b l i c a t i o n . The next Sunday, April 23, 186*1, was one of the m o s t thrilling ever seen in this City. The C o n p a n y , in the a f t e r n o o n , were drawn up in the Public Square (The Public Square w a s open space on W . C o n g r e s s b e t w e e n A d a n s and H a m i l t o n ) and r e U / r i n n s s e r - r l o e s w e r e held, p a r t i c i p a t e d by a l l the C l e r g y m e n of the City. The officers of the C o n p a n y , as far as we can a s c e r t a i n , w e r e : Captain - J.W. W h i t t l e s e y ; First Lieutenant - David A. w i s e ; Second L i e u t e n a n t - M.A. P a r k s . Sergeants - C P . P e r r y , Cicero N e w e l l , H . E . S c o v i l l , Fred C. Joslin. The Conpany went to Fort W a y n e , D e t r o i t , and then to W a s h i n p t o n , forming Co. E. of the First R e g i ­m e n t , Col. W i l c o x c o m m a n d i n g , July 21, l36l, the Conpany was in the Battle of Bull R u n , and a c q u i t t e d itself nobly. The e n l i s t -n e n was for three n o n t h s , and durinp that tine it did splendid s e r v i c e . Not a single company w a s so favored in furnishing O f f i c e r s for special duty as Co . E . At the end of three n o n t h s it disbanded and coning hone a larra number u n i t e d w i t h the First Infantry

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Regiment or rani z e d at A n n A r t o r . We are able to give a brief record and present w h e r e a b o u t s of a few members of this Company. Captain W h i t t l e s e y , after the captrure of A l e x a n d r i a was m a d e Provost M a r s h a l of that City, and though in a trying p o s i t i o n received high enconiun from his Superior O f f i c e r s . He served as a Major at the Battle of Bull Run. Grand Rapids is his.present place of r e s i d e n c e . Lieutenant W i s e , at A l e x a n d r i a was a p p o i n t e d Quarter m a s t e r of the Regiment and placed in charge of the M a r s h a l H o u s e . M.A. Parks was p r o m o t e d to the Captaincy of the Company and at Bull Run was taken p r i s o n e r . He lay in that hell of doom the remainder of the year and cane out a w r e c k . Pie is dead. (Parks was given an H o n o r a b l e M e d i c a l Discharge and returned to Y p s i l ­anti w h e r e he established a jewelry store in part of the Samson Drug Store on West M i c h i g a n ) . Fred Joslin is now in California. James W. Bingham was the son cf Senator Bingham and died during the w a r . Captain W a l l a c e , W . A . R u s s e l l and B i n g h a m were students at the Ilormal College. Captain Wallace served for four y e a r s and at the close of the War was a M a j o r . Captain Clinton S p e n c e r , our P o s t ­m a s t e r , was a brave soldier and left a leg at the battle of Gettysburg w h i c h was not as agreeable as his three months e x p e r i e n c e . Lewis Spawn was wounded at Bull Run. Captain ITewell at the expiration of his enlistment entered the Cavalry and served during the War w i t h high honor, Harmon W i s e , age 18 w h e n he enlisted was killed in the Battle of the W i l d e r ­n e s s , Phillip Chivers d i s a p p e a r e d at the battle cf Bull Run and has never been heard from. L. Haight from Saline was killed at the Battle of C h a n c e l l o r s -v i l l e . E.B.Scovill at the end of his enlistment drove a lumber wagon to C a l i f o r n i a , r e t u r n i n g after the War to become a p a r t n e r , with Follmore in the Sash and Blind b u s i n e s s on Frog Island.

The old hand written list of these young men who were the

first v o l u n t e e r s in April 1 6 6 1 , was given to the Ypsilanti

H i s t o r i c a l Society by H . R . S c o v i l l 1 s d a u r h t e r , M r s . Gene­

vieve Scovili Bisbee M o o n and it is in the A r c h i v e s .

After the sobering disaster of the Battle of Bull R u n , it

was quiet along the Potomac for ten m o n t h s .

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January 1 2 - T i m o t h y Showerman died, an old p r o ­

minent pioneer in the area. Showerman "built a fine hone

in the nid 1 8 5 0 s on the larre double lot at 206 N. Hu r o n

w h i c h later t e c a n e the hone of the Willi a m Deubles and t h e n

was bought and rebuilt by D . L . Q u i r k , Jr.

February 1 - The Fowler S c h o o l h o u s e in Superior

Townsh i p burned. The Fowler School was on the south side

of Geddes Road 1/h n i l e west of Ridge R o a d . Janes N. W a J l » » «

was the first teacher in t h * . t o n * *>ou.-» Rr>h^o3 i*<*d "*5

unp r 5(1e^ p u p i l s .

February 5- "The Atlantic M o n t h l y " printed "Battle

Hymn of the R e p u b l i c " by Julia Ward H o w e ,

February 1 5 - Fort Donelson of the Cumberland

surrendered to General Grant.

Rev. G.L. Foster r e s i g n e d as Pastor

of t h e P r e s b y t e r i a n Church.

April 1 1 - Charles Lvans Hughes b o r n .

April l 6 - Slavery alolished in District of Columbia.

Thirteen members of the P r e s b y t e r i a n

Church took letters o f M « r . i > c rsnip b e v « - a n c e t o forn a Con­

g r e g a t i o n a l C h u r c h sn<f e r e c t a building on t h e Fs.o-0 o i r l » o f

the Huron R i v e r . The plan did not work out and p e o p l e r e -

t i u - a e t i t o the P r e s b y t e r i a n Church.

B e n j a n i n Follett formed a Bank w i t h R.W.

Hemphill and located in the Follett block on E.Cross S t r e e t .

M a r k Norris died, a remarkable n a n who

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did m u c h in guiding the growth of Y p s i l a n t i .

May 6 - Henry David Thoreau died.

May 29 - The 1 7 t h Regiment of Infantry was authorized.

July 1 - P r e s i d e n t Lincoln called for 300,000 men -

G o v e r n o r Blair issued orders for 7 more R e g i m e n t s of In­

fantry and k of Calvary.

The Ypsilanti Normal School was still in session. A

N o r m a l Company was p l a n n e d hut the Summer S e s s i o n closed

b e f o r e it was organized and students had scattered to their

h o m e s .

A u s t i n George was born June 1 5 , l 8 U l , on a farm near

L i t c h f i e l d , M i c h i g a n , At the age of 1 2 he lost his right

arm in the m a c h i n e r y of a flouring m i l l in J o n e s v i l l e , M i c h ,

A u s t i n became a student in the M i c h i g a n State Normal

School in Ypsilanti and was living in Y p s i l a n t i when that

July 1 s t call came in 1 8 6 2 for more t r o o p s . Because cf his

d i s a b i l i t y , he was unable to enlist in the Army but being

endowed w i t h an excellent m i n d , unusual energy and engaging

p e r s o n a l i t y , he began r e c r u i t i n g for the Normal Company " E " .

of the 1 7 t h Infantry, w r i t i n g the s c a t t e r e d y o u n g students

and urrinr their enlistment.

He opened a R e c r u i t i n g office in the Smith & Kinne

Book and D r u g Store on the N o r t h side of old Congress Street

near H u r o n . The Normal beys responded to his letters and

rany came to Ypsilanti to enlist. Rome replied but could

not join the Normal Company as they had already enlisted in

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their home community. Every m o r n i n g A u s t i n assured the

r e s p o n s i b i l i t y of ha n g i n g out the flap at the R e c r u i t i n g

O f f i c e . The Normal Company vas soon full.

When the 1 7 t h M i c h i g a n Infantry went to the f r o n t , he

went as Company C l e r k , later serving as Re g i m e n t a l P o s t ­

master and Clerk for Brigade and Division H e a d q u a r t e r s "but

never being too busy to keep track o f his Normal Company

w i t h sympathy and encouragement for every h o m e s i c k y o u t h .

A u s t i n G e o r r e t a c a n c G u p e r i n t s n f l p n - h o f Y p s i T f t r . t i .Public

Schools in I 6 9 6 and he and his family lived out his li f e t i m e

in the handsome m a n s a r d roof style house at 1 1 1 N. N o r m a l

Street. A ^ a n who contributed so m u c h to Ypsil a n t i and now

the family name is gone except in our history.

Gabriel Campbell had graduated from M i c h i g a n State Normal

School in 1861 and was a student at the University of Mi c h i g a :

the following academic y e a r . Gabriel is credited w i t h get­

ting thirty o f his former classmates to enlist and at the

organization m e e t i n g was elected Captain; Thomas M a t h e w s ,

First Lt. , Janes T. M o r g a n , 2nd L t . , This Company was not

entirely y o u n g N o r m a l m e n but it or i g i n a t e d there and the

three Commissioned O f f i c e r s , four of the five S e r g e a n t s ,

four of the eight Corporals and nearly one third o f the m e n

we r e Normal s t u d e n t s .

The Company went to Detroit and mu s t e r e d in on A u g u s t

1 9 t h , 1 6 6 2 . They w e r e assigned to the 17th Infantry as

Company and left for W a s h i n g t o n August 27th.

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The Confederates had crossed the P o t o m a c below W a s h ­

ington into Maryland and m a r c h e d north around the Capitol.

The Union Regiment was soon sent into M a r y l a n d and marched

forty miles n o r t h , p a s s i n g thru Frederick the hone of Bets

R o s s , while crowds gathered and cheered as the Normal Co.

sang-in b e a u t i f u l harmony as they m a r c h e d .

Company " E " was in the battle of South M o u n t a i n , less

than three weeks after the ovation given their departure

from Y p s i l a n t i . Four in that Company were k i l l e d , two of

them N o r m a l Students - David S. Howard and L u c i a n Jones -

and m a n y badly w o u n d e d . Alexander M c K i n n o r , w e l l known in

Y p s i l a n t i was one of those killed. The holiday spirit of

adventure had v a n i s h e d .

William E. Erearly in later years wrote the following poig

nant account to Daniel P u t n a m :

When I was at the Normal in l86l, I had as ny seat-n a t e A l e x a n d e r M c K i n n o r . My age was then lk and he was two years older. He tried to enlist w i t h us but could not be taken as our number was c o m p l e t e . A l ­though the Conpany was f u l l , he went w i t h us to the Barracks in D e t r o i t , tried to get in and w o u l d not leave u s ; and he finally got accepted as a substitute for Stiles who was taken sick and discharged. We w a l k e d and talked and slept together on the way all along from W a s h i n g t o n tc South M o u n t a i n . Ee said he didn't expect to live but thought it was his duty tc give his life to his country. You nust knew all about this and yet you didn't know him. p e r s o n a l l y to such an extent as I did, nor k n o w how sweet and patriotic a spirit he had. He was at my side at ^outh M o u n t a i n , and w h e n he fell, I stopped for a moment beside him tc see if he was dead, and then went on. No loftier or purer life wnt out that day on the slope of South M o u n t a i n than that of dear M c K i n n o r . His name and m e m o r y cannot be

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too highly honored "by the Formal today. When the Repinent m o v e d o n , I was left in charge of the burial party and I saw M c K i n n o n ' s body placed with the other M i c h i g a n dead in a lont g r a v e , and n a r k e d the spot w i t h a head b o a r d for e a c h .

It was in the battle of South M o u n t a i n that Captain

Gabriel Campbell lest the h a n d s o m e sword that was p r e s e n t e d

to him before the Company left Y p s i l a n t i . (The Gabriel

Campbell sword in the Ypsilanti H i s t o r i c a l Archives is the

splendid sword given as a r e p l a c e m e n t after the war e n d e d ) .

On September 1 7 1 6 6 2 was fought the great b a t t l e of

A n t i e t a n in w h i c h the 1 7 t h lost 1 6 killed and 87 w o u n d e d .

The loss to Company " E " was four killed including the N o r m a l

beys John IT. M a r v i n , Webster Ruckman and Fred S. W e b b .

A n t i e t a n is now a small v i l l a r e on the north side of the

Potomac and the b a t t l e f i e l d N a t i o n a l Historic Marker is on

the south side of the r i v e r , nearly forty miles south of

G e t t y s b u r g , P e n n s y l v a n i a .

A p l a c q u e was r - n d e by the M i c h i g a n State Normal School

"In M e m o r y of the Students who Died at the Front in the 'War

of the R e b e l l i o n ' " . Thirty names w e r e placed on this p l a q u e

and room left at the bottom where m o r e names when k n o w n

could be added.

(The i n f o r m a t i o n given en Comapy "E" is from A HISTORY

OF THE MICHIGAN STATE NORMAL SCHOOL at Y p s i l a n t i , M i c h i g a n ,

I6I+9-I699 by Daniel Putnam, A . M . ,L.L.D. , Professor of

Psychology and P e d a g o g y . For more i n f o r m a t i o n and i n t e r e s t -

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inp r e a d i n g it is suggested ycu read Chapter X LV "The

Nor a a l School in the Civil W a r " .

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The original h a n d - w r i t t e n list of the nen of Conpany " E"

was riven to the Ypsilanti H i s t o r i c a l Society A r c h i v e s by

the local Chapter of the Daughters of the A m e r i c a n R e v o l u t i o n .

K E Y - (to Street names f, g e o g r a p h i c a l l o c a t i o n s )

THE M O N R O E R O A D - South Huron f r o n Ci Ljr U n i t s - beco m i n g Whittaker ^oad.

CHICAGO P O A D , (Chicare A v e n u e ) - West M i c h i g a n Avenue frcn Ballard Street i n t e r s e c t i o n

CONGRESS STREET - Y p s i l a n t i ' s Main Street , M i c h i g a n A v e n u e , which w a s naned 'Michigan A.venue' in 1914 w h e n an attenpt was nade to have the Detroit to Chicaro Poad called 'Michigan A v e n u e ' . Y p s i l a n t i rlready had a 'Michigan Street' which in 191** b e c a r e "Ferris S t r e e t ' , h o n o r i n r W o o d b r i d g e N. F e r r i s , M i c h i g a n Governor 1 9 1 3 - 1 9 1 6 .

^AUK T R A I L - The Indian nane for the Detroit to Chicago trail w h i c h b e c a m e the route cf the United States Servey for Michigar. Avenue and US 12

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Thomas Ensign Family 1 1 1 1 M a p l e w o o d

M r s . Olive Franz Lutheran R e t i r e m e n t Center 1200 Earhart R o a d , A . A .

Edna W . Giar 'Pickwick A n t i q u e s ' 756 Savage R d . B e l l e v i l l e U 8 1 1 1

M r . & Mrs W i l f r e d Graubner lhl+2 Roosevelt

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Miss Dorothy James 5 1 6 Fairview Circle Apt #2

Mr, Barry LaRue 9 1 5 Sherman Ct.

Dr. & M r s . Gary M . Oosta W i n e x b u r g M a n o r Apt #2 2227 Glenallen A v e , , Silver S p r i n g s , Md. 20906

M r . & Mrs W m . R i c c o b o n o 503 Roosevelt

Clifford O'Rielly Family 2 9 1 9 Carlton, A . A .

Miss Florence S c h a f a r i k 2 1 7 W o o d w a r d

M r . & Mrs O r l a n W i l d e 1 3 0 5 W e s t m o o r l a n d

M r . Lawrence A . Wren 1 7 1 1 South Blvd., A . A .

IN REMEMBERANCE

Phelps Crouse was always a great help in the g r o w t h of the Historical Society and the M u s e u m . As the old song s a y s : "We shall meet but we shall m i s s him".

Irene Davis W i l l i a m s - Irene served graciously two y e a r s as a Guide for the Museum and her u n e x p e c t e d passing was a shock to u s . Irene and George were Charter Members of the H i s t o r i c a l Society.

M r s . Bradley Harris (Mildred L , ) , always giving her talents for so many Civic v e n t u r e s , and having time to serve as Chairman for the A d m i n i s t r a t i v e Committee of the Y p s i l a n t i Historical S o c i e t y . We regret the loss for w h i c h no r e p l a c e ­ment can be found. Mildred was a truly devoted Charter Member of the Y p s i l a n t i H i s t o r i c a l S o c i e t y .

In M e m o r i a n (continued)

M r s . Lorenz Kisor (Natalie G l o v e r ) w i l l be greatly missed by M a n y Civic O r g a n i z a t i o n s in which, she took so m u c h interest and gave freely of her t a l e n t s . Natalie was a Charter Member of the Y p s i l a n t i H i s t o r i c a l Society. Her Glover p r o g e n i t o r s came from M a s s a c h u s e t t s to the Ypsilanti area in 183 1* and w e r e vigorously active in the . growth of this a r e a .

We accept w i t h grateful thanks contributions for the Upper Hall and Archives E x p a n s i o n Fund from: M r s . Spencer A. D a v i s , the J, Theodore H e f l e y s , and M r s . Fred Di eterle.

You can still buy the r e p r i n t e d "Washtenaw County Atlas - really two combined Atlases - the 1 8 7 ^ and the 1 9 1 5 combined in one book - for $20 . plus tax. The price w i l l advance to $ 2 5 . after April 1 5 t h .

WE NEED - The Old F r a n k Smith D r u g g i s t , stero. views of Y p s i l a n t i . There are 20 of these old s t e r e o p t i c i a n cards and we have only one of them. The others must be s o m e -wherel

The 1 8 9 2 Souvenir booklet of Ypsilanti Views is also needed. W e have one copy of this i n t e r e s t i n g booklet promoted by B.Y. Peet and B.M. Damon for the P r e s b y t e r i a n Sunday School and selling for . 2 5 $ .

Y p s i l a n t i City D i r e c t o r i e s for 1883 and I 8 7 8 . We have a splendid collection of Ypsilanti P o s t c a r d s -but if y o u have p i c t u r e postcards of Y p s i l a n t i before 1 9 2 0 , we w o u l d like to add them to the collection in the A r c h i v e s .

Old diaries and letters are always w e l c o m e !

R e c e n t l y the Trustees of the H i s t o r i c a l Society of Michigan met in the H i s t o r i c a l Museum thru the efforts of Nathalie Edmunds and Charles H a g l e r , who are m e m b e r s of the State B o a r d .

Letters of praise for the Museum w e r e received by the City H i s t o r i a n and we quote from a few.

John W . G i l l e t t e , P r e s i d e n t of the H i s t o r i c a l Society of M i c h i g a n :

"Your Museum was a thoroughly delightful place for the Trustees to m e e t . . . thanks very m u c h for the h o s p i t a l i t y shown by y o u and the Museum G u i d e s . There was only one blight for m e ; after m e ; after seeing your conservatory for p l a n t s , my wife wants o n e " .

Robert M. W a r n e r , Director of the University of Michig Bentley H i s t o r i c a l L i b r a r y :

"I enjoyed very much my visit to the M u s e u m . It is an a t t r a c t i v e b u i l d i n g and displays are most i n t e r e s t i n g . I am impressed w i t h the fact it was accomplished by so much v o l u -teer effort; that is r e m a r k a b l e b e c a u s e it does have a decidedly p r o f e s s i o n a l a p p e a r a n c e " ;

J.Robert D a w s o n , Director of Public R e l a t i o n s Greenfield V i l l a g e and Henry Ford M u s e u m :

"I know I was just one of several of the Society Trustees who were most impressed w i t h what you have done with your Museum in Y p s i l a n t i . I have m e n t i o n e d it to several of our c u r a t o r ­ial p e o p l e and I expect they w i l l be v i s i t i n g y o u " .

R E P O R T OF THE Y P S I L A N T I H I S T O R I C A L MUSEUM -J « - » ™ « . . - R V 1975- January 1976

The M U S E U M was open 160 days on a scheduled T ^ s i s a n a w a s

open for special exhibits and B Y special A P P O I N T M E N T F O R C » H O 0 J groups and others who w i s h e d to v i s i t .

Fifty-four Volunteer Guides have given approximately 15000 hours on scheduled d a y s . One t h o u s a n d two hundred and T W E N T Y — , five signed the guest r e g i s t e r . Many others visited who did not sign the r e g i s t e r .

Forty nine groups w h i c h included some 1,025 persons (children and a d u l t s ) v i s i t e d the Museum.

Total v i s i t o r s r e c o r d e d 2250,

SPECIAL GROUPS THAT V I S I T E D T H E M U S K U M Ypsilanti H i s t o r i c a l Society Dexter H i s t o r i c a l Society Adult E d u c a t i o n class Delta Kappa Gamma E d u c a t i o n a l Society P.E.O. Church Groups Newcomers Club Altrusa Persons from Half Way House Boy Scouts (Ypsilanti & Lincoln A r e a ) Girl Scouts Brownies M i c h i g a n H i s t o r i c a l Commission City M a n a g e r , M r . W a r r e n and Heads of City D e p a r t m e n t .

SPECIAL EVENTS

V a l e n t i n e M a k i n g W o r k s h o p Quilting Demonstration Easter Egg D e c o r a t i n g Candle m a k i n g Demonstration Needlepoint D e m o n s t r a t i o n Woodworking demonstration

Dried Flower D e m o n s t r a t i o n

NOTEWORTHY A C C O M P L I S H M E N T S

The B i c e n t e n n i a l "kick o f f " was an exhibit of R e v o l u t i o n a r y Documents from the Smithsonian I n s t i t u t e . This was held for a m o n t h , with the Museum being open and staffed extra days during that t i m e .

There was an outstanding exhibit firon the M i c h i g a n H i s t o r i c a l Museum in L a n s i n g which featured several M i c h i g a n Governors.

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A d a m s —3 classes Ardis

Belleville Willow Run

Cheney School Ford School Kaiser School Kettering School Holmes Schcol

S u b s t a n t i a l a d d i t i o n s have been m a d e to our library of books r e l a t i n g to our f u r n i s h i n g s , etc,

A special exhibit of new a c q u i s i t i o n s is kept up to d a t e .

The upper hall of the.Museum was d e c o r a t e d . The m o n e y for this p r o j e c t was donated by members of the H i s t o r i c a l Society and by other interested p e r s o n s , some of whom live out of t o w n .

Hew lighting fixtures have been installed in the upper h a l l .

Various a c c e s s o r i e s have been p u r c h a s e d by the A d m i n i s t r a t i v e Committee: A. rug for the upper h a l l . B. R e u p h o l s t e r i n g of some of the antique p i e c e s ,

A continual u p g r a d i n g of the Museum is being done by chang­ing exhibits and by having special e x h i b i t s .

All exhibit cases in the Museum have been l i g h t e d .

A library room on the second floor has been r e f u r b i s h e d and furnished a p p r o p r i a t e l y .

We have had excellent rapport w i t h the local p r e s s . A r e c o r d of our a c t i v i t i e s is a v a i l a b l e at the Museum.

A feature a r t i c l e appeared in the "Tri-Statee T r a d e r " about our M u s e u m . This is a weekly pxiblication that reaches thousands of subscribers in the Mid W e s t , e s p e c i a l l y .

The Solarium has been w e l l stocked w i t h plants of the V i c ­torian era.

A herb garden was planted and cared for.

Conferences have been a t t e n d e d by several persons -Southeast R e g i o n a l Conference of M u s e u m s M i c h i g a n Department of State,Hi story Division M i c h i g a n Museums A s s o c i a t i o n Workshop for Problens of Small Museums

An Award of Merit Plaque was given by the State H i s t o r i c a l Commission w h i c h r e a d s - "The Y p s i l a n t i H i s t o r i c a l Society was cited b e c a u s e of the s u c c e s s f u l efforts in e s t a b l i s h i n g and operating the H i s t o r i c a l Museum",

The H i s t o r i c a l Society's Christmas party is always an out­standing event.

P R O J E C T I O N S FOP. THE FUTURE

We are continually w o r k i n g to iuprove the a p p e a r a n c e of the Museum and its e x h i b i t s .

We are e n c o u r a g i n g the cultural a c t i v i t y cf the community.

We are m a k i n g a v a i l a b l e our p e r s o n n e l , as well as the Museum, for community g r o u p s .

We are striving to increase the m e m b e r s h i p of the H i s t o r i c a l Society .

We are w o r k i n g closely w i t h the l o c a l schools' staff.

We are in need of storage s p a c e .

We are pi n . rvn5 r\p nev floor ooreririRO airl the* ref i rijsViing r £ some of the f l o o r s .

We are havinp a case m a d e for the upper hall in w h i c h to put an extensive c o l l e c t i o n of d o l l s .

We are extremely proud of our M u s e u m , our D i r e c t o r , and the m a n y p e o p l e who pive u n s t i n t i n g l y of their time and efforts to make the Museum a v i t a l part of this community.

Doris M i l l i m a n A c t i n g Chairman, A d m i n i s t r a t i v e

Committee

LaRea S w a r t s , D i r e c t o r , Ypsilanti H i s t o r i c a l

M u s e u m

RECENT A C Q U I S I T I O N S

M r s . A. C. Wo r t l e y

M r . & M r s . A . S t e w a r t

M r . Kenneth M a c D o n a l d

M r s . J.G. Juett B i r m i n g h a m , M i c h .

M r s . J.J.Woods (estate of late J.Breakey, Jr)

M r s . Ellen Gaudy

Dr. Paul Hubbell

M r . Foster L. Fletcher

M r . Donald W. Dishrow

M r s . S. McCullogh

Amber colored hair comb

A r t i c l e by late P . B r u n d a g e -"Ypsilanti Church H i s t o r i e s "

E c r u colored lace f a n , with mother of pea r l handle & spurs.

P a t c h w o r k quilt about 120 y e a r s old.

P r o g r a m s from: "Ypsilanti P l a y e r s " "Opera H o u s e " , Comnencement programs from: N o r m a l , Y p s i . High S c h o o l , A r t i c l e on F r e d e r i c k A l e x a n d e r , poems by F. B . M c K a y , Three hair combs, silver m e s h evening p u r s e .

Old Buffalo robe

Old t r u n k , a u t o g r a p h a l b u n n s , B i b l e s , baby clothes i h l y r s . old. W e d d i n g dress -1893, Jenny Lind doll and cradle, school s l a t e s , photograph a l b u a n , old b o o k s , shoes , e t c .

A r t i c l e w r i t t e n by Dr. H u b b e l l on Augustus W o o d w a r d .

Two pair of old Opera G l a s s e s -originally from F r a n c e : A. mother of P e a r l : B: blue w i t h silver flower d e s i g n .

"Ypsilanti Dairy E - Z -C request for extra dairy p r o d u c t s " - to be put

P h o t o g r a p h "County a u t o m o b i l e Dealers of W a s h t e n a w County-19"+6"

A c q u i s i t i o n s (continued)

M r . Frank E . Ross

Miss Frances Lister

M r . Robert Murray

Dr. A. P. M a r s h a l l

M r s . Richard Warner

M r . Richard Eain

M r s . A . D . Allen

P h o t o g r a p h of A l e x a n d r o s and D e m e t r i u s Ypsilanti g i v e n to M r . Ross by M r s . Gregory Y p s i l a n t i •whom he net in Athens,, Greece r e c e n t l y .

A m e r i c a n flag (1912), Pictures of S w i f t , Lister and Gardner families P r o g r a m s of E.M.U. Music Dept. P o r t a b l e desk carried by R.J. Gardner during the Civil W a r . M i n e r a l W e l l a d v e r t i s e m e n t s , W.W. Two gasoline f o r m s .

Sunnary of the M a i n Points of H i s t o r y of First United P r e s b y -t e r i a n Church of Y p s i l a n t i fron f o u n d i n g to 1975.

I n f o r m a t i o n on Black Citizens of Y p s i l a n t i fron " M i c h i g a n M a n u a l of Freedman's P r o g r e s s " (pub.1915)

Docunents from S p a n i s h A n e r i c a n W a r - appcintnent of Elner Warner as Sec. Lt. Co G-31st Reg. M i c h , V o l u n t e e r s and his discharge p a p e r , "Soldiers M e m o r i a l " 31st R e g .

A n t i q u e slaw c u t t e r , Cranberry Glass b o w l , Irish Hills p l a t e .

M i n a t u r e "Ford Tool Chest: - all that is needed to fix a Ford"-Fron S t a t e Fair -191"+-

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R E A D E R W I T H THE A R C H I T E C T U R A L D E T A I L S O F T H E M O S T COMMON O L D - H O U S E S T Y L E S . O L D

I H O U S E S D E R I V E T H E I R CHARM FROM THE R I C H ­N E S S AND V A R I E T Y O F D E T A I L S THAT THE O L D - T I M E B U I L D E R S C R A F T E D W I T H T H E I R H A N D S .

E A C H D E T A I L B Y I T S E L F I S S U B T L E . . . I T *S THE C O M ­B I N I N G O F D I F F E R E N T , R E L A T E D D E T A I L S THAT M A K E S " S T Y L E . " B E C A U S E O F T H E S U B T L E T Y O F I N D I V I D U A L D E T A I L S , A L L TOO O F T E N T H E Y ARE D E S T R O Y E D D U R ­I N G A R E M O D E L L I N G . T H E S E C H A R A C T E R - D E S T R O Y I N G A L T E R A T I O N S C O U L D B E B E T T E R C A L L E D " R E M U D D L I N G . "

T H E O U T L I N E P R E S E N T E D H E R E E N A B L E S Y O U TO I D E N ­T I F Y THE A R C H I T E C T U R A L H E R I T A G E O F M O S T A M E R I ­CAN O L D H O U S E S . V E R Y FEW H O U S E S R E P R E S E N T A " P U R E " S T Y L E . D E S I G N E R S WERE C O N T I N U A L L Y T R Y ­I N G OUT D I F F E R E N T C O M B I N A T I O N S O F T R A D I T I O N A L D E T A I L S . A L S O , MANY H O U S E S H A V E B E E N A L T E R E D D U R I N G THE Y E A R S I N K E E P I N G W I T H THE L A T E S T F A D . T O D A Y Y O U ' R E L I K E L Y TO F I N D C O L O N I A L H O U S E S W I T H V I C T O R I A N A D D I T I O N S . . . AND V I C T O R I A N

E d i t o r , "The Old House J o u r n a l " H O U S E S W I T H C O L O N I A L R E V I V A L A D D I T I O N S . O N C E H A V I N G M A S T E R E D A FEW B A S I C P R I N C I P L E S , H O W E V E R , Y O U R E Y E W I L L B E G I N TO D I S C E R N WHAT I S O R I G I N A L TO A H O U S E , AND WHAT HAS B E E N A D D E D — O R REMOVED — I N K E E P I N G W I T H THE L A T E S T F A S H I O N .

T I S H O P E D THAT A G R E A T E R A P P R E C I A T I O N O F A R C H I T E C T U R A L D E T A I L W I L L I N S P I R E MORE O L D - H O U S E OWNERS TO P R E S E R V E AND R E S T O R E T H E I R H O U S E S I N HARMONY W I T H THE

O R I G I N A L I N T E N T O F THE B U I L D E R . I T I S R E L A T I V E ­L Y E A S Y F O R T H E HOME C R A F T S M A N TO P R E S E R V E D E ­T A I L THAT I S A L R E A D Y I N P L A C E . B U T I T I S D I F F I C U L T A N D / O R E X P E N S I V E TO R E P L A C E A R C H I ­T E C T U R A L D E T A I L O N C E I T H A S B E E N T H O U G H T L E S S L Y R E M O V E D .

T H E C A R E F U L A T T E N T I O N T O D E T A I L THAT WENT I N T O THE C O N S T R U C T I O N O F O L D H O U S E S I S A C U L T U R A L T R E A S U R E THAT CANNOT B E R E P L A C E D . K E E P I N G U P AN O L D H O U S E I S K E E P I N G F A I T H W I T H P A S T — A N D F U T U R E — G E N E R A T I O N S .

Colonial 1690-1760 C H A R A C T E R I S T I C D E T A I L S : L A R G E C E N T R A L C H I M ­N E Y ; NARROW C L A P B O A R D S ; S I M P L E F R A M E S AROUND DOORS AND W I N D O W S ; F E W — I F A N Y — S M A L L WINDOWS ( L I G H T S ) A R O U N D D O O R S . W I N ­DOWS HAD NUMEROUS S M A L L P A N E S — F R E Q U E N T L Y 1 2 O V E R 1 2 . I N S O U T H , S I M I L A R D E S I G N S WERE E X E C U T E D I N B R I C K . FEW HAVE S U R V I V E D W I T H ­OUT A D D I T I O N O F W I N G S , E L L S AND L E A N - T O S , A N D O T H E R C H A N G E S I N D E T A I L S .

Saltboi 1700-1770 C H A R A C T E R I S T I C D E T A I L S : T H E R O O F L I N E D E ­F I N E S THE S A L T B O X . I T E V O L V E D FROM THE P R A C ­T I C E O F A D D I N G A L E A N - T O ON THE B A C K O F A H O U S E I N ORDER TO G A I N E X T R A S P A C E . S O M E ­T I M E S A C H A N G E I N THE A N G L E O F THE B A C K R O O F SHOWS WHERE THE L E A N - T O WAS A D D E D . T H E D E ­S I G N B E C A M E S O P O P U L A R THAT S O M E H O U S E S WERE B U I L T W I T H THE L O N G B A C K R O O F A S P A R T O F T H E O R I G I N A L S T R U C T U R E .

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C H A R A C T E R I S T I C D E T A I L S : F r a m e s t r u c t u r e , o n e a n d o n e - h a l f s t o r e y s h i g h ; l o w p i t c h e d r o o f ; l a r g e c e n t r a l c h i m n e y ; n o d o r m e r s . L i g h t f o r a t t i c c o m e s f r o m w i n d o w s i n g a b l e e n d s . T o i n c r e a s e a t t i c h e a d r o o m , b u i l d e r s s o m e t i m e s u s e d a b o w e d ( " s h i p ' s b o t t o m " ) r o o f . O r i g i n ­a l l y c o v e r e d o n a l l s i d e s a n d r o o f w i t h w o o d s h i n g l e s t h a t w e a t h e r e d g r a y . L a t e r h o u s e s u s e d c l a p b o a r d s . T h r e e b a s i c d e s i g n s : H a l f H o u s e — t w o w i n d o w s t o s i d e o f f r o n t d o o r ; T h r e e - Q u a r t e r s H o u s e — t w o w i n d o w s t o o n e s i d e o f d o o r a n d o n e t o t h e o t h e r ; F u l l C a p e — t w o w i n d o w s t o e a c h s i d e o f d o o r .

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C H A R A C T E R I S T I C D E T A I L S : S y m m e t r i c a l d e s i g n b a s e d o n R o m a n c l a s s i c i s m . S e t o n h i g h f o u n d a t i o n , w i t h e m p h a s i s o n e n t r a n c e b a y i n m i d d l e o f h o u s e . W i d e p a n e l l e d d o o r h a d r o w o f r e c t a n g u l a r l i g h t s i n d o o r , o r t r a n s o m l i g h t a b o v e . C o l u m n s o r p i l a s t e r s f r e q u e n t l y f r a m e d d o o r , w i t h p e d i m e n t a b o v e . P l a i n c o l o n i a l e a v e s w e r e r e p l a c e d w i t h c o r n i c e , o f t e n w i t h c l a s s i c i a l f e a t u r e s s u c h a s d e n ­t i l s . W h e n d o r m e r s w e r e u s e d , t h e y h a d t r i ­a n g u l a r p e d i m e n t s a n d w e r e s p a c e d s y m m e t r i ­c a l l y . U s u a l l y h a d p i t c h e d r o o f ; s o m e t i m e s h i p p e d . E x e c u t e d i n b r i c k o r w o o d .

L a t e G e o r g i a n 1 7 6 0 - 1 7 8 0

C H A R A C T E R I S T I C D E T A I L S : H e a v y u s e o f c l a s s i -i c a l d e t a i l s . . . d o o r w a y s s u r r o u n d e d w i t h p i l ­a s t e r s o r c o l u m n s , s u r m o u n t e d b y c o r n i c e a n d / o r p e d i m e n t ; s e m i - c i r c u l a r f a n l i g h t o v e r d o o r . P a l l a d i a n ( t r i p l e ) w i n d o w o n s e c o n d f l o o r i n c e n t e r . C o r n i c e o n w i n d o w c a p s . M o r e e l a b o r a t e h o u s e s w o u l d h a v e p r o j e c t i n g e n t r a n c e p a v i l l i o n t o p p e d b y a p e d i m e n t e d g a b l e . U s e o f c o l u m n s a n d p i l a s t e r s b e c a m e m o r e l a v i s h , a s d i d u s e o f c l a s s i c a l d e t a i l s i n t h e c o r n i c e . C o r n e r s o n m a s o n r y h o u s e s u s u a l l y h a d s t o n e q u o i n s ; o n w o o d h o u s e s t h e q u o i n s w e r e o f t e n s i m u l a t e d i n w o o d .

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C H A R A C T E R I S T I C D E T A I L S : A f t e r t h e R e v o l u t i o n , h o u s e d e s i g n e r s r e j e c t e d m u c h o f t h e c l a s s i ­c a l d e c o r a t i o n o f L a t e G e o r g i a n , b u t r e t a i n e d b a s i c R o m a n s y m m e t r y . T h e r e s u l t i s o f t e n h a r d t o d i s t i n g u i s h f r o m E a r l y G e o r g i a n . D o o r w a y s r e t a i n e d p i l a s t e r s a n d c o l u m n s , u s u ­a l l y t o p p e d w i t h f l a t e n t a b l a t u r e . E l l i p t i c a l f a n l i g h t s o v e r d o o r s w e r e p o p u l a r . S i m p l e f r a m e s a r o u n d w i n d o w s ; c o r n e r s u n m a r k e d b y q u o i n s o r p i l a s t e r s . H i p p e d r o o f s b e c a m e m o r e c o m m o n , s o m e t i m e s r i m m e d b y a b a l u s t r a d e . F l a t b o a r d i n g s o m e t i m e s u s e d o n e x t e r i o r f o r a m o r e c l a s s i c a l e f f e c t .

Greek Revival 1815-1840 C H A R A C T E R I S T I C D E T A I L S : E m p h a s i s o n c o l u m n s ( o r p i l a s t e r s ) , c a p i t a l s a n d l o w t r i a n g u l a r g a b l e d p e d i m e n t — a l l t o c r e a t e t h e e f f e c t o f a G r e e k t e m p l e . F o c u s s h i f t e d f r o m t h e l o n g s i d e o f t h e h o u s e t o t h e g a b l e d e n d . P e d i -m e n t e d g a b l e a p p e a r s t o r e s t o n c l a s s i c a l e n t a b l a t u r e , w h i c h i s i n t u r n s u p p o r t e d b y c o l u m n s . M o r e e l a b o r a t e h o m e s h a d a c o l u m n e d e n t r a n c e p o r t i c o — e s p e c i a l l y p o p u l a r i n t h e s o u t h . W i n d o w s a r e s t r o n g l y v e r t i c a l , w i t h s i x - o v e r - s i x p a n e s . L i n e s a r e s i m p l e r a n d c l e a n e r t h a n R o m a n - i n f l u e n c e d G e o r g i a n .

mm Gothic Revival 1835-1880

C H A R A C T E R I S T I C D E T A I L S : O b j e c t i v e w a s t o r e ­c a p t u r e t h e r o m a n c e o f m e d i e v a l b u i l d i n g s . E m p h a s i s w a s o n v e r t i c a l e f f e c t , a c h i e v e d t h r o u g h m u l t i p l e s h a r p l y p o i n t e d g a b l e s w i t h s l e n d e r f i n i a l s a t t h e p e a k s . W i n d o w s w e r e t a l l a n d s l e n d e r , s o m e t i m e s t o p p e d w i t h a l a n c e t a r c h . C a s e m e n t w i n d o w s w i t h l e a d e d d i a m o n d - s h a p e d p a n e s w e r e a l s o p o p u l a r . W o o d ­e n v e r g e b o a r d s u n d e r e a v e s — a n d o t h e r d e c o r ­a t i v e w o o d w o r k — w a s c u t w i t h m e d i e v a l m o t i f s s u c h a s t r e f o i l s , q u a t r e f o i l s , g o t h i c c r o s s e s a n d o t h e r p o i n t e d s y m b o l s .

Italians 1845-1885 Mansard 1855-1885 C H A R A C T E R I S T I C D E T A I L S : D e s i g n e d t o r e s e m b l e I t a l i a n c o u n t r y v i l l a s . A s y m m e t r i c a l a r r a n g e ­m e n t o f s q u a r e d s h a p e s a n d l i n e s . F l a t o r l o w - p i t c h e d r o o f s ; e x t e n d e d e a v e s t h a t e m p h a ­s i z e d e e p a n d h e a v y c o r n i c e s s e t w i t h o r n a t e b r a c k e t s . P l a i n h o r i z o n t a l d e c o r a t i v e b a n d s . T a l l , s l e n d e r w i n d o w s , s o m e w i t h r o u n d e d h e a d s . S q u a r e - p i l l a r e d p o r c h e s ; s e m i - c i r c u ­l a r a r c h e s ; t a l l s q u a r e t o w e r o r c u p o l a ; b a l c o n i e s s e t o n s t o u t , o r n a t e b r a c k e t s .

C H A R A C T E R I S T I C D E T A I L S : E a s i l y r e c o g n i z e d b y h i g h l y d i s t i n c t i v e r o o f l i n e . E x t r a l i v i n g s p a c e o n t o p f l o o r i s g a i n e d b y b e n d i n g o u t t h e s l o p e o f t h e r o o f . T h e M a n s a r d r o o f i s p i e r c e d b y a d a z z l i n g v a r i e t y o f d o r m e r w i n ­d o w s : R e c t a n g u l a r , p o i n t e d , g a b l e d , r o u n d — e v e n d o u b l e r o w s o f d o r m e r s . D o r m e r s o f t e n o r n a m e n t e d w i t h p e d i m e n t s a n d c o n s o l e b u t ­t r e s s e s . S l a t e o f t e n u s e d o n s t e e p s l o p e o f r o o f . A l s o c a l l e d S e c o n d E m p i r e s t y l e .

The Old-Bouse Journal

Queen km 1875-1300 C H A R A C T E R I S T I C D E T A I L S : A p i c t u r e s q u e m a s s i n g o f v a r i e t y o f s h a p e s a n d t e x t u r e s i n a n o n ­s y m m e t r i c a l c o m p o s i t i o n . G a b l e s , d o r m e r s , c h i m n e y s , r o u n d t u r r e t s a n d o r i e l w i n d o w s u s e d f r e e l y . P o r c h e s f e a t u r e d e l i c a t e l y t u r n e d s p i n d l e w o r k ; h o r i z o n t a l d e c o r a t i v e b a n d s . B r i c k c h i m n e y s u s u a l l y f l u t e d , w i t h l a r g e c a p s . I n b r i c k , t e r r a c o t t a u s e d f o r d e c o r a t i o n . I n w o o d , s m o o t h b o a r d s a r e m i x e d w i t h c l a p b o a r d s a n d s h i n g l e s f o r v a r i e t y .

Carpenter Gothic 1870-1910 C H A R A C T E R I S T I C D E T A I L S : S a w n w o o d o r n a m e n t a t p e a k s o f g a b l e s , i n v e r g e b o a r d s u n d e r g a b l e s , a n d o n p o r c h e s . E v e n p o r c h r a i l i n g s a n d a p r o n s s o m e t i m e s h a v e s a w n p a t t e r n s . D e s i g n s m a y b e h o l e s a n d s l o t s c u t o u t o f w o o d — o r p i e c e s a p p l i e d t o o t h e r b o a r d s . S a w n b r a c k e t s a p p e a r o n p o r c h p o s t s a n d o n c o r n i c e . O r n a m e n t d e p e n d s m o r e o n w h i m o f t h e c a r p e n t e r - b u i l d e r t h a n o n a n y a r c h i t e c t u r a l s t y l e . T h i s t y p e o f o r n a m e n t a l s o c a l l e d " g i n g e r b r e a d . "

C I T Y ROW H O U S E S : A l t h o u g h t h e y h a d o n l y t h e f r o n t s u r f a c e t o w o r k w i t h , d e s i g n e r s c a p t u r e d t h e e s s e n c e o f v a r i o u s s t y l e s i n r o w h o u s e s . . . D o o r w a y s w i t h f a n l i g h t s a n d s i d e l i g h t s i n F e d e r a l ; A r c h e d w i n d o w s a n d h e a v y b r a c k e t s o n

I t a l i a n a t e ; U s i n g t h e M a n s a r d r o o f w i t h c o u n t ­l e s s d o r m e r v a r i a t i o n s ; D e n t i l l e d c o r n i c e w i t h c l a s s i c a l c o l u m n s a n d a r c h i t r a v e o n G r e e k R e ­v i v a l d o o r w a y ; D a z z l i n g v a r i e t y o f g a b l e s , b a y s , t e x t u r e s a n d h o r i z o n t a l b a n d i n g o n Q u e e n A n n e .

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T H E O L D - H O U S E J O U R N A L i s a m o n t h l y p u b l i c a t i o n s p e c i a l i z i n g i n p r e s e r v a t i o n a n d r e s t o r a t i o n i n f o r m a t i o n f o r h o u s e s b u i l t p r i o r t o 1 9 1 4 . A r t i c l e s e m p h a s i z e p r a c t i c a l , d o - i t - y o u r s e l f t e c h n i q u e s . S u b s c r i p t i o n s a r e a v a i l a b l e a t $12 p e r y e a r .

YPSILANTI HISTORICAL MUSEUM Z*ZO NORTH HURON STKEET ZJPCOOE -0S97 YpSiLANnMiCHJCAN P/fON£ 3/3'48Z'4990 MUSEAM NOUXS F06R£LL FLETCHER- CRY HJ6W*/AN.

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