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mta
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Favorite A2 Historic Buildings
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Dec 23 16:32 UTC 1991 |
A few of my favorite Ann Arbor historic builings:
1. The first Unitarian Church/Grace Bible Church
100 North State 1882
2. Nichols Arcade
326-330 South State 1915-1918
3. Newberry Hall
434 South State 1888-1891
4. The old Fire House
219 East Huron 1882
5. The John Haarer Building
113 West Liberty 1888
6. The Ottmar Eberbach House
402 South Fourth Avenue 1875
7. The Martin Haller house
410 South Main 1890
7. The Jacob Laubengayer house
416 South Main mid 1880's
8. The Michigan Central Railroad Depot
401 Depot 1886
10. The Henry Simmons Frieze house
1547 Wastenaw 1860
11. Memorial Christian Church
730 Tappan 1891
12. The Samuel G. Miller house
1136 Prospect 1893
13.* The Christian Eberbach house
1115 Woodlawn 1863
14. The Ticknor-Campbell house
2781 Packard 1844
15. The Albert Mann house
408 West Liberty 1891
16.The David F. Allmendinger house
412 South First 1870
17. The Raab-Harlacher house
632 South First 1885
18.* The John Lucas House
502 Sixth 1882
19.* The John hagen house
818 West Liberty 1888
20. The Jacob Beck house
1444 West Liberty 1864
Oh, the *(asterisks) represent my especial favorites. Please note
that I forgot to include one at the the Albert Mann house. A grave
oversight.
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remmers
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response 1 of 6:
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Dec 23 19:15 UTC 1991 |
I'd maybe add the Michigan Theater to that list.
Ann Arbor once had a distinguished old county courthouse. It was
demolished in the 1950's and replaced by a plastic monstrosity
known as the County Building. Historic preservation forces were
not as strong then as they are now; in response to those who did
object to the demolition, the mayor at the time said: "That
court house is over a hundred years old. Need more be said?"
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fes
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response 2 of 6:
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Jan 21 17:58 UTC 1992 |
The 1950s and 1960s were a shitty time for historic buildings (as noted
above). Other victims were the mill in Dexter, most of the buildings in
downtown Ypsi (from the look of them), and god knows what else. Check out
a book called "A Field Guide to American Houses" for this aspect of historic
architecture. I'm looking for a comparable work dealing with commercial and
industrial buildings. And while we're on the subject, does anyone know of
any books on industrial archaeology?
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mta
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response 3 of 6:
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May 22 01:09 UTC 1992 |
Larry, would you consider guiding a tour of some of Ann Arbors greatest
archtiectural gems? I'd love to know more about them and I think a
grexpedition would be great fun!
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polygon
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response 4 of 6:
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Jun 5 19:25 UTC 1992 |
Hmmm ... that is a thought. I may not be the most knowledgeable person
to do it, though.
(In East Lansing, sure, I could take you on a house-to-house tour of the
historic districts, tell you about every one ...)
In Ann Arbor, I'd mostly be limited to talking about the architecture
itself.
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mta
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response 5 of 6:
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Jun 6 17:09 UTC 1992 |
There are several good photo histories we could use to supplement your
knowledge...but the architectural stuff is "the meat" anyway--and the
influences of architectural fashion were probably much the same all
over Michigan much of the time...
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polygon
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response 6 of 6:
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Jun 10 02:19 UTC 1992 |
True.
Hmmm, it would be a real challenge to come up with a walking tour that
would cover the range of styles without wearing out people's feet ... :-)
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