Historic house in Michigan, United States
United States historic place
The Thomas and Maria Blackman Bartlett House (also known as the Bartlett-Travis House)[2] was built as a private house at the corner of Canton Center and Warren Roads.[3] It was donated to Canton Township[3] and relocated to its current site at 500 N. Ridge Road in Cherry Hill, Michigan. It was listed on the National Register of Historic Places in 2000.[1]
Description
The Bartlett House was originally constructed in a Greek Revival style, but in subsequent years has been updated with Victorian elements.[4]
The house is a two-story wood structure with clapboard siding, shingle roof, and a cement block foundation faced with fieldstone.[2] The main portion of the house has extensions to the side and rear. The front entry is flanked with pilasters and sheltered by a small porch with millwork and scrolled brackets. A large wrap-around porch (reconstructed from photographs) with wooden columns and balustrade runs from the front to the south facade. Windows are primarily four-over-four, with the exception of three six-over-six windows in the rear extension.[2]
History
Thomas and Maria Blackman Bartlett settled in Canton Township in 1839.[2] Maria's father, Darius Blackman, built this Greek Revival upright and wing house c. 1840[2] and may have given the house and surrounding land to Maria and Thomas as a wedding present.[3] In 1867, Thomas and Maria' son George Bartlett purchased the property.[3] During the 19th century, the Bartletts added various enlargements were to the structure.[2] In 1908, the farm and house were purchased by William and Martha Travis; their daughter Ella Rowe inherited the house in approximately 1924 and owned it until the mid-1950s. At that point, the house was purchased by Thomas Myers; it passed through the hands of John Darakijan and Kev Dividock, who donated the house to Canton Township.[3] In 1989, the house was moved to its current location and placed on a new foundation. Restoration work to return the house to its c. 1900[2] appearance was begun in 1994 and finished in 2002.[3] The house was listed on the National Register of Historic Places in 2000.[1]
The house is available for community rental.
