107 North Ann Arbor Street

Architectural Description: This cross-gabled, Queen Anne style building is two stories in height. There are wood shingles and small windows in the gables.
The house is clad with lap siding on the second story and vertical siding on the first story. A bay window is located on the second story on the east-facing façade and an enclosed porch is on the lower level, just below the bay and extending the entire width of the façade. An undated picture shows the house to have molded concrete on the first story and clapboard siding on the upper story. The undated photo also shows two doors on the façade on the lower level and a narrow balcony on the upper level, between the bay and northeast corner of the house (Kosky & Glynn).

History: This house was built in ca. 1910. Dr. James B. Wallace occupied the building for over thirty years (1916-1947). A prominent physician, Dr. Wallace used this building as a drugstore and office on the lower level. According to city directories, Dr. Wallace lived on the upper level. He may have moved here directly after residing at 309 North Ann Arbor, where he lived from 1910-1916 (Kosky & Glynn). The structure is presently used as an office on the lower story and an apartment on the upper story.

Sources: "Historic District Study Committee Report for the North Ann Arbor Street Local Historic District." 2004

Kosky & Glynn Associates. "Historical and Architectural Survey." Saline, Michigan. 1994.

Suggested Reading: McAlester, Virginia & Lee McAlester.  A Field Guide to American Houses. New York: Alfred A. Knopf, Inc. 1984.

 

Prepared by Lori Swick
April 17, 2013

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