318 North Ann Arbor Street

1994 Survey Photo by Kosky & Glynn Associates
Copyright held by the City of Saline

Photo by Lori Swick
February 2013

This house is listed in the National Register of Historic Places as part of the North Ann Arbor Street District.

Architectural Description: This is a two-story, gabled ell (L-shaped), vernacular Gothic Revival style house. There is a wall dormer in the center of the wing section. The wrap around porch has details similar to those at 316 North Ann Arbor St., with tapered wood supports resting on brick piers and a plain wood balustrade. Gothic Revival wood lintels and surrounds are incorporated on most of the windows. There is a two story-addition on the rear of the house, which has been modified from one-and-one-half stories since the 1994 survey. A two-story gable front barn in the rear that appeared on the Sanborn map the same time as the house (1899).

History: This house appeared on the 1888 Sanborn Fire Insurance Map. The date of construction is 1880 on the National Registry Nomination and 1885 on the Survey by Kosky and Glynn. The wrap around porch did not appear until the 1929 Sanborn Map. Early owners included Herbert and Flora Rogers (1916), Louise Richards and George Roller (1920) and William and Ethel Elfring (1926).

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

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

National Register of Historic Places, North Ann Arbor Street Historic District, Saline, Washtenaw County, Michigan, National Register #85002958

Sommers, Laurie. "National Register of Historic Places Inventory - Nomination Form: Historic Resources of Saline, Michigan--Partial Inventory: Historic and Architectural Properties." National Park Service.

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

Prepared by Lori Swick
April 17, 2013