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327 North Ann Arbor Street
Date of Construction: 1912-1920
Photo by Cynthia Christensen
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-and-one-half story, cross-gabled Queen Anne style house with free classic detailing. The house has a full width porch with round column supports, which rest on a stone balustrade. The porch roof has a pediment over the entry, accented with a sunburst. The double gables on the east-facing façade contain fishscale shingles and sunbursts. There is a small square window in the upper gable and a Palladian-style window in the lower gable. Each of the side gables contain a small, square window. The entry door is wood, with a glass oval window and there is a diamond shaped window, south of the door. The reaminder of the windows are six lights over six, and eight over eight, with shutters. There is a two-story addition on the rear of the house and a gambrel roof barn is located behind the house (Kosky & Glynn).
History: On the 1921 Sanborn Fire Insurance Map, this property shows a one- story dwelling connected on the south side of a building specializing in hardware, paint and oil. A lumber warehouse is shown to the rear of the property. Earlier Sanborn Maps do not show a dwelling in this location. The address on the 1921 Sanborn Map is 323. The 1920 U.S. Census lists Flavius Ford, merchant at a lumber and hardware store, as living at 323 North Ann Arbor. Ten years prior, on the 1910 Census, Mr. Ford was listed as a boarder, working at the lumber and hardware store. It is possible that he was living somewhere on the property at that time.
*Sanborn Fire Insurance Map Image: 1888
*Sanborn Fire Insurance Map Image: 1912
*Sanborn Fire Insurance Map Image: 1921
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.
Sanborn Fire Insurance Map of Saline, Washtenaw County, Michigan. New York: Sanborn Map Company, 1888. Sheet #1.
Sanborn Fire Insurance Map of Saline, Washtenaw County, Michigan. New York: Sanborn Map Company, 1912. Sheet #1.
Sanborn Fire Insurance Map of Saline, Washtenaw County, Michigan. New York: Sanborn Map Company, 1921. Sheet #1.
* Sanborn Fire Insurance Maps of Saline, Michigan, Washtenaw County (1888,1893, 1899, 1912, 1921 and 1929) are owned by the City of Saline and located at the Saline City Hall.
"U.S. City Directories, 1821-1989." ancestry.com. http://home.ancestry.com/.
United States Federal Census. Year: 1910; Census Place: Lodi, Washtenaw, Michigan; Roll: T624_677; Page: 1A; Enumeration District: 0130; FHL microfilm: 1374690.
United States Federal Census. Year: 1920; Census Place: Lodi, Washtenaw, Michigan; Roll: T625_800; Page: 11A; Enumeration District: 149; Image: 44. http://www.ancestry.com/
Suggested Reading:
McAlester, Virginia , and Lee McAlester. A Field Guide to American Houses. New York: Alfred A. Knopf, Inc. 1984.
Prepared by Lori Swick
April 17, 2013