217 South Ann Arbor Street

Architectural Description: This two-story red brick structure has a simplified Art Moderne style. It has a cube shape with the front door located in the center of the façade. Although the windows are symmetrically placed, they vary in size, from single pane to two-over-two windows to double two-over-two windows to a large single pane on the second story of the façade (upper west side). A one-story attached garage has been converted into a living space. This house was once divided into three apartments.

History: Harry Cogar built this house in 1954. An article in the Saline Observer dated July 27, 1967, stated that Mr. Cogar was employed at the University of Michigan as a supervisor in the plant department and volunteered for the City of Saline as chairman of the of the summer recreation department.

Sources: "Historic District Study Committee Report for the South Ann Arbor Street Local Historic District." 2007.

Kosky & Glynn Associates. "Intensive Survey, South Ann Arbor Street, Saline, Michigan." 1994.

Saline Observer, July 27, 1967. Clark Historical Library Newspaper Collection. http://condor.cmich.edu/cdm/landingpage/collection/p15076coll5.

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

 

Prepared by Lori Swick
April 17, 2013

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