103 South Lewis Street

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

Photo by Lori Swick
February 2013

Description: This Craftsman style house is one-and-one-half stories, side-gabled and has a front full width enclosed porch with modern windows. There is a centered front gable dormer with a ribbon of windows. The house has been remodeled since the 1994 survey, to include modern windows that are three lights over one, a newer Craftsman style front door, wood shingles on the upper story and the addition of brackets in the front gable. There is a shed roof rectangular bay and a brick chimney on the north elevation.

History: Alvin Burkhardt and his wife Lena built the house in 1927. Mr. Burkhardt was listed on the 1940 U.S Census as a bank cashier. The Burkhardts lived in this house until at least 1947 (Kosky and Glynn).

Sources: "Historic District Study Committee Report of West Henry/South Lewis Local Historic District." 2001.

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

United States Federal Census. Year: 1940; Census Place: Saline, Washtenaw, Michigan; Roll: T627_1824; Page: 6A; Enumeration District: 81-43. Ancestry.com Inc.

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