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Joseph Annin House
Joseph Annin House Saline MI.JPG
Location 218 Monroe St., Saline, Michigan
Area 4.4 acres (1.8 ha)
Built 1863 (1863)
Architectural style Italianate
MPS Saline MRA
NRHP reference No. 85002952
Added to NRHP October 10, 1985

The Joseph Annin House is a single-family home located at 218 Monroe Street in Saline, Michigan. It was listed on the National Register of Historic Places in 1985.

History

This house was constructed in 1863 for farmer Joseph Annin. In 1867 it was purchased by Alfred Miller, who owned a local hotel. In 1873 it changed hands again, this time to Harvey Bennett, and in 1876 John Hull purchased it. It was later home to the Peoples family, who purchased the home in 1918.

Description

The Joseph Annin House is a two-story brick Italianate structure shaped like a cube. It is five bays across, with a central entrance portico. It has hip roof with matching interior chimney sand overhanging eaves supported by paired ornamental brackets. Between the brackets are small rectangular windows. Window openings on the primary facades are shuttered double sash with decorative wooden lintels above. A wooden barn/carriage house with a gabled roof and vertical board-and-batten siding sits behind the house.

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