A Light from Within by Daylily18
In just over a week, we'll turn our focus on Absolute Michigan to gardens and gardening.
Features will include some of Michigan's great botanical gardens, nurseries and greenhouses, garden-themed events and we'll also be featuring profiles of native Michigan plants.
If you'd like to get warmed up, have a look at the [...]
March 19, 2008 – 10:05 am
Whaley Historical House by sarrazak6881
The central portion of this handsome Victorian home was built in the late 1850s. Several prominent Flint families lived in it before Robert J. Whaley purchased it in 1884. Whaley a local lumberman and banker, remodeled the house extensively. Three bays, the library alcove and a west-end addition were among the [...]
"Loren Andrus Octagon House by Larry the Biker
Made with bricks that Loren Andrus himself made with local clay, the Andrus house is Michigan's most elaborate remaining example of the Octagon form, considered by many to be the first pure American housing style. The leading authority and promoter of these eight-sided wonders was Orson Squire [...]
Bottle House by agilitynut
This home was built by John J. Makinen, Sr. using over 60,000 bottles laid on their sides with the bottoms toward the exterior. Most of the bottles were from his own company, The Northwestern Bottling Works. The house was completed in 1941 but sadly Mr. Makinen passed away before he [...]
By maude
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Wing House by KatheD
This impressive Second Empire style home with mansard roof sheathed in tin was constructed in 1875 for Jay Chandler (1850-1884) and his young bride Frances. This home has an open, two-bay porch along the front . The brick walls are covered with clapboard siding and a triple-bay porch with a [...]
Russell A. Alger, Jr., (1773-1930) son of Michigan's Governor Russell Alger and one of the founders of the Packard Motor Car Company, built this Italian Renaissance style mansion in 1910. Charles A. Platt of New York designed this elaborate structure, and Ellen Shipman of New York landscaped the grounds. The home is situated [...]
VOIGT HOUSE by GR58
The Voigt House is an elegant and perfectly preserved Victorian mansion was built for Carl G. A. Voigt in 1895. Voigt came to Grand Rapids in 1870 and ran a mill and dry goods store with W. G. Herpolsheimer. In 1902, when the partnership ended, Voigt took over the milling works.
The house [...]
By farlane
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Tower of Power by docksidepress
Heritage Hill has 1,300 homes that date from 1848 and representing over 60 architectural styles. To understand just how diverse these styles can be, visit the Voight House Museum, a beautiful example of Queen Anne architecture and then walk a few blocks over to the Meyer May house which was Frank [...]
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