John Carveth House

John Carveth House
Location 614 W. Main St., Middleville, Michigan
Coordinates 42°42′40″N 85°28′27″W / 42.71111°N 85.47417°W / 42.71111; -85.47417Coordinates: 42°42′40″N 85°28′27″W / 42.71111°N 85.47417°W / 42.71111; -85.47417
Area 5 acres (2.0 ha)
Built 1886 (1886)
Architectural style Queen Anne
NRHP Reference # 92001076[1]
Significant dates
Added to NRHP August 21, 1992
Designated MSHS December 12, 1992[2]

The John Carveth House, also known as the Aaron Clark House or the Lone Willow Farm, is a private house located at 614 West Main Street in Middleville, Michigan. It was designated a Michigan State Historic Site in 1992[2] and listed on the National Register of Historic Places in 1992.[1]

History

John Carveth was born in 1841 in Saranac, Michigan.[3] He worked for a time as a teacher,[3] but in 1867 moved to Middleville to read law.[2] He was admitted to the bar in 1868 and established a practice in Middleville, and in 1885-86 served as a state senator from the district. In 1886, he built ths house for his own use. Carveth lived here until 1895, when he sold the house to his brother-in-law and one-time law partner, Aaron Clark.[2]

Description

The John Carveth House is an elaborate, asymmetrical two-story Queen Anne structure.[2] It has a wood frame with a steep cross-gable and hip roof and sits on an ashlar fieldstone foundation. The house is covered with clapboard siding, with additional patterned shingling and decorative siding in the gables. A broad veranda features decorative spindlework, broad arches, and bull's eye motifs, as does the balvony above. Many first floor windows contain an upper sash with tinted margin lights flanking a clear center light. The interior boasts decorative Eastlake designs around windows, fireplace, an other trim.[2]

A two-story frame side-gable carriage house/barn is located near the house, as is small milking parlor and a modern garage.[2]

References

  1. 1 2 National Park Service (2010-07-09). "National Register Information System". National Register of Historic Places. National Park Service.
  2. 1 2 3 4 5 6 7 "Carveth, John, House". Michigan State Housing Development Authority: Historic Sites Online. Retrieved March 13, 2013.
  3. 1 2 Michigan. Dept. of State (1885), Michigan Manual, p. 550
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