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Charles Trowbridge House
The oldest surviving house in the city[2]
LocationDetroit, Michigan
 United States
Built1826
ArchitectUnknown
Architectural styleLate Victorian, Federal
NRHP reference No.76001042[1]
Added to NRHPMay 28, 1976

The Charles C. Trowbridge House is located at 1380 E. Jefferson Avenue in Detroit, Michigan. It is the oldest building in the city of Detroit,[2] and was listed on the National Register of Historic Places in 1976.[1]

History

Charles Christopher Trowbridge built this house in 1826 at a cost of $2500[3] on what was then farmland, far from the heart of Detroit.[4] At the time, the River Road (now East Jefferson) ran behind the house; the original access to the house may have been from what is now the rear.[3] Houses of this type often had similar front and rear layouts, with entrances at both ends of a central hallway.[3]

Trowbridge lived in the house for 56 years until his death in 1883.[4] The house, originally built in a Greek Revival style, was updated with Victorian elements such as the bay window in the front.[2][5]

After Trowbridge's death, the house remained in the family, and was converted to a rooming house in 1936. In 1942, the Trowbridge family sold the house to Marie Cavanaugh and it was converted back to a single-family residence.[3] Today, the house is privately owned and houses multiple businesses including Trowbridge Law Firm, Trowbridge Realty, Dickson & Associates and Pandora Outside the Box Marketing.

References

  1. ^ a b "National Register Information System". National Register of Historic Places. National Park Service. 2008-04-15.
  2. ^ a b c Eric J. Hill, John Gallagher, American Institute of Architects Detroit Chapter, AIA Detroit , Wayne State University Press, 2002, ISBN 0814331203, p.232
  3. ^ a b c d Charles Trowbridge House from the city of Detroit
  4. ^ a b James V. Cambell, "Biographical Sketch of Charles C. Trowbridge," read June 3, 1883, published in Pioneer Collections: Report of the Pioneer Society of the State of Michigan, 1907, pp. 478 - 491
  5. ^ Charles Trowbridge House from Detroit1701.org
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