Wagstaff-Duddleston Home
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N 42° 08.596 W 083° 10.570
17T E 320175 N 4667975
Located at the northwest corner of Riverside Drive and Elm Street. Streetside parking available.
Waymark Code: WM13WZ
Location: Michigan, United States
Date Posted: 01/06/2007
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From the State Historic Preservation Office website:
Narrative Description:
The Robert Wagstaff House is a two-story, T-shaped, cross-gabled, vernacular frame structure of white-painted clapboard, featuring a double-hung, multi-light, projecting central-gabled pavillion, sash windows, and a plain frieze with raking cornices without returns.
Statement of Significance:
The Robert Wagstaff House has historical significance for its association with three Trenton pioneers and early civic leaders. Abram C. Truax, Trenton's first settler and postmaster, built the house in 1841-42 under contract with Captain Robert Wagstaff, who bought the property from Truax. Wagstaff went bankrupt before the house was paid for; in 1847, his daughter Catherine and her husband, Benjamin Beckman, purchased the house. Captain William Duddleson, a Sandusky, Ohio native, bought the house in 1866. He was elected Trenton's first village president after the village was incorporated in 1876.
Historical Name: Abram C. Truax, Robert Wagstaff, Catherine and Benjamin Beckman, Captain William Duddleson
Parking nearby?: yes
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Registered Site #: Local Site #1305
Historical Date: Not listed
Description: Not listed
website: Not listed
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