Reynolds-Horner House
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N 42° 30.523 W 084° 39.408
16T E 692509 N 4708921
Located on the south side of West King Street between Main and Hall Streets. Parking available on Hall Street.
Waymark Code: WMZVW
Location: Michigan, United States
Date Posted: 11/26/2006
Views: 20
From the Michigan State Historic Preservation Office website:
The Reynolds-Horner House is located within the city limits of Eaton Rapids occupying a large lot on the southeast corner of King and Hall Streets; the house faces north. This Queen Anne, hipped roof with lower cross-gables, is basically rectangular and symmetrical in plan and consists of a variety of forms, textures and materials. The roof is slate and the house sits on a fieldstone foundation. The front and side gables feature decorative vergeboards, a rectangular window and vertical stickwork. In addition these two facades are symmetrical with windows and doors consistent, two-over-two. There is a bay window with a frieze band and a small balcony with stickwork balustrade, lattice-work within knee brace brackets and paired cottage windows with high sash and multi-panes in the smaller upper sash on the northeast corner of the house. The front porch has turned posts with spindlework frieze and lattice-work within the arched opening under the gabled shed roof, the balustrade also has arched openings. Double doors provide light for the entryway. There is a small pane window to the west of the front doors which is paired with the window on the west facade; they are the same shape and form. The windows above the shed roof are paired, multi-pane, multi-colored and rectangular in form.
Statement of Significance: The Reynolds - Horner House was constructed by William H. Reynolds, who according to Scott Munn in "The Only Eaton Rapids on Earth," "selected farming for his vocation." At the time of his death in 1920, however, Reynolds was in the dry goods business. Reynolds was considered a prominent man in Eaton Rapids. He sold this property to William A. Horner in 1901, who owned and lived in the home until his death in 1960. William H. Reynolds died in Detroit in 1920. William A. Horner began his career as supervisor of the Horner Woolen Mills, a family owned business. He also served as vice president of the company for many years and became president in 1956, four years before his death. According to Munn, "it is known that Will is one of the best graders of wool in these parts." The Horner family made their mill one of the leading woolen mills in the United States.
Historical Name: William H. Reynolds, William A. Horner
Parking nearby?: yes
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Registered Site #: Local Site #1935
Historical Date: Not listed
Description: Not listed
website: Not listed
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