Edward Ferris House
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N 42° 29.607 W 084° 33.685
16T E 700395 N 4707447
This private residence is on the west side of Onondaga Road between Stimpson and Ferris Roads. No parking available. The house is undergoing extensive renovation by the owner.
Waymark Code: WMHJH
Location: Michigan, United States
Date Posted: 07/16/2006
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The Edward Ferris House is significant for its association with a pioneer Ingham County family. This site was the home of Richard and Christian (Cook) Ferris and their eight children, including a son Edward Ferris (1847-1937). Richard Ferris (1805-1866), the fourth Probate Judge of Ingham County, and later a Judge at the Ingham County courthouse, returned to his native New York City in 1863 after blood poisoning had killed Edward's mother, and typhoid fever had struck down four of Edward's eight brothers and sisters between 1847 and 1862. Edward returned to Onondaga in 1876 to work the land and pursue agricultural interests. Edward's marriage to the former Marietta Longley in May, 1878, prompted the construction of this elaborate plan-book farmhouse for his new bride.
Description:
The Edward Ferris House is an elaborately decorated two-and-one-half-story, Queen Anne-inspired, clapboard-sheathed building, set on a stone foundation. It features bracketed eaves, bay windows, and decorative porches. Gables are decorated with ornately patterned, Moorish-arched verge boards with intricate cut-out designs, and contain an oculus or paired round arched windows which light the hip-and-gable roofed attic. Three corbel-capped fireplace chimneys pierce the roof of the main portion of the structure, while a fourth chimney extends up from the half-hipped, one story kitchen "ell" at the house's western elevation.
Parking nearby?: no
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Registered Site #: Local Site #1480
Historical Date: Not listed
Historical Name: Not listed
website: Not listed
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