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Albertson, Eli and Sidney Teeter, House
Historic Photo from NRHP Filing
Albertson Farm Oakland Twp, Oakland Co, MI April 18, 2002 Ruth E. Mills 7238 Elmingo Algonac MI 48001 East and north side photo # 1
National Register of Historic Places Filing
Local SignificanceArchitecture1856-1882
The Eli and Sidney Teeter Albertson House is a rare Victorian example of the I-house form in Oakland Township. The I-house was more characteristic of the pioneer-era (1830s to 1850s) domestic architecture of Oakland County and southeastern Michigan than of the region's later nineteenth-century architecture. House forms such as the I-house and New England Large, commonly found in the township's and county's surviving early architecture, reflect the New England and New York state origins of a majority of the area's early nineteenth-century settlers. The Albertson House, with its bracketed trim, appears to represent a later, Victorian-era continuation of one of the area's early characteristic house forms.
Physical Description
Located on the northwest corner of Sheldon and Snell roads in Oakland Township, the Albertson House stands on a 4.9 acre remnant of an earlier farm. The house is a two-story frame mid-nineteenth century farmhouse with additions. Fronting on Sheldon Road to the east, the main structure is a rectangular, side-gabled, two-storied building five bays wide across the front and two deep. It has a centered front gable, a one-story entry porch, and a bay window to the south. A series of connected one-story additions run to the west of the main structure. The entire structure has a fieldstone foundation, with clapboard siding, decorative wood trim, and an asphalt-shingled roof. The property is in excellent condition, with very few alterations made to the main structure since its construction.
Architect/Builder
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NRHP Ref# 02001505 • Data from National Park Service • Content available under CC BY-SA 4.0
Historical Photos
(7)Albertson Farm Oakland Twp, Oakland Co, MI April 18, 2002 Ruth E. Mills 7238 Elmingo Algonac MI 48001 East and north side photo # 1
Public Domain (Michigan filing for National Register of Historic Places)
From Wikipedia
The Eli and Sidney Teeter Albertson House is a single family home located at 4480 Sheldon Road in Oakland Charter Township, Michigan. It is a rare Victorian example of an I-house in Oakland Township. It was listed on the National Register of Historic Places in 2002.
History
In 1833, Martin Coleman purchased this parcel of land, likely building a small house and barn on the property soon afterward. In 1845, Coleman transferred 80 acres, including the house and barn, to Zenas Coleman, probably his son. In 1856, Zenas Coleman sold their 80 acres to Eli Albertson and his wife, Sidney Teeter Albertson. The Albertsons made extensive improvements to the property, including constructing a substantial main house as an addition to the already extant smaller house.
Eli Albertson died in 1882, and the farm eventually passed to his youngest daughter Carrie May and her husband Harvey Crissman. The Crissmans planted apple orchards on the property. In 1949, most of the 80 acre farm was platted into a subdivision, and the ownership of the house passed out of the family.
Description
The Albertson House is a two-story rectangular, side-gabled building five bays wide, on a fieldstone foundation. The house is likely timber-framed rather than balloon-framed. It has clapboard siding, decorative wood trim, and an asphalt-shingled roof. A string of connected additions runs to one side, and a bay window projects from one wall. The main facade is symmetrical, with a central front gable, a large window in the second story below, and a one-story entry porch on the first floor. The central entry axis is flanked on both floors with double-hung, two-over-two windows of equal size.
Decorative wood trim accents the house, including stickwork support posts on the entry porch, with panels between the sticks displaying hearts, circles, and teardrops. Pedimented hoods with decorative trim are above the windows, and paired brackets run along the cornice line.
See also
- National Register of Historic Places listings in Oakland County, Michigan
References
Content available under CC BY-SA 4.0
Building Details
- Year Built
- 1856
- Style
- Victorian
- Building Type
- Residence
- National Register
- Listed
- Ref# 02001505
