Joseph Annin House

This sophisticated structure is the finest representation of [the Italianate Style] in Saline and undoubtedly in even a much wider geographical area. The elegance of design is particularly notable in the cornice, with its paired wooden brackets alternating with rectangular window openings. The 1874 Everts and Stewart Illustrated Atlas drawing of this property reveals the remarkable architectural integrity of this building: with the exception of the alteration to the front porch, the removal of the belvedere and a few outbuildings, and an addition of a shed-roofed addition to the barn, the building provides an excellent visual representation of the high quality achieved in Saline's early residential architecture.

A pure Italianate cube, this sophisticated two-story brick structure sits back on a 4.37 acre lot. The five-bay facade contains a central entrance portico, a one-bay remodeling of the original three-bay porch which utilized the original materials but lacks the original widow's walk. Matching interior chimneys protrude from the north and south edges of the hipped roof. A belvedere originally capping the roof was removed about 1920.

The overhanging eaves feature paired ornamental brackets with pendants which alternate with small rectangular windows. Decorative wooden lintels top the shuttered double sash window openings of the primary facades. A wooden vertical board-and-batten-sided barn/carriage house with a gabled roof and shed addition sits behind and north of the residence at the end of a long driveway.