The Orrin and Roxanne Fairman Kinyon House is a private house located at 7675 N. Ridge Road in
Canton, Michigan
Canton, officially the Charter Township of Canton, is a charter township of Wayne County in the U.S. state of Michigan. As of the 2020 census, the township had a population of 98,659.
Canton Township is Michigan's second most-populated townsh ...
. It was listed on the
National Register of Historic Places
The National Register of Historic Places (NRHP) is the United States federal government's official list of districts, sites, buildings, structures and objects deemed worthy of preservation for their historical significance or "great artistic ...
in 2000.
History
One of the earliest settlers in Canton Township was Elisha Kinyon; he and his wife Dilla first bought land in the area in 1831.
Elisha's son Orrin bought from his father in 1834,
and in 1835 he married Roxanne Fairman.
The couple had eight children between 1836 and 1856, all sons,
and built this house in 1850. Only three of the couple's sons survived to adulthood; family tradition recounts that in 1849, Roxanne Kinyon accidentally poisoned two of her sons, and every day thereafter visited their graves for the rest of her life.
Orrin Kinyon was active in township government, serving as Highway Commissioner, School Inspector,
Justice of the Peace
A justice of the peace (JP) is a judicial officer of a lower or '' puisne'' court, elected or appointed by means of a commission ( letters patent) to keep the peace. In past centuries the term commissioner of the peace was often used with the s ...
,
constable
A constable is a person holding a particular office, most commonly in criminal law enforcement. The office of constable can vary significantly in different jurisdictions. A constable is commonly the rank of an officer within the police. Other peop ...
, and Poor Director between 1835 and 1865.
Description
The Orrin and Roxanne Fairman Kinyon House is a
Greek Revival
The Greek Revival was an architectural movement which began in the middle of the 18th century but which particularly flourished in the late 18th and early 19th centuries, predominantly in northern Europe and the United States and Canada, but a ...
farmhouse, of
post and beam construction, sided with wood and sitting on a stone foundation.
The rear room was once a summer kitchen, but at some point was integrated into the house proper.
Although the house sits on reduced acreage, outbuildings and the remains of an orchard still exist on the property.
See also
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Canton Township MPS
The Canton Township MPS is a multiple property submission, listed on the National Register of Historic Places in 2003. A multiple property submission is a group of related structures that share a common theme. The Canton Township MPS consists o ...
*
Canton Charter Township, Michigan
References
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Houses on the National Register of Historic Places in Michigan
Houses completed in 1850
Houses in Wayne County, Michigan
National Register of Historic Places in Wayne County, Michigan