The Thomas and Maria Blackman Bartlett House (also known as the Bartlett-Travis House)
was built as a private house at the corner of Canton Center and Warren Roads.
It was donated to Canton Township
and relocated to its current site at 500 N. Ridge Road in
Cherry Hill, Michigan
Cherry Hill is an Unincorporated area, unincorporated community in Wayne County, Michigan, Wayne County in the U.S. state of Michigan. The community is located within Canton, Michigan, Canton Township along Cherry Hill and Ridge Roads but otherwi ...
. 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.
Description
The Bartlett House was originally constructed in 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 ...
style, but in subsequent years has been updated with Victorian elements.
The house is a two-story wood structure with clapboard siding, shingle roof, and a cement block foundation faced with fieldstone.
The main portion of the house has extensions to the side and rear. The front entry is flanked with
pilasters and sheltered by a small porch with
millwork
Millwork is historically any wood mill produced decorative materials used in building construction. Stock profiled and patterned millwork building components fabricated by milling at a planing mill can usually be installed with minimal alter ...
and scrolled brackets. A large wrap-around porch (reconstructed from photographs) with wooden columns and
balustrade runs from the front to the south facade. Windows are primarily four-over-four, with the exception of three six-over-six windows in the rear extension.
History
Thomas and Maria Blackman Bartlett settled in Canton Township in 1839.
Maria's father, Darius Blackman, built this
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 ...
upright and wing house c. 1840
and may have given the house and surrounding land to Maria and Thomas as a wedding present.
In 1867, Thomas and Maria' son George Bartlett purchased the property.
During the 19th century, the Bartletts added various enlargements were to the structure.
In 1908, the farm and house were purchased by William and Martha Travis; their daughter Ella Rowe inherited the house in approximately 1924 and owned it until the mid-1950s. At that point, the house was purchased by Thomas Myers; it passed through the hands of John Darakijan and Kev Dividock, who donated the house to Canton Township.
In 1989, the house was moved to its current location and placed on a new foundation. Restoration work to return the house to its c. 1900
appearance was begun in 1994 and finished in 2002.
The house 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.
The house is available for community rental.
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 ...
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Canton Charter Township, 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 townshi ...
References
External links
Bartlett-Travis House- Canton Community
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Houses on the National Register of Historic Places in Michigan
Houses completed in 1840
Houses in Wayne County, Michigan
Relocated buildings and structures in Michigan
National Register of Historic Places in Wayne County, Michigan