The John Carveth House, also known as the Aaron Clark House or the Lone Willow Farm, is a private house located at 614 West Main Street in Middleville, Michigan. It was designated a Michigan State Historic Site in 1992[2] and listed on the National Register of Historic Places in 1992.[1]
History
John Carveth was born in 1841 in Saranac, Michigan.[3] He worked for a time as a teacher,[3] but in 1867 moved to Middleville to read law.[2] He was admitted to the bar in 1868 and established a practice in Middleville, and in 1885-86 served as a state senator from the district. In 1886, he built the house for his own use. Carveth lived here until 1895, when he sold the house to his brother-in-law and one-time law partner, Aaron Clark.[2]
Description
The John Carveth House is an elaborate, asymmetrical two-story Queen Anne structure.[2] It has a wood frame with a steep cross-gable and hip roof and sits on an ashlar fieldstone foundation. The house is covered with clapboard siding, with additional patterned shingling and decorative siding in the gables. A broad veranda features decorative spindlework, broad arches, and bull's eye motifs, as does the balvony above. Many first floor windows contain an upper sash with tinted margin lights flanking a clear center light. The interior boasts decorative Eastlake designs around windows, fireplace, and other trim.[2]
A two-story frame side-gable carriage house/barn is located near the house, as is small milking parlor and a modern garage.[2]
References
- ^ a b "National Register Information System". National Register of Historic Places. National Park Service. July 9, 2010.
- ^ a b c d e f g "Carveth, John, House". Michigan State Housing Development Authority: Historic Sites Online. Archived from the original on September 30, 2013. Retrieved March 13, 2013.
- ^ a b Michigan. Dept. of State (1885), Michigan Manual, p. 550
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