List of the oldest buildings in Michigan

This article attempts to list the oldest extant buildings in the state of Michigan in the United States. Some dates are approximate and based upon dendochronology, architectural studies, and historical records.

To be listed here a site must:

  • date prior to 1850; or
  • be the oldest building in a region, large city, or oldest of its type (church, government building, style, etc.)

List

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Building Image Location First Built Use Notes
Officer's Stone Quarters of Fort Mackinac Mackinac Island 1780 Military Oldest structure within the fort.
McGulpin House Mackinac Island c. 1780 Residential Architectural style could predate 1780. Relocated in 1981.
Biddle House Mackinac Island c. 1780 Residential/fur trading Restored in 1959.[1]
Navarre-Anderson Trading Post Frenchtown Charter Township 1789 Trading post
Cookhouse at Navarre-Anderson Trading Post complex Frenchtown Charter Township 1810 Food preparation
Robert Stuart House Mackinac Island 1817 Residential
John Johnston House Sault Ste. Marie 1822 Residential
John W. Hunter House Birmingham 1822 Residential
James H. Murray House Linden c. 1823 Residential
Mission House Mackinac Island 1825 School/residential
Sheldon Inn Canton 1825 Residential/inn
Fort Gratiot Light Port Huron 1825 Lighthouse First lighthouse constructed in Michigan.
Edward Loranger House Frenchtown Charter Township 1825 Residential
Charles Trowbridge House Detroit 1826 Residential Oldest documented building in the city of Detroit.[2]
Musgrove Evans House Tecumseh 1826 Residential
Elmwood Sault Ste. Marie 1827 Indian Affairs Relocated and renovated in 1979.
Mission Church Mackinac Island 1829 Religious Oldest surviving church In Michigan.
Barn at Joshua Simmons' farm Livonia 1829 Farm building
Wing–Allore House Monroe 1829 Residential Now a funeral parlor
Ward-Holland House Marine City 1830 Residential
Land Office White Pigeon 1831 Government
Caswell House Troy 1832 Residential
Murdoch Log House Berrien Springs 1832 Residential
Thunder Bay Island Light Alpena 1832 Lighthouse
Walker Tavern Cambridge Township c. 1832 Residential/tavern
Commandant's Quarters Dearborn 1833 Military
Bagley Inn Bloomfield Hills 1833 Residential/tavern
St. Mary's Church Monroe 1834 Religious
Joseph Campau House Detroit 1835 Residential
Governor John S. Barry House Constantine 1835 Residential
Marantette House Mendon 1835 Residential
Sharon Mill Manchester 1835 Agricultural
Raisin Valley Friends Meetinghouse Adrian 1835 Religious
Ticknor-Campbell House Ann Arbor 1835 Residential
Old Tavern Inn Niles c. 1835 Tavern Oldest business in Michigan[3]
Hubbard-Kesby House Milford c. 1835 Residential
Botsford Inn Farmington 1836 Tavern
Orrin White House Ann Arbor 1836-1840 Residential
Indian Dormitory Mackinac Island 1837 Residential/school Now known as the Richard and Jane Manoogian Mackinac Art Museum.
St. Ignace Mission St. Ignace 1837 Religious Relocated in 1954.
Franklin Cider Mill Franklin 1837 Agricultural
Trombley House Bay City c. 1837 Residential Oldest frame house still standing in Bay County. Relocated to Veterans Memorial Park in 1981.
Andrews-Leggett House Commerce Township c. 1837 Residential
Indian Dormitory Mackinac Island 1838 Residential/ Governmental
Governor's Mansion (Marshall) Marshall 1839 Residential
Berrien Springs Courthouse Berrien Springs 1839 Governmental
Judge Robert S. Wilson House Ann Arbor c. 1839 Residential
South Manitou Island Lighthouse South Manitou Island 1839-40 Lighthouse
President's House, University of Michigan Ann Arbor 1840 Residential The oldest building at Michigan's oldest university.[4]
Old Presque Isle Light Presque Isle 1840 Lighthouse
Smith's Chapel Niles 1840 Religious
Governor Robert McClelland House Monroe 1841 Residential
Joshua Simmons House Livonia 1841 Residential Another house on the farm may have been built in 1826
Dougherty Mission House Old Mission 1842 Residential
Paw Paw City Hall Paw Paw 1842 Government Relocated in 1900.
St. Augustine Catholic Church Hartland Township 1843 Religious
Paine Bank Niles 1843 Commercial
Ladies' Literary Club Building Ypsilanti c. 1843 Residential
Abram W. Pike House Grand Rapids 1844 Residential
Old Wing Mission Holland 1844 Residential/ Religious
Some buildings at Fort Wilkins Historic State Park Copper Harbor 1844 Military
Ballard-Breakey House Ypsilanti 1845 Residential Construction may have started in 1830s
1244 Randolph Detroit c. 1845 Commercial A rare surviving commercial building in Detroit dating from the 1840s.
Rudolph Nims House Monroe 1846 Residential
Lapeer County Courthouse Lapeer 1846 Courthouse
Pillar Church Holland 1847 Religious
Sessions Schoolhouse Ionia 1847 School Restored in 1918.
Barracks of Fort Wayne Detroit 1848 Military Oldest remaining military structure in Detroit.
Sibley House Detroit 1848 Residential
Saints Peter and Paul Church Detroit 1848 Religious
Mariners' Church Detroit 1849 Religious

See also

References

  1. ↑ "Biddle House". michmarkers.com. Retrieved 2016-03-15.
  2. ↑ Eric J. Hill, John Gallagher, American Institute of Architects Detroit Chapter, AIA Detroit , Wayne State University Press, 2002, ISBN 0-8143-3120-3, p.232
  3. ↑ http://www.michigan.org/property/old-tavern-inn-1/
  4. ↑ Duderstadt, Anne. "The President's House at the University of Michigan". Retrieved 16 March 2016.
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