Elisha Taylor House
{{short description|Historic house in Michigan, United States}}
{{Use mdy dates|date=August 2023}}
{{Infobox NRHP
| name = Elisha Taylor House
| nrhp_type = cp
| image = Elisha Taylor House Detroit.jpg
| caption =
| location = 59 Alfred St.,
Detroit, Michigan
| coordinates = {{coord|42|20|36|N|83|3|16|W|display=inline,title}}
| locmapin = Michigan#USA
| mapframe = yes
| mapframe-marker = building
| mapframe-zoom = 12
|mapframe-caption = Interactive map showing the location of Elisha Taylor House
| area =
| built = 1871
| architect = Koch & Hess
| architecture = French Renaissance Revival, Second Empire, Victorian, Gothic Revival
| added = March 05, 1975
| refnum = 75000971{{NRISref|2008a}}
| nocat = yes
| designated_other1 = Michigan State Historic Site
| designated_other1_link = Michigan State Historic Preservation Office
| designated_other1_date = November 15, 1973{{cite web|title=Taylor, Elisha, House |publisher=Michigan State Housing Development Authority |url=http://www.mcgi.state.mi.us/hso/sites/16409.htm |access-date=September 3, 2010 |url-status=dead |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20120517132957/http://www.mcgi.state.mi.us/hso/sites/16409.htm |archive-date=May 17, 2012 }}
| designated_other1_num_position = bottom
}}
The Elisha Taylor House is a historic private house located at 59 Alfred Street in Midtown Detroit, Michigan, within the Brush Park district. The house was designated a Michigan State Historic Site in 1973 and listed on the National Register of Historic Places in 1975. Since 1981, it has served as a center for art and architectural study, known as the Art House.[http://www.arthousetours.com/ Art House]
History
File:FARMER(1884) Detroit, p500 RESIDENCE OF ELISHA TAYLOR, 25 ALFRED ST. BUILT IN 1872.jpg
The Elisha Taylor House was built in 1871 for William H. Craig, a local lawyer, land speculator, and president of the Detroit Board of Trade.{{cite book |last=Martelle |first=Scott |year=2014 |url=https://books.google.com/books?id=fM_FAgAAQBAJ |title=Detroit: A Biography |publisher=Chicago Review Press |isbn=978-1613730690 |page=61}} The architects were Koch & Hess of Milwaukee and Detroit.Pajot, Dennis. Building Milwaukee City Hall: The Political, Legal and Construction Battles. Jefferson, NC: McFarland & Co., 3013. In 1875, Craig sold the house to attorney Elisha Taylor. Taylor was a Detroit attorney who held many offices during his career, including City Attorney, assistant Michigan Attorney General from 1837 to 1841, and Circuit Court Commissioner from 1846 to 1854.
Description
The Elisha Taylor House is two-and-a-half stories tall, made of red brick on a rough stone foundation.[http://www.detroit1701.org/ElishaTaylorHome.html The Elisha Taylor Home] from Detroit1701.org The structure is an eclectic mix of Gothic and Tudor Revival with elements of other styles, including Queen Anne and Italianate. The house has a high mansard roof with large protruding dormers and unusual vergeboarding at the peak. It is one of the best examples surviving in Detroit of post-Civil War residential design.[http://www.ci.detroit.mi.us/historic/districts/taylor_hse.pdf Elisha Taylor House] {{Webarchive|url=https://web.archive.org/web/20071011083504/http://www.ci.detroit.mi.us/historic/districts/taylor_hse.pdf |date=2007-10-11 }} from the city of Detroit
Current use
References
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External links
- [http://www.arthousetours.com/ Art House — Tours]
{{Midtown Detroit}}
{{National Register of Historic Places in Michigan}}
{{Metro Detroit Historic Homes}}
Category:Houses completed in 1870
Category:1870 establishments in Michigan
Category:Historic district contributing properties in Michigan
Category:Michigan State Historic Sites in Wayne County, Michigan
Category:National Register of Historic Places in Wayne County, Michigan
Category:Houses on the National Register of Historic Places in Michigan