Amos Gould House
Amos Gould House | |
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| Location | 115 W. King St., Owosso, Michigan |
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| Coordinates | 43°00′16″N 84°10′18″W / 43.00444°N 84.17167°W |
| Area | less than one acre |
| Built | 1848 |
| MPS | Owosso MRA |
| NRHP reference No. | 80001896[1] |
| Added to NRHP | November 4, 1980 |
The Amos Gould House is a single-family home located at 115 West King Street in Owosso, Michigan. It is the original home of prominent Owosso citizen Amos Gould. The house was listed on the National Register of Historic Places in 1980.[1]
History
Amos Gould settled in Owosso in 1843. In approximately 1848 he constructed this house on Washington Street in the fashionable Oliver Street Historic District.[2] In 1860 he constructed a second, larger house next door (now 515 N. Washington), relegating the original house to a kitchen and servants' quarters.[3] In 1873, Gould completely remodeled the 1860 house by covering it with brick. The servants' quarters building was left substantially the same, but may have had the eave bracketry added at the time.[4]
After the number of servants had decreased, the Gould family sold the servants' quarters.[4] The building was then moved from its original location on Washington to this location on King St.[3]
Description
The Amos Gould House is a balloon-framed structure covered with clapboard. It has symmetrical window placement and a hipped roof with a simple roofline, supported with elaborately carved brackets. These were likely added during the 1873 remodeling.[4]
References
- ^ a b "National Register Information System". National Register of Historic Places. National Park Service. November 2, 2013.
- ^ Kathryn Bishop Eckert. "Amos and Louisa Peck Gould House". Society of Architectural Historians. Retrieved August 21, 2024.
- ^ a b "Amos Gould". Owosso Historical Commission. Retrieved November 2, 2018.
- ^ a b c Janet L. Kreger (February 4, 1980), National Register of Historic Places Inventory-Nomination Form: Amos Gould House
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