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ornamentation. The front facade is three bays wide, with the center bay projecting forward. Windows are six-over-six double hing units, with a symmetrical placement, although the first-floor doorway is set to one side of the central section. The flanking wings are fronted with porches. The door has a
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traditional Greek Revival enframement. Above each window in the central bay are wood molding tracery caps, giving them the appearance of Gothic arches. At the eaveslines of the main roof and the porches, decorative wood barge-boards add another Gothic element.
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before purchasing the Williams house with 80 associated acres, and an additional 240 acres nearby. In 1894, the property was transferred to William H. Cole, William N.'s only son. The younger Cole was a
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siding, with single story, gable-roofed wings attached on both sides and the rear. The house measures 70 feet by 95 feet. The architectural style is an unusual combination of
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The house passed out of the Williams family and went through several owners until being purchased in 1929 by the Chrisinske family, who owned it at least into the 1980s.
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In 1836, Levi Frost and Daniel Tuttle purchased the land on which this house now stands. Two years later, Benjamin O. Williams (the founder of nearby
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Over the next two decades, the house changed hands ten times, until 1876 when William N. Cole purchased the property. Cole was born in
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veteran who had previously been both a farmer and a shopkeeper, as well as being elected sheriff of
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This article about a property in Michigan on the National Register of Historic Places is a
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The Williams-Cole House, is a two-story, wood-framed gable-roofed structure, covered with
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National Register of Historic Places Inventory-Nomination Form: Williams-Cole House
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National Register of Historic Places in Shiawassee County, Michigan
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is a single family home located at 6810 Newburg Road near
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It was listed on the 117:2.5 acres (1.0 ha) 272:National Park Service 90:42.90972°N 84.03028°W 202:Brownville, New York 101:Williams--Cole House 274:. 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U.S. National Register of Historic Places

Durand, Michigan
42°54′35″N 84°01′49″W / 42.90972°N 84.03028°W / 42.90972; -84.03028 (Williams--Cole House)
Greek Revival
Carpenter Gothic
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Durand, Michigan
National Register of Historic Places
Owosso
Brownville, New York
Corunna
Civil War
Shiawassee County
board-and-batten
Greek Revival
Carpenter Gothic


"National Register Information System"
National Register of Historic Places
National Park Service




National Register of Historic Places Inventory-Nomination Form: Williams-Cole House
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