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Benjamin Bangs House

Coordinates: 42°47′21″N 83°42′17″W / 42.78917°N 83.70472°W / 42.78917; -83.70472 (Benjamin Bangs House)
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Benjamin Bangs House
Location819 S. Leroy St., Fenton, Michigan
Coordinates42°47′21″N 83°42′17″W / 42.78917°N 83.70472°W / 42.78917; -83.70472 (Benjamin Bangs House)
Arealess than one acre
Built1866 (1866)
Architectural styleGreek Revival
MPSGenesee County MRA
NRHP reference No.82000498[1]
Added to NRHPNovember 26, 1982

The Benjamin Bangs House is a single-family home located at 819 South Leroy Street in Fenton, Michigan. It was listed on the National Register of Historic Places in 1982.[1]

History

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Benjamin Bangs was the first village president of what was then Fentonville, elected in 1863. He built this fine house for his family in about 1866. In later years, the house served as a tea room, corset shop, and radio station at various times.[2]

Description

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The Benjamin Bangs House is a two-story frame rectangular Greek Revival with a gable roof and one hip-roofed side wing. The front facade contains a door framed with pilasters and topped with a fanlight-like molding and a full entablature. The gable end terminates in a wide modillioned frieze below a boxed cornice with returns.[2]

References

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  1. ^ a b "National Register Information System". National Register of Historic Places. National Park Service. November 2, 2013.
  2. ^ a b Karen Bean (May 1982), National Register of Historic Places Inventory-Nomination Form: Benjamin Bangs House