Orson Everitt House

Orson Everitt House
U.S. National Register of Historic Places
Location:	39040 W. Seven Mile Rd., Livonia, Michigan
Coordinates:	42°25′31″N 83°25′47″W / 42.42528°N 83.42972°W / 42.42528; -83.42972Coordinates: 42°25′31″N 83°25′47″W / 42.42528°N 83.42972°W / 42.42528; -83.42972
Area:	less than one acre
Built:	1899
Architectural style:	Queen Anne
Governing body:	Private
NRHP Reference#:	80001933[1]
Added to NRHP:	October 14, 1980

The Orson Everitt House is a private house located at 39040 West Seven Mile Road in Livonia, Michigan. It was listed on the National Register of Historic Places in 1980.^[1]

Description

The Orson Everitt House is an irregularly massed^[2] 1-1/2 story wooden house with a hipped roof and clapboard siding^[3] with a multi-colored paint scheme.^[2] The principal feature of the facade is the broad porch which spans the front; the porch features turned balusters and a circular turret at one end. Various dormers, including a turret with conical, roof break the roof line.^[3]

History

Marshall Everitt^[2] first settled on the property where this house was built in 1830. A few years later, the family built a simple structure just east of the current house location.^[3] As the family prospered, more structures were added, and in 1899, Marshall's grandson^[2] Orson Everitt built this house. It is likely the design of the house was selected from a house plan book; a similar house plan can be found in Herbert C. Chivers' Artistic Homes.^[3]

Orson Everitt still owned the property in 1915.^[2] The house was converted to office space in 1979^[3] by the law firm of Klein and Bloom.^[2]

References

1. ^ ^{a b} "National Register Information System". National Register of Historic Places. National Park Service. 2009-03-13. http://nrhp.focus.nps.gov/natreg/docs/All_Data.html. 
2. ^ ^{a b c d e f} Daniel, Suzanne; Glynn, Kathleen (2006), Livonia Preserved: Greenmead and Beyond, p. 99-100, ISBN 0738541133 
3. ^ ^{a b c d e} "Everitt, Orson, House". Michigan State Housing Development Authority: Historic Sites Online. http://www.mcgi.state.mi.us/hso/sites/16898.htm. Retrieved May 24, 2010.