Architecture:
Style: Folk
House
Description: This turn of the century house is a one and a half
story wood frame structure with wood clapboard siding and a rock face concrete
block foundation. The main wing is front
gabled, which has a small vergeboard, while the side
wing has a hipped roof. The original
front porch has disappeared. There are
three front entrances, two having short gables which are decorative rather than
functional. An enclosed stairway in the
middle of the building extends from the first to the second floor. The 1950 Sanborn Insurance Map shows the
front porch is gone and the footprint of the stairway.
Significant
Period:
Construction Date: 1880’s or before
Architect/Builder: Unknown
Context: Datas Hagedon paid taxes in 1859
and 1864; values indicate a structure was on this lot. Robert T. Yates paid the taxes in 1877, values again indicate a structure was on this lot.
Further research may show which half of the lot had a building first, 733 or
735, and then at which address these men lived.
The earliest known resident was James D. Bates, a vessel captain, in
1888. The history of this home is
primarily that the Joseph and Orilla Marshall family,
who lived there from about 1893 to 1930.
Joseph was a ship carpenter and boilermaker for Jenks Company, then
employed later by Port Huron Construction Company. John and Louisa J. McMillan lived there in
1931. Peter Bayes,
employed by Boston Restaurant, and his wife Diamond lived there in 1933. Cora D. Worden, widow of Edgar L. Worden,
lived there in 1936-37. By 1938 the
house was known as Quinella Apartments, and was
divided into three units.