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Marx House

Coordinates: 42°12′26″N 83°8′56″W / 42.20722°N 83.14889°W / 42.20722; -83.14889
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Marx House
Marx House is located in Michigan
Marx House
Marx House is located in the United States
Marx House
Location2630 Biddle Avenue
Wyandotte, Michigan
Coordinates42°12′26″N 83°8′56″W / 42.20722°N 83.14889°W / 42.20722; -83.14889
Arealess than one acre
Built1862
Architectural styleItalianate
NRHP reference No.76001043[1]
Significant dates
Added to NRHPAugust 13, 1976
Designated MSHSJanuary 16, 1976[2]

The Marx House is a private house at 2630 Biddle Avenue in Wyandotte, Michigan. It was listed on the National Register of Historic Places and designated a Michigan State Historic Site[2] in 1976.[1] It is now used by the Wyandotte Historical Museum.[3]

History

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This house was built in approximately 1862 for Warren Isham.[3] In the next 60 years, the house went through six owners,[3] including Charles W. Thomas, Wyandotte's first druggist, and Dr. Theophilus Langlois, a prominent physician who served as Wyandotte's mayor for two terms and contributed to other civic projects in the city.[2] In 1921, the house was purchased by John Marx, the city attorney and scion of a local brewery owner.[2][3] In 1974, John Marx's children Leo Marx and Mary T. Polley gave the house to the city of Wyandotte.[3] The house was opened to the public in 1996.[3]

Description

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The Marx House is a two-story Italianate townhouse built of red brick and sitting on a stone foundation.[4] The facade features a double entrance door and tall windows topped with semicircular brick-and-stone hoods.[2] A truncated hipped roof, with ornamental ironwork at the perimeter of the uppermost flat area, caps the structure.[4] A two-story frame wing with a single-story addition is connected at the rear of the building.[2]

References

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  1. ^ a b "National Register Information System". National Register of Historic Places. National Park Service. March 13, 2009.
  2. ^ a b c d e f "Marx House". Michigan State Housing Development Authority: Historic Sites Online. Archived from the original on May 11, 2012. Retrieved August 5, 2010.
  3. ^ a b c d e f "Marx Home History". Wyandotte Museums. Archived from the original on 2013-04-16.
  4. ^ a b Ren Farley. "John Marx Home/ Theophilus Langlois Home". Detroit1701.org. Retrieved August 19, 2010.
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