Augustus Lilly House

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Augustus Lilly House
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Augustus Lilly House is located in Michigan
Augustus Lilly House
Location132 Cora St., Allegan, Michigan
Coordinates42°32′17″N 85°50′41″W / 42.53806°N 85.84472°W / 42.53806; -85.84472Coordinates: 42°32′17″N 85°50′41″W / 42.53806°N 85.84472°W / 42.53806; -85.84472
Arealess than one acre
Built1870 (1870)
Architectural styleItalianate, Vernacular Italianate
MPSAllegan MRA
NRHP reference No.87000254[1]
Added to NRHPMarch 12, 1987

The Augustus Lilly House is a private house located at 132 Cora Street in Allegan, Michigan. It was added to the National Register of Historic Places in 1987.[1]

History[]

Augustus Lilly was a farmer until he enlisted to fight in the Civil War. When he returned to Allegan, he partnered with Irving F. Clapp, and the pair opened a grocery store in Allegan. Lilly constructed this house in 1870.[2]

Description[]

The Augustus Lilly House is a two-story L-shaped frame Italianate house with clapboard siding and a masonry foundation. The house has a low-pitched hipped roof.[2]

References[]

  1. ^ a b "National Register Information System". National Register of Historic Places. National Park Service. July 9, 2010.
  2. ^ a b Peter J. Schmitt; Wesley Blackman; Kenneth Dettloff (1984), National Register of Historic Places Inventory-Nomination Form: Historic Resources of Allegan Partial Inventory: Historic and Architectural Resources


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