Central Neighborhood Historic District

	Central Neighborhood Historic District
	U.S. National Register of Historic Places
	U.S. Historic district
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Location	Roughly bounded by 5th, Locust, Union, 9th, and Division Sts., Traverse City, Michigan
Coordinates	44°45′45″N 85°37′45″W / 44.76250°N 85.62917°WCoordinates: 44°45′45″N 85°37′45″W / 44.76250°N 85.62917°W
Area	121 acres (49 ha)
Architectural style	Italianate, Neo-Georgian
NRHP reference No.	79001154
Added to NRHP	December 11, 1979

The Central Neighborhood Historic District is a residential historic district, roughly bounded by 5th, Union, 9th, and Division Streets in Traverse City, Michigan. It was listed on the National Register of Historic Places in 1979.^[1] It includes the separately-listed Perry Hannah House. The district includes 459 structures.

History[]

The Central Neighborhood was started around the turn of the century, with the majority of the houses in the neighborhood constructed between 1890 and 1914.^[2] Original residents of the neighborhood include lumber baron Perry Hannah, his son Julius and daughter-in-law Elsie Raff, fruit canner John Morgan and his son "Wild Bill" (later mayor of Traverse City), executive Cuyler Germaine, and Dr. James Munson, superintendent of the Northern Michigan Asylum.^[3] The neighborhood is unique for the socio-economic diversity of its residents.^{[citation needed]}

Description[]

The Central Neighborhood Historic District covers 121 acres and is primarily residential, including 407 single-family residences, 44 outbuildings, and eight churches and schools.^[2] Neighborhood architecture includes vernacular versions of Queen Anne, Italianate, and Neo-Georgian houses.

Another streetscape
Perry Hannah House

References[]

^ Jump up to: ^a ^b "National Register Information System". National Register of Historic Places. National Park Service. July 9, 2010.
^ Jump up to: ^a ^b "Central Neighborhood Historic District". Michigan State Housing Development Authority: Historic Sites Online. Archived from the original on March 1, 2014. Retrieved February 1, 2014.
^ George Cantor (2005), Explore Michigan: Traverse City, University of Michigan Press, pp. 34–37, ISBN 9780472030910

External links[]

Central Neighborhood Association

[nris-1] Jump up to: ^a ^b "National Register Information System". National Register of Historic Places. National Park Service. July 9, 2010.

[state-2] Jump up to: ^a ^b "Central Neighborhood Historic District". Michigan State Housing Development Authority: Historic Sites Online. Archived from the original on March 1, 2014. Retrieved February 1, 2014.

[ex-3] George Cantor (2005), Explore Michigan: Traverse City, University of Michigan Press, pp. 34–37, ISBN 9780472030910

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