Frank D. Bloss and Sons Farm House

The Frank D. Bloss and Sons Farm House is a single-family home located at 819 South Leroy Street in Fenton, Michigan. It was listed on the National Register of Historic Places in 1982.[1]

Frank D. Bloss and Sons Farm House
U.S. National Register of Historic Places
Location	8380 Reid Rd., Swartz Creek, Michigan
Coordinates	42°55′39″N 83°50′44″W
Area	less than one acre
Built	1893 (1893)
Architectural style	Queen Anne
MPS	Genesee County MRA
NRHP reference No.	82000501[1]
Added to NRHP	November 26, 1982

History

Frank D. Bloss married Eunice Storer in 1881. In 1883 the couple purchased 40 acres of land, adding another 65 acres over the next ten years. In 1893, the Blosses sold an apiary of 400 hives, and used the profits to build this elaborate house in their property, using lumber harvested from the surrounding woods. Bloss later switched to farming sugar beets. In later years, the farm prospered and continued to be held by the Bloss family, becoming a cattle and dairy operation.[2]

Description

The Frank D. Bloss and Sons Farm House is a two-and-one-half-story irregularly massed frame structure, quite sophisticated for a rural farmhouse. It is topped by a multiple gable roof with a gable dormer. The house has a wide variety of windows, including rounded arch and diamond shaped openings and sash widows with small, colored panes enframing a larger pane. The house currently has an open, one bay entrance porch with turned balusters and bargeboards, replacing the original wrap-around porch with turned balusters.[2]

References

1. "National Register Information System". National Register of Historic Places. National Park Service. November 2, 2013.
2. Karen Bean (May 1982), National Register of Historic Places Inventory-Nomination Form: Frank D. Bloss and Sons Farm House