Inspiration for the Winterborn House of Hoosac, Minnesota
218 South Eagle Street
According to Mabel Skjelver in her book, Nineteenth Century Homes of Marshall, Michigan, this house is the only one of its type within the city limits, though there are numerous examples within Calhoun County. Increase Pendleton built it in 1856 with contributions from his son, William H. Pendleton. A small rear addition was added in the years preceding 1868; Morgan J. Alexander bought the house in 1875 and remodeled it extensively. The house still stands at the corner of Eagle and Hanover streets.
“The house had eight sides.... It had a domed roof and a silly little cupola on top that looked like a salt shaker. A lot of wooden doodads that looked like giant acorns hung from the eaves. . . . Kids cut back and forth across the yard on their way to and from school.”
As featured in:The Treasure of Alpheus Winterborn
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