Built 1826 Designated MSHS October 29, 1971 Area 4,047 m² Added to NRHP 16 March 1972 | NRHP Reference # 72000634 Opened 1826 | |
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Similar Nathaniel S Wheeler House, William Hayden House, Joseph E Hall House, Gov Charles Croswell, George J Kempf House | ||
The Musgrove Evans House is a private residence in Tecumseh, Michigan, USA. It was designated as a Michigan Historic Site on October 29, 1971, and was listed on the National Register of Historic Places on March 16, 1972.
The modest house was built in 1826 in the Federal style. It is recognized as the oldest residential structure in Lenawee County and one of the oldest in the state of Michigan. The home was built for surveyor Musgrove Evans (1785-1855), who originally platted Tecumseh in 1824. The Evans house was the town's first residence and also served as an inn for travelers.
Musgrove's wife Abigail "Abi" Brown Evans, for whom a local chapter of the Daughters of the American Revolution was later named, died in the early 1830s. Evans then moved with his children to colonial Texas. The eldest son, Samuel Brown Evans (1812–1836), died in the Battle of the Alamo.
The house in Tecumseh changed ownership in 1858 and again in 1886, when it was moved from its original location. The interior was then converted into apartments, while the exterior remained unchanged. For its first sixty years, the building was located at Ottawa Street and Chicago Boulevard; since then it has been on East Logan Street, two blocks southwest.
Today the house serves again as a single-family dwelling.
The Musgrove Evans House is located one block away from M-50 and just down the street from the G. P. Sparks House.