| Name
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Image
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Location
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Date of Construction
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Type
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Notes
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| Officer's Stone Quarters of Fort Mackinac
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Mackinac Island
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1780
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Military
|
Oldest structure within the fort and oldest building in Michigan.
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| McGulpin House
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Mackinac Island
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c. 1780
|
Residential
|
Architectural style could predate 1780. Relocated in 1981. Rare example of French-Canadian architecture in Michigan. Oldest house in Michigan.
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| Biddle House
|
|
Mackinac Island
|
c. 1780
|
Residential/fur trading
|
Restored in 1959.[1]
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| William Tucker Residence
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|
Harrison Township
|
C.1784
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Residential
|
After being kidnapped and raised by a local Chippewa tribe from age eleven to age eighteen, William Tucker was given 18 square miles of land by the tribe, who later helped him build a log cabin on the land to become his residence. The home has since been refaced with brick, but parts of the original structure remain intact beneath.[2]
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| Navarre-Anderson Trading Post
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Frenchtown Charter Township
|
1789
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Trading post
|
Oldest building in the Lower Peninsula of Michigan.
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| Cookhouse at Navarre-Anderson Trading Post complex
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Frenchtown Charter Township
|
1810
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Cookhouse, food preparation
|
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| Robert Stuart House
|
|
Mackinac Island
|
1817
|
Residential
|
Home of American Fur Company agent Robert Stuart.
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| John Johnston House
|
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Sault Ste. Marie
|
1822
|
Residential
|
Home of North West Company fur trader John Johnston. Oldest building in the Upper Peninsula of Michigan.
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| John W. Hunter House
|
|
Birmingham
|
1822
|
Residential
|
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| James H. Murray House
|
|
Linden
|
c. 1823
|
Residential
|
Greek Revival house of James H. Murray.
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| Mission House
|
|
Mackinac Island
|
1825
|
School/residential
|
Missionary constructed by William Montague Ferry and operated by the American Board of Commissioners for Foreign Missions to spread Christianity to Native Americans.
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| Sheldon Inn
|
|
Canton
|
1825
|
Residential/inn
|
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| Fort Gratiot Light
|
|
Port Huron
|
1825
|
Lighthouse
|
First lighthouse constructed in Michigan.
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| Edward Loranger House
|
|
Frenchtown Charter Township
|
1825
|
Residential
|
Considered to be one of the oldest unaltered structures in Michigan.
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| Charles Trowbridge House
|
|
Detroit
|
1826
|
Residential
|
Oldest documented building in the city of Detroit.[3]
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| Musgrove Evans House
|
|
Tecumseh
|
1826
|
Residential
|
Oldest building in Lenawee County.
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| Elmwood
|
|
Sault Ste. Marie
|
1827
|
Indian Affairs
|
Relocated and renovated in 1979.
|
| William Starkweather House
|
|
Plymouth
|
1828
|
Residential
|
Built by Plymouth's first settler, William Starkweather, the house at 150 S. Union Street, is the oldest house in Plymouth. It is still functional and occupied.
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| Mission Church
|
|
Mackinac Island
|
1829
|
Religious
|
Oldest surviving church In Michigan.
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| Barn at Joshua Simmons' farm
|
|
Livonia
|
1829
|
Farm building
|
|
| Wing–Allore House
|
|
Monroe
|
1829
|
Residential
|
Former home of Austin Eli Wing and his descendants. Now a funeral parlor.
|
| Ward-Holland House
|
|
Marine City
|
1830
|
Residential
|
Former home of shipbuilders Samuel Ward and Robert Holland.
|
| Funke-Bregger Livery
|
|
Bangor
|
1830
|
Residential
|
Former Stagecoach Livery
|
| Land Office
|
|
White Pigeon
|
1831
|
Government
|
Former United States General Land Office agency on the Sauk Trail.
|
| Caswell House
|
|
Troy
|
1832
|
Residential
|
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| Murdoch Log House
|
|
Berrien Springs
|
1832
|
Residential
|
Original county seat of Berrien County.
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| Thunder Bay Island Light
|
|
Alpena
|
1832
|
Lighthouse
|
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| Walker Tavern
|
|
Cambridge Township
|
c. 1832
|
Residential/tavern
|
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| Commandant's Quarters
|
|
Dearborn
|
1833
|
Military
|
Originally a U.S. Army supply depot.
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| Bagley Inn
|
|
Bloomfield Hills
|
1833
|
Residential/tavern
|
|
| St. Mary's Church
|
|
Monroe
|
1834
|
Religious
|
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| Joseph Campau House
|
|
Detroit
|
1835
|
Residential
|
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| Governor John S. Barry House
|
|
Constantine
|
1835
|
Residential
|
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| Marantette House
|
|
Mendon
|
1835
|
Residential
|
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| Sharon Mill
|
|
Manchester
|
1835
|
Agricultural
|
|
| Raisin Valley Friends Meetinghouse
|
|
Adrian
|
1835
|
Religious
|
|
| Ticknor-Campbell House
|
|
Ann Arbor
|
1835
|
Residential
|
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| Old Tavern Inn
|
|
Niles
|
c. 1835
|
Tavern
|
Oldest business in Michigan[4]
|
| Hubbard-Kesby House
|
|
Milford
|
c. 1835
|
Residential
|
|
| Botsford Inn
|
|
Farmington
|
1836
|
Tavern
|
|
| Calkins law office
|
|
Grand Rapids
|
1836
|
law office
|
|
| Orrin White House
|
|
Ann Arbor
|
1836-1840
|
Residential
|
|
| St. Marks Episcopal
|
|
Grand Rapids
|
1836
|
Religious
|
|
| Rogers Mansion
|
|
Wyoming MI
|
1836
|
Residential
|
Oldest house in Kent county.
|
| Indian Dormitory
|
|
Mackinac Island
|
1837
|
Residential/school
|
Constructed as a dormitory for Native Americans visiting the Indian agency on Mackinac Island. Now known as the Richard and Jane Manoogian Mackinac Art Museum.
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| St. Ignace Mission
|
|
St. Ignace
|
1837
|
Religious
|
Oldest Roman Catholic church in Michigan. Relocated in 1954.
|
| Franklin Cider Mill
|
|
Franklin
|
1837
|
Agricultural
|
|
| Trombley House
|
|
Bay City
|
c. 1837
|
Residential
|
Oldest frame house still standing in Bay County. Relocated to Veterans Memorial Park in 1981.
|
| Andrews-Leggett House
|
|
Commerce Township
|
c. 1837
|
Residential
|
|
| Indian Dormitory
|
|
Mackinac Island
|
1838
|
Residential/ Governmental
|
|
| Rogers house
|
|
Wyoming, MI
|
1838-1839
|
Residential
|
originally built in 1838, burned down and rebuilt in 1839. https://www.mlive.com/news/grand-rapids/2015/05/the_rogers_mansion_said_to_be.html
|
| Governor's Mansion
|
|
Marshall
|
1839
|
Residential
|
House built by Whig politician J. Wright Gordon in a campaign to make Marshall the state capital.
|
| Berrien Springs Courthouse
|
|
Berrien Springs
|
1839
|
Governmental
|
Oldest courthouse in Michigan.
|
| Judge Robert S. Wilson House
|
|
Ann Arbor
|
c. 1839
|
Residential
|
|
| South Manitou Island Lighthouse
|
|
South Manitou Island
|
1839-40
|
Lighthouse
|
|
| President's House, University of Michigan
|
|
Ann Arbor
|
1840
|
Residential
|
The oldest building at Michigan's oldest university, the University of Michigan.[5]
|
| Old Presque Isle Light
|
|
Presque Isle
|
1840
|
Lighthouse
|
|
| Smith's Chapel
|
|
Niles
|
1840
|
Religious
|
|
| Governor Robert McClelland House
|
|
Monroe
|
1841
|
Residential
|
Former home of Robert McClelland.
|
| Joshua Simmons House
|
|
Livonia
|
1841
|
Residential
|
Another house on the farm may have been built in 1826
|
| Dougherty Mission House
|
|
Old Mission
|
1842
|
Residential
|
Oldest frame building in Grand Traverse County and one of the oldest in northern Michigan.
|
| Paw Paw City Hall
|
|
Paw Paw
|
1842
|
Government
|
Relocated in 1900.
|
| St. Augustine Catholic Church
|
|
Hartland Township
|
1843
|
Religious
|
|
| Paine Bank
|
|
Niles
|
1843
|
Commercial
|
|
| Ladies' Literary Club Building
|
|
Ypsilanti
|
c. 1843
|
Residential
|
|
| Abram W. Pike House
|
|
Grand Rapids
|
1844
|
Residential
|
|
| Old Wing Mission
|
|
Holland
|
1844
|
Residential/ Religious
|
Originally a Presbyterian mission. Oldest house in Holland, Michigan.
|
| Some buildings at Fort Wilkins Historic State Park
|
|
Copper Harbor
|
1844
|
Military
|
U.S. Army fort built to provide law enforcement and navigation on Lake Superior during the Michigan copper boom.
|
| Ballard-Breakey House
|
|
Ypsilanti
|
1845
|
Residential
|
Construction may have started in 1830s
|
| 1244 Randolph
|
|
Detroit
|
c. 1845
|
Commercial
|
A rare surviving commercial building in Detroit dating from the 1840s.
|
| Rudolph Nims House
|
|
Monroe
|
1846
|
Residential
|
|
| Lapeer County Courthouse
|
|
Lapeer
|
1846
|
Courthouse
|
Oldest registered property in Lapeer County.
|
| Pillar Church
|
|
Holland
|
1847
|
Religious
|
|
| Sessions Schoolhouse
|
|
Ionia
|
1847
|
School
|
Often considered the oldest schoolhouse in Michigan. Restored in 1918.
|
| Barracks of Fort Wayne
|
|
Detroit
|
1848
|
Military
|
Fortress constructed due to tensions with British Canada during the Patriot War and used during the American Civil War, the Spanish-American War, World War I, World War II, and much of the Cold War. Oldest remaining military structure in Detroit.
|
| Sibley House
|
|
Detroit
|
1848
|
Residential
|
Original home of Solomon Sibley.
|
| Saints Peter and Paul Church
|
|
Detroit
|
1848
|
Religious
|
Original cathedral of the Diocese of Detroit and campus of the University of Detroit-Mercy.
|
| Mariners' Church
|
|
Detroit
|
1849
|
Religious
|
Episcopal parish church in Downtown Detroit serving foreign mariners on the Great Lakes.
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