Robert P. Aitken Farm House

Robert Aitken Farm House
The house in September 2014
Location 1110 N Linden Rd.
Flint Township, Michigan
Coordinates 43°1′10.5″N 83°46′21.5″W / 43.019583°N 83.772639°W / 43.019583; -83.772639Coordinates: 43°1′10.5″N 83°46′21.5″W / 43.019583°N 83.772639°W / 43.019583; -83.772639
Built by Robert P. Aitken
Architectural style Italianate, Greek Revival
MPS Genesee County MRA
NRHP Reference # 82000496[1]
Significant dates
Added to NRHP November 26, 1982
Designated MSHS October 27, 1983

Robert P. Aitken Farm House is an Italianate residence in Flint Township, Michigan. The house has several excellent qualities of the Italianate style. The main portion of the house is two stories tall, with paired eavesline brackets, a hip roof, and a cupola. The cupola has delicate scrollwork brackets in the corners, rounded arch windows, and paired brackets under the eaves. The house has two additions with gable roofs and eyebrow windows, indicating Greek Revival architecture, so there is some speculation that those additions were earlier parts of the structure.[2]

Robert P. Aitken (1819–1873) moved to Flint Township, Michigan from New York in 1842. He married Sarah J. Johnstone, also from New York, in 1843. The exact date of construction is not known, but is presumed to be after 1843. Aitken was a successful farmer, a Union soldier in the Civil War, and a politician, serving as the supervisor of Flint Township and a representative to the Michigan Legislature. The family had five daughters and five sons. His son David D. Aitken (1853–1930) later operated the farm and served in the United States House of Representatives.[2]

The house was listed on the National Register of Historic Places on November 26, 1982.[1]

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References

  1. 1 2 Staff (2009-03-13). "National Register Information System". National Register of Historic Places. National Park Service.
  2. 1 2 "Aitken, Robert P., Farm House". Michigan State Historic Preservation Office.


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