Joseph E. Hall House (Tecumseh, Michigan)


The Joseph E. Hall House is a privately owned residential house located at 210 South Oneida Street in the city of Tecumseh in Lenawee County, Michigan. It was designated as a Michigan State Historic State and listed on the National Register of Historic Places on August 13, 1986. It is located just around the corner from the George J. Kempf House.

History

The house was built in as early as 1870 for Joseph E. Hall, a local jeweler and instrument maker. Hall and his family lived here until 1882, when it was purchased by Sylvester Erskine, a barber and saloon keeper.

Description

It was designed in the style mix of Italianate and Late Victorian architecture by Salmon Crane, who was a leading architect in Tecumseh in the second half of the nineteenth century. The brick house, which is modest in size and typical of those built in the area at the time, is noted for its irregular design, which features an L-shaped floor plan and square tower.