Perry McAdow House

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caption = Perry McAdow House from across Cass
location= Detroit, Michigan
lat_degrees = 42
lat_minutes = 21
lat_seconds = 11
lat_direction = N
long_degrees = 83
long_minutes = 3
long_seconds = 56
long_direction = W
locmapin = Michigan
area =
built =1891
architect= Scholls,Martin & Son
architecture= Renaissance
added = July 03, 1980
governing_body = Private
refnum=80004405cite web|url=http://www.nr.nps.gov/|title=National Register Information System|date=2008-04-15|work=National Register of Historic Places|publisher=National Park Service]

The Perry McAdow House is a Renaissance Revival house, built in 1891 and located at 4605 Cass Avenue in Detroit, Michigan.

History

Perry W. McAdow earned his fortune gold mining in Montana. [http://www.mcgi.state.mi.us/hso/sites/24814.htm Perry McAdow House] from the state of Michigan] In 1891, he and his wife Clara built an elaborate mansion on Cass for a cost of $65,000 as an entrance into Detroit society. [http://www.ci.detroit.mi.us/historic/districts/cass_unitarian.pdf First Unitarian-Universalist Church] from the city of Detroit] The couple lived there until 1897. The house was used as a private residence until 1913, when it was sold to the First Universalist congregation. The church used it as a place of worship for three years until a new church immediately to the north was completed, after which the house was used as a parish house.

Architecture

The house has two and a half stories with a hipped roof, and is constructed of red brick and brownstone. The exterior has bay windows, Corinthian columned porches, parapet ballustrades, and a modillion cornice. Behind the original house is a two-story, red brick church hall, built in 1917. On the interior, there are notable frescos, paneling, plasterwork and stained glass.

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