The Hudson–Evans House (also known as the Joseph Lothian Hudson House or the Grace Whitney Evans House) is the private, single-family house located at 79 Alfred Street in Midtown

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, within the

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district.The Hudson–Evans Home
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History

The Hudson–Evans House was built near 1872–73 for Philo Wright, a Detroit-based ship owner.Hudson–Evans House
from the city of Detroit In 1882, the house was given as a wedding present to Grace Whitney Evans, daughter of the lumber baron David Whitney Jr. (builder of the

David Whitney House The David Whitney House is a historic mansion located at 4421 Woodward Avenue in Midtown Detroit, Michigan. The building was constructed during the 1890s as a private residence. It was restored in 1986 and is now a restaurant. The building was ...

). Grace Evans was active in numerous charitable activities, and later became the first president of the Detroit

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. Between 1894 and 1904 Mrs. Evans rented the house to

Joseph Lowthian Hudson Joseph Lowthian Hudson (October 17, 1846 – July 5, 1912), a.k.a. J. L. Hudson, was the merchant who founded the Hudson's department store in Detroit, Michigan. Hudson also supplied the seed capital for the establishment, in 1909, of Roy D. Cha ...

, founder of Detroit's J.L. Hudson Company department store.79 Alfred
. VMT Law. Retrieved on September 27, 2009. The house was designated a Michigan State Historic Site in 1973 and listed on the

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in 1975. The structure is now used for the law offices of VanOverbeke, Michaud, & Timmony, P. C.

Description

The Hudson–Evans House is a three-story house built of red brick on a rough-cut stone foundation, designed in a French

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architectural style with

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influences. The floor-plan is basically rectangular, but the elaborate two-story bay windows that grace both sides of the house minimize the severity of the design. Arched moldings top the windows in the home, and the mansard roof includes colored slate laid in a decorative pattern. The porch on the home was apparently added after the original construction.

References

External links

VanOverbeke, Michaud, & Timmony, P. C.
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