Robert P. Aitken Farm House

	Robert Aitken Farm House
	U.S. National Register of Historic Places
	Michigan State Historic Site
	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
Built by	Robert P. Aitken
Architectural style	Italianate, Greek Revival
MPS	Genesee County MRA
NRHP reference No.	82000496
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, United States. The house was listed on the National Register of Historic Places on November 26, 1982.^[1]

Description

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 (picture shown to the right.)^[2]

History

Robert P. Aitken moved to Flint Township, Michigan from New York in 1842. He married Sarah 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, 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 later operated the farm and served in the United States House of Representatives.^[2]

References

^ ^a ^b "National Register Information System". National Register of Historic Places. National Park Service. March 13, 2009.
^ ^a ^b "Aitken, Robert P., Farm House". Michigan State Historic Preservation Office. Archived from the original on June 1, 2012.

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[nris-1] "National Register Information System". National Register of Historic Places. National Park Service. March 13, 2009.

[MSHPO-2] "Aitken, Robert P., Farm House". Michigan State Historic Preservation Office. Archived from the original on June 1, 2012.

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