The Rucker-Stanton House

The Rucker-Stanton House is a Michigan historical marker in Grosse Ile, Wayne County, dedicated 1987.

Wayne County · dedicated 1987 · 21719 West River Road, Grosse Ile

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This vernacular house was built by John A. Rucker Jr. in 1848. Rucker was the great-grandson of William Macomb, who with his brother Alexander purchased Grosse Ile from four Indian tribes on July 6, 1776. In 1873 Robert Lee Stanton, Rucker’s cousin, bought the house. Between 1897 and 1898 a large rear wing was added. The house was still owned and occupied by descendants of Alexander and William Macomb in 1987, the year of Michigan’s sesquicentennial.

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The Rucker-Stanton House

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