Newton House

Newton House is a Michigan historical marker in Volinia Township, Cass County, dedicated 1977.

20689 Marcellus Highway, Volinia Township

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Designed by Christian Haefner in the 1860s, this house belonged to George Newton, a state legislator. The cupola, projecting eaves, and symmetrically grouped windows distinguish its architecture. This building is located in the 580-acre densely timbered Fred Russ Experimental Forest, which Michigan State University used as a forestry school after receiving it as a gift in 1942. The Cass County Historical Commission has restored this elegant structure.

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University of Chicago Library, Mapping Chicagoland · CC BY-NC 4.0, used by permission

Historical maps covering this location

1886 · J.T. Barker's Railroad and Township Map of Indiana. (David Rumsey Map Collection, Stanford Libraries)
1897 · Southern Michigan. (David Rumsey Map Collection, Stanford Libraries)
1911 · Map of the surface formations of the Southern Peninsula of Michigan (Digital Commonwealth, Boston Public Library)
1926 · Rand McNally Official 1926 Auto Road Map: Special Around Lake Michigan (The Chicago… (University of Chicago Library, Mapping Chicagoland · CC BY-NC 4.0, used by permission)
[Road map of northwestern Indiana and southwestern Michigan] (University of Chicago Library, Mapping Chicagoland · CC BY-NC 4.0, used by permission)

Southern Michigan, 1897, covering the location of Newton House, with a pin at the marker's coordinates — Southern Michigan, 1897, covering this location. David Rumsey Map Collection, Stanford Libraries. The pin is ours, placed from the marker's coordinates.

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