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Stephen Yerkes Rodgers House

Oakland County · dedicated 1989 · 39040 West 9 Mile Road, Northville

Stephen Yerkes Rodgers built this Greek Revival-style house in 1834. The carved fretwork in the pilasters flanking the door are reminiscent of a design in Asher Benjamin’s The Practical House Carpenter (Boston, 1830). Stephen Yerkes Rodgers was the nephew of Joseph Yerkes, the patriarch of one of Oakland County’s pioneer families. For over a century and a half, the house has been owned continuously by descendants of Joseph Yerkes.

Barry Lawrence Ruderman Map Collection, Stanford Libraries

Marker data: Michigan History Center

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