Chapoton House

Chapoton House is a Michigan historical marker in Detroit, Wayne County, dedicated 1987.

Wayne County · dedicated 1987 · 511 Beaubien, Detroit

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Alexander Chapoton built this Queen Anne-style townhouse in the early 1870s. Chapoton, a builder, was one of the contractors for the state capitol in Lansing. A descendant of one of Detroit’s oldest families, he was a state legislator and a member of the Detroit Board of Public Works. He built this house at a time when Beaubien Street consisted mostly of Victorian row houses. The house, which features a unique Queen Anne living hall, became an art gallery and studio in the 1980s.

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