Simpson Rd., Mendon, Michigan. County/parish: St. Joseph.
Added to the National Register of Historic Places April 11, 1973. NRIS 73001947.
1 contributing building.The Marantette House is a private house located on Simpson Road in Mendon, Michigan. It is significant as an impressive vernacular version of Greek Revival architecture. Located along the St. Joseph River, it is also one of the few local examples of a riverfront orientation of a house, dating from when river traffic dominated area transportation. The house was listed on the National Register of Historic Places in 1973.
It was built for Patrick Marantette from Detroit, who settled here in the 1830s as a trader with the Potawatomi and related Indians. Marantette descendants kept the house in the family into the 1970s.
(read more...)National Park Service documentation: https://catalog.archives.gov/id/25340527