Jct. of US 12 and Jackson Rd., Somerset Center, Michigan. County/parish: Hillsdale.
Added to the National Register of Historic Places January 24, 1992. NRIS 91001984.
2 contributing buildings. 3 contributing sites. 23 contributing structures. 2 contributing objects.Also known as:
McCourtie Park, originally dalled Aiden Lair, is a recreational park located at 10426 South Jackson Road (at US 12) in Somerset Center, Michigan. It was designated a Michigan State Historic Site in 1991 and listed on the National Register of Historic Places in 1992 under the name W. H. L. McCourtie Estate. The site may contain the country's largest collection of el trabejo rustico (known in French as faux bois), the Mexican folk art tradition where wet concrete is sculpted to look like wood.
(read more...)National Park Service documentation: https://catalog.archives.gov/id/25339377