Ransom E. Olds House, 720 Washington Avenue & Main Street, Lansing, Ingham County, MI

Significance: 20th century mansion representative of the taste, materials and craftsmanship of its era. / Date of construction: 1904. Architect: D.D. Moon. Brick and stone. Two-and-a-half stories; L-plan; approximately 55' x 75'. Hip roof, gables, corner towers, front doors with beveled plate glass designed in a geometric pattern; pair of elliptical windows on east front, wooden cornice with frieze. Oak paneling and trim; music room with landscape paintings on panels; decorative pipe organ along west wall made by Aeolian Co., New York; ballroom on third floor; sun porch with painted and mirrored panels.
Survey number: HABS MI-231