Selfridge Field, Building Nos. 228, 230, 232, 234, 236, 228, 230, 232, 234, & 236 George Avenue, Mount Clemens, Macomb County, MI
Summary
Significance: These buildings are representative of the Georgian Revival architecture present through the cantonment area, with simple porches and restrained details such as corbelling, window hoods and returns. They are the first residential housing on base built from standardized plans and all played a central role in the lives of noncommissioned personnel stationed at the base. They also are excellent examples of the architectural expression that defined the character of the Cantonment area of the base, a style flourishing in the U.S. at the nation's Sesquicentennial and inspired by Rockefeller's Williamsburg re-creation...
Survey number: HAER MI-116-M
Tags
Date
1969 - 1980
Contributors
Historic American Engineering Record, creator
Location
Mount Clemens (Mich.), 42.59726, -82.87798
Source
Library of Congress
Copyright info
No known restrictions on images made by the U.S. Government; images copied from other sources may be restricted. http://www.loc.gov/rr/print/res/114_habs.html