Emery Houses
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| Location | 320-322 and 326-328 W. Ottawa St, Lansing, Michigan |
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| Coordinates | 42°44′05″N 84°33′25″W / 42.73472°N 84.55694°W |
| Area | less than one acre |
| Built | 1888 |
| Architectural style | Late Victorian, Second Empire Double Houses |
| MPS | Downtown Lansing MRA |
| NRHP reference No. | 93001409[1] |
| Added to NRHP | December 10, 1993 |
The Emery Houses are two duplexes located at 320–322 and 326–328 West Ottawa Street in Lansing, Michigan, United States. They were listed on the National Register of Historic Places in 1993. [1] The structure at 320–322 West Ottawa is significant due to its association with Populist activist Sarah E. Van De Vort Emery, a well-known public speaker and writer of the 1880s and 1890s.[2]
The land on which these houses sit was purchased in 1885 by Sarah Emery and her son Archibald. The two houses were likely built on the lots in 1888 and 1889. Archibald Emery lived in the unit 328 from 1888 to 1894, and sold the entire structure to W.H. Bosley in 1902. Sarah Emery and her husband Wesley lived in unit 320 from about 1889 to about 1891. In 1891, one half of the duplex was sold, with the Emerys retaining the other half. Sarah Emery died in 1895, and her estate sold the remaining house to Mrs. Cora Murray in 1900. In the subsequent years, the houses were used for different things, including division into apartments and offices.[2]
