Map c.1874 with Dr. E.C. Bostick's house highlighted.

Modern equivalent

A passage from a historical index from the 1880's or 90's stating that E.C.'s son Gilbert was born in Almont in 1837, so it's likely that the Bosticks were the ones to build the house around 1840. Many settlers lived in small log cabins before building a frame house

Gilbert Bostick was associated with two Masonic chapters based out of Almont.

Dr Elijah C. Bostick House (b.~1840)
Almont Township, Lapeer County Michigan.

#historic #map c.1874.
Historic index c.~1890

#oldbuildings #houses #victorian #almonttwp #lapeer #michigan

An old Greek Revival style farmhouse on Bordman Rd at Kidder Rd.

Dr. Elijah C. Bostick House (b.~1840)
Almont Township, Lapeer County Michigan.

📸 Google Pixel 8 Pro

#photography #architecture #historic #victorian #greekrevival #oldbuildings #houses #trees #farms #gloom #gloomy #rustbelt #rural #lightroom #almonttwp #lapeer #michigan

Historic map of Almont c.1874 with the house of R. Payne highlighted.

Modern view

Rufus Payne (1814-1905)
Almont, Lapeer County Michigan.

Rufus Payne's father migrated his family from Riga, New York to Prestonville, in what is now Shelby Township. At some point Rufus moved north to Almont.

#historic #map c.1874

#oldbuildings #victorian #almont #lapeer #michigan

A false-color Greek Revival style house in the winter

Rufus Payne House (b.1850's-1860's?)
Almont, Lapeer County Michigan.

📸 Google Pixel 8 Pro

#photography #architecture #oldbuildings #houses #victorian #greekrevival #winter #snow #lightroom #village #almont #lapeer #michigan

Historic property atlas of Almont c.1893. The highlighted house is owned by R.K. Farnum; same as the grist mill.

Modern view of the historic map

Rufus K. Farnum House (b.1883)
Almont, Lapeer County Michigan.

R.K. owned the first two houses on the left after the North Branch Clinton River bridge while coming north from Romeo. He also owned the local grist mill.

#historic #map c.1893

#oldbuildings #victorian #almont #lapeer #michigan

A Queen Anne Victorian style house that looks very cold. Maybe you should let it inside.

Rufus K. Farnum House (b.1883)
Almont, Lapeer County Michigan.

📸 Google Pixel 8 Pro

#photography #architecture #oldbuildings #houses #victorian #queenanne #winter #snow #lightroom #village #almont #lapeer #michigan

A lonely white house on a frozen county road.

Lonely Abode (b.1942)
Almont Township, Lapeer County Michigan.

📸 Google Pixel 8 Pro

#photography #nightphotography #architecture #oldbuildings #houses #farms #streets #scenes #winter #snow #lightroom #rural #almont #lapeer #michigan

Historic map of Lapeer County c.1861. Farmer's Creek and SH are highlighted green. Hadley Township is hand colored blue and Metamora Township is colored dark brown.

Google satellite of today's view of the previous map. Still untouched by the suburbs which slowly creep northward from Oakland County.

Farmer's Creek
Hadley & Metamora Township, Lapeer County Michigan.

Once sporting several shops and a church in this #historic #map c.1861; Farmer's Creek is a ghost of what it once was. There's just this schoolhouse and one or two farms.

#rural #hadleytwp #lapeer #michigan

An old schoolhouse renovated with a red metal roof. Snow caps the roof as I shot this during a pretty heavy mid-day blizzard.

Farmer's Creek Schoolhouse (b.1860) (c.1962)
Hadley Township, Lapeer County Michigan.

📸 Holga 135FC
🎞️ Kodak Ultramax 400

#photography #analogphotography #film #filmphotography #lomo #35mm #holga #oldbuildings #schoolhouses #rural #hadleytwp #lapeer #michigan

A Queen Anne Victorian house with a round third story turret on a wintry night. The image has been edited to decrease the texture and some of the color hues.

Charles Ferguson House (b.1895)
Almont, Lapeer County Michigan.

📸 Google Pixel 8 Pro

#photography #nightphotography #night #architecture #victorian #queenanne #oldbuildings #houses #lightroom #village #almont #lapeer #michigan

A Victorian Italian Villa style house at night. It's been edited to look goldish and somewhat monochromatic.

John Harris House (b.1871)
Almont, Lapeer County Michigan.

Also known as "Terrace Place" and the "Ebeling House."

📸 Google Pixel 8 Pro

#photography #nightphotography #night #architecture #victorian #italianvilla #oldbuildings #houses #lightroom #village #almont #lapeer #michigan

A quiet snow-covered country road bordered by deciduous and coniferous trees. A pair of headlights peak over a hill in the distance.

Baldwin Road, the Metamora and Hadley Township border.
Lapeer County, Michigan.

📸 Holga 135FC
🎞️ Fujifilm 400 ISO

#photography #analogphotography #trees #roads #winter #snow #film #filmphotography #35mm #holga #rural #metamora #hadley #lapeer #michigan

"S. Burt" highlighted in blue in a historic map of Dryden c.1897.

Google satellite equivalent.

Samuel Burton's grave in Dryden Center Cemetery

Samuel Burton's death certificate c.1911.

S. Burt (Samuel H. Burton?) (1833-1911)
Dryden, Lapeer County Michigan.

Samuel H. Burton was a Civil War veteran. I'm not sure if this is the "S. Burt" referenced in the map c.1897.

#village #dryden #lapeer #michigan

A sun bursts from behind a yellow house in a quiet wintry village. Trees break up the clouds and color reflected from the evening skies.

S. Burt (Samuel H. Burton?) House (b.1880's or 90's)
Dryden, Lapeer County Michigan.

#photography #architecture #victorian #gabledell #skies #sunset #sunsets #trees #village #dryden #lapeer #michigan #puremichigan

John Merritt Lamb House (b.~1850-1870)
Dryden, Lapeer County Michigan.

Another reshoot of one of the first houses I posted about!

#photography #architecture #victorian #secondempire #oldbuildings #houses #winter #trees #sunset #village #dryden #lapeer #michigan #puremichigan

The D. Grant House (b.~1860's)
Almont, Lapeer County Michigan.

This house makes me want to play Age of Mythology, ("prostagma!")

#photography #architecture #victorian #queenanne #greek #winter #seasons #oldbuildings #houses #village #night #nightphotography #almont #lapeer #michigan

A Greek Revival style house along a Main Street covered in colorful lights.

H. McClellan House (b.~1830's-60's?)
Almont, Lapeer County Michigan.

#photography #architecture #greekrevival #oldbuildings #houses #trees #winter #snow #christmaslights #holidaylights #christmas #night #nightphotography #village #almont #lapeer #michigan #puremichigan

Historic map of Almont c.1874. "J. Amsden" is highlighted blue.

Google maps equivalent of the historic map.

Jeremiah F. Amsden (1804-1878)
Almont, Lapeer County Michigan.

Jeremiah was a blacksmith from Massachusetts. He moved to Macomb County, Michigan in 1834. Some time after, he bought this house in Almont where he had lived in by 1874.

#oldbuildings #houses #village #almont #lapeer #michigan

The backside of a small Greek Revival style house painted Gumby-Green.

Jeremiah Amsden House (b.~1840's-60's?)
Almont, Lapeer County Michigan.

#photography #architecture #oldbuildings #houses #trees #winter #snow #night #nightphotography #village #almont #lapeer #michigan #puremichigan

A 20-25 feet tall pine tree surrounded in snow. It sits at the back corner of Hollow Corners Veterinary Services.

Fuck You If You Don't Like Christmas*
Dryden, Lapeer County Michigan.

*Fuck you if you don't like Eid or Hannukah

#photography #trees #winter #snow #pine #night #nightphotography #scene #christmas #holidays #dryden #lapeer #michigan

A greenly lit sign stating: "Thornville Baptist Church Sunday School: ⬜30 | Evening Worship: 6:00pm Morning Worship: 10:30 | Wednesday Evening: 7:00 Pastor F. Leuck"

Gothic revival details at the top of the church: a small wooden belfry, gingerbread frame on the gable, and a circular window with a 12 pointed star occupying the full diameter.

A Gothic revival style wooden church

A Gothic revival style wooden church

Baptist Church (b.1847) (+.1885)
Thornville, Lapeer County Michigan.

Some more of the unedited shots I took of the church!

#photography #nightphotography #night #architecture #gothicrevival #gothic #oldbuildings #churches #thornville #metamora #dryden #lapeer #michigan

An extravagant wooden Gothic Revival Church with detailed additions from the 1880's. Illuminated in dim green lights to avoid disrupting this quiet rural hamlet's pitch black nights.

Baptist Church (b.1847) (+.1885)
Thornville, Lapeer County Michigan.

An old hamlet along the South Branch Flint River on the borders of Metamora Twp and Dryden Twp.

I didn't edit this at all btw

#photography #nightphotography #night #architecture #gothicrevival #gothic #churches #lapeer #michigan

Blake's Backyard market entrance. Characters Bluey and uhhhh... Orange Bluey- are made out of painted bails of hay, in front of a white and red entrance sign.

Blake's Backyard Taproom, Kitchen, & Market (re-o.2021)
Almont, Lapeer County Michigan.

Blake's started out as an apple orchard in nearby Armada in 1946. Now, they have several locations, including a hard cidery.

#photography #landscapes #cider #orchards #autumn #snow #almont #lapeer #michigan

Crafted in Symmetry (b.1900?-1920)
Almont, Lapeer County Michigan.

#photography #architecture #victorian #craftsman #foursquare #oldbuildings #houses #mono #monochrome #bnw #village #almont #lapeer #michigan

Blueberry Gothic (b.1870)
Almont, Lapeer County Michigan.

#photography #architecture #victorian #gothic #gothicrevival #oldbuildings #houses #windows #autumn #village #almont #lapeer #michigan

Frederick P. Currier House (b.1854)
Almont, Lapeer County Michigan.

Currier was a machinist and carpenter from New England with investments in lumber and banking.

#photography #architecture #octagonhouse #oldbuildings #houses #autumn #fallcolors #village #almont #lapeer #michigan

Ocular (b.1909)
Hadley, Lapeer County Michigan.

#photography #architecture #victorian #craftsman #turret #oldbuildings #houses #autumn #fallcolors #village #hadley #lapeer #michigan

H. Spencer House (b.1860's-1890's)
Hadley, Lapeer County Michigan.

The owner told me that the house is 201 years old but I don't believe this is true.

#photography #architecture #victorian #oldbuildings #houses #autumn #fallcolors #village #hadley #lapeer #michigan

Charles Morey House (b.1890's-1910's)
Hadley, Lapeer County Michigan.

#photography #architecture #victorian #oldbuildings #houses #autumn #fallcolors #village #hadley #lapeer #michigan

Walter John Bublitz Farm (b.1930)
Lapeer Township, Lapeer County Michigan

According to public record; Walter Bublitz, age 104 years old, is still the listed resident on the farm.

#photography #architecture #craftsman #foursquare #autumn #farms #oldbuildings #houses #rural #lapeer #lapeer #michigan