Field Apartments

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Address:
64 Water Street, Manistee, MI, United States
Description:

ARCHITECT: Unknown 
CONSTRUCTED: 1872


Smith W. Fowler, who was the editor of the Manistee Times and a civil rights lawyer, built this home in 1872. Originally it was an Italianate building with a central tower and a widow’s walk.

In 1910 it was bought by Dr. James King who remodeled it into a private home and hospital. It is one of the two houses remaining in Manistee that has a mansard roof.

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