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Historic home, Lapeer, since 1872

John and Rosetta Lee House

Still standing, photographed 2019

John and Rosetta Lee House (Lapeer, Michigan), 2011 Photo: Notorious4life, public domain, via Wikimedia Commons
Built
1872
Style
Gothic Revival
Standing
154 years

The John and Rosetta Lee House at 823 Calhoun Street, built in 1872. The family, the architect, the block it belongs to and what stands there today.

On the map

Then and now

Photographed 2019

John and Rosetta Lee House, Lapeer, Michigan, 2019 Photo: Paul R. Burley, CC BY-SA 4.0, via Wikimedia Commons

Today, from the street

John and Rosetta Lee House from the street today Photo: Street View, 2026

What is there now

Standing

We checked building permits, sales, listings and the city's blight and demolition files on October 25, 2026. Nothing new at this address in the last two years.

The story

By Victoria Jackson, Editor in Chief Updated

The house at 823 Calhoun Street went up in 1872, in the decades its town grew around the railroad and the mill.

The style is Gothic Revival, and the details still show it.

Most homes like it are lived in, so enjoy it from the sidewalk.

The John and Rosetta Lee House is a private residential structure located at 823 Calhoun Street in the city of Lapeer in Lapeer County, Michigan. It was added to the National Register of Historic Places on July 26, 1985.

From Wikipedia, CC BY-SA 4.0

Timeline

  1. 1872 Built Gothic Revival
  2. 2026 Today 154 years and still standing

Where it is

823 Calhoun Street, Lapeer

On this map

  1. John and Rosetta Lee House This place
  2. Samuel J. Tomlinson House 100 ft
  3. Joseph Armstrong House 0.1 mi
  4. James B. Dutton House 0.1 mi
  5. Rodney G. Hart House 0.2 mi
  6. William H. and Sabrina Watson House 0.2 mi
  7. Columbus Tuttle House 0.2 mi
  8. Peter Van Dyke House 0.2 mi
  9. Lapeer County Courthouse 0.3 mi

Street map from OpenStreetMap contributors

More from Lapeer in the 1870s

Around the block

Photo credits

Every photo on this page is used under its license, named here with its author and a link to the original.

  1. John and Rosetta Lee House (Lapeer, Michigan), 2011 Photo: Notorious4life, public domain, via Wikimedia Commons
  2. John and Rosetta Lee House, Lapeer, Michigan, 2019 Photo: Paul R. Burley, CC BY-SA 4.0, via Wikimedia Commons
  3. John and Rosetta Lee House, Lapeer, Michigan, 2019 Photo: Paul R. Burley, CC BY-SA 4.0, via Wikimedia Commons
  4. The Col. Frank J. Hecker House in Detroit, Michigan, United States, seen here from across Woodward Avenue, is listed on..., 2008 Photo: Andrew Jameson at en.wikipedia, CC BY-SA 3.0, via Wikimedia Commons
  5. John and Rosetta Lee House from the street today Photo: Street View, 2026

Sources

Facts only, gathered from these sources. The story above is written by Rebuild Detroit. Every photo names its author and license where it appears.