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Historic home, Northville, since 1869

Robert Yerkes House

Photographed standing in 2010

Robert Yerkes House, Northville, Michigan. On the National Register of Historic Places, 2010 Photo: Andrew Jameson, CC BY-SA 3.0, via Wikimedia Commons
Built
1869
Style
Gothic Revival
Standing
157 years

The Robert Yerkes House at 535 E. Base Line Rd, built in 1869. The family, the architect, the block it belongs to and what stands there today.

On the map

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Photographed 2010

Robert Yerkes House, Northville, Michigan. On the National Register of Historic Places, 2010 Photo: Andrew Jameson, CC BY-SA 3.0, via Wikimedia Commons

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 535 E. Base Line Rd went up in 1869, as railroads, lumber and farm money built the region's main streets.

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 Robert Yerkes House is a single-family home located at 535 East Base Line Road in Northville, Michigan. It was listed on the National Register of Historic Places in 1973.

From Wikipedia, CC BY-SA 4.0

Timeline

  1. 1869 Built Gothic Revival
  2. 2026 Today 157 years and still standing

Where it is

535 E. Base Line Rd., Northville

On this map

  1. Robert Yerkes House This place
  2. Ford Valve Plant 0.4 mi
  3. Northville Historic District 0.6 mi
  4. Joseph D. Yerkes House 0.6 mi

Street map from OpenStreetMap contributors

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. Robert Yerkes House, Northville, Michigan. On the National Register of Historic Places, 2010 Photo: Andrew Jameson, CC BY-SA 3.0, via Wikimedia Commons
  2. Robert Yerkes House This is an image of a place or building that is listed on the National Register of Historic Places..., 1904 Photo: Josiah Granville Leach, public domain, via Wikimedia Commons
  3. Yerkes Brothers, Northville / Novi Mi, 1904 Photo: Josiah Granville Leach, public domain, via Wikimedia Commons

Sources

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