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Historic home, Lapeer, since 1870

Samuel J. Tomlinson House

Still standing, photographed 2019

The Samuel J. Tomlinson House is a single family home constructed in the early 1870s by S. J. Tomlinson, the city clerk..., 2019 Photo: Paul R. Burley, CC BY-SA 4.0, via Wikimedia Commons
Built
1870
Style
Italianate
Standing
156 years

The Samuel J. Tomlinson House at 841 Calhoun Street, built in 1870. The family, the architect, the block it belongs to and what stands there today.

On the map

Then and now

Photographed 2019

The Samuel J. Tomlinson House is a single family home constructed in the early 1870s by S. J. Tomlinson, the city clerk..., 2019 Photo: Paul R. Burley, CC BY-SA 4.0, via Wikimedia Commons

Today, from the street

Samuel J. Tomlinson House from the street today Photo: Street View, 2026

What is there now

Standing and lived in

  • Lived in by its owner Homestead exemption on file Source: County parcel records

We checked building permits, sales, listings and the city's blight and demolition files on October 25, 2026.

The story

By Victoria Jackson, Editor in Chief Updated

The house at 841 Calhoun Street went up in 1870, as railroads, lumber and farm money built the region's main streets.

The style is Italianate, and the details still show it.

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

The Samuel J. Tomlinson House is a single family home located at 841 Calhoun Street in Lapeer, Michigan. It was listed on the National Register of Historic Places in 1985.

From Wikipedia, CC BY-SA 4.0

Timeline

  1. 1870 Built Italianate
  2. 2026 Today Standing and lived in

Where it is

841 Calhoun Street, Lapeer

On this map

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

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  1. The Samuel J. Tomlinson House is a single family home constructed in the early 1870s by S. J. Tomlinson, the city clerk..., 2019 Photo: Paul R. Burley, CC BY-SA 4.0, via Wikimedia Commons
  2. The Samuel J. Tomlinson House is a single family home constructed in the early 1870s by S. J. Tomlinson, the city clerk..., 2019 Photo: Paul R. Burley, CC BY-SA 4.0, via Wikimedia Commons
  3. Samuel J. Tomlinson House (Lapeer, Michigan), 2011 Photo: Notorious4life, public domain, via Wikimedia Commons
  4. Samuel J. Tomlinson 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.