Historic home, Cherry Hill, since 1840
Thomas and Maria Blackman Bartlett House
Photographed standing in 2010
- Built
- 1840
- Style
- New England large house
- Standing
- 186 years
The Thomas and Maria Blackman Bartlett House at 500 N. Ridge Rd. (Canton Township), built in 1840. The family, the architect, the block it belongs to and what stands there today.
Then and now
Photographed 2010
Today, from the street
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
The house at 500 N. Ridge Rd. (Canton Township) went up in 1840, when Michigan was still a young state of farms, mills and river landings.
The style is New England large house, and the details still show it.
Most homes like it are lived in, so enjoy it from the sidewalk.
The Thomas and Maria Blackman Bartlett House (also known as the Bartlett-Travis House) was built as a private house at the corner of Canton Center and Warren Roads. It was donated to Canton Township and relocated to its current site at 500 N. Ridge Road in Cherry Hill, Michigan. It was listed on the National Register of Historic Places in 2000.
Timeline
- 1840 Built New England large house
- 2026 Today 186 years and still standing
Where it is
500 N. Ridge Rd. (Canton Township), Cherry Hill
On this map
- 1 Thomas and Maria Blackman Bartlett House This place
- 2 Thomas and Isabella Moore Clyde House 0.2 mi
- 3 Cherry Hill Historic District 0.3 mi
Street map from OpenStreetMap contributors
More from Cherry Hill in the 1840s
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John and Eliza Barr Patterson House
Built 1844, Greek Revival
Photo: Andrew Jameson, CC BY-SA 3.0, via Wikimedia Commons
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David and Elizabeth Bell Boldman House
Built 1835, Greek Revival
Photo: Andrew Jameson, CC BY-SA 3.0, via Wikimedia Commons
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Thomas and Isabella Moore Clyde House
Built 1845, Greek Revival
Photo: Andrew Jameson, CC BY-SA 3.0, via Wikimedia Commons
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.
- 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
- Thomas and Maria Blackman Bartlett House in Cherry Hill, MI, 2010 Photo: Andrew Jameson, CC BY-SA 3.0, via Wikimedia Commons
- Thomas and Maria Blackman Bartlett House from the street today Photo: Street View, 2018
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.