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Historic home, Lapeer, since 1878

William H. and Sabrina Watson House

Still standing, photographed 2019

The William H. and Sabrina Watson House, a single-family home located at 507 Cedar Street, Lapeer, Michigan, 2019 Photo: Paul R. Burley, CC BY-SA 4.0, via Wikimedia Commons
Built
1878
Style
Queen Anne
Standing
148 years

The William H. and Sabrina Watson House at 507 Cedar Street, built in 1878. The family, the architect, the block it belongs to and what stands there today.

On the map

Then and now

Photographed 2019

The William H. and Sabrina Watson House, a single-family home located at 507 Cedar Street, Lapeer, Michigan, 2019 Photo: Paul R. Burley, CC BY-SA 4.0, via Wikimedia Commons

Today, from the street

William H. and Sabrina Watson 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 507 Cedar Street went up in 1878, in the decades its town grew around the railroad and the mill.

The style is Queen Anne, Italian Villa, and the details still show it.

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

The William H. and Sabrina Watson House is a single-family home located at 507 Cedar 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. 1878 Built Queen Anne, Italian Villa
  2. 2026 Today Standing and lived in

Where it is

507 Cedar Street, Lapeer

On this map

  1. William H. and Sabrina Watson House This place
  2. Rodney G. Hart House 120 ft
  3. Lapeer County Courthouse 0.1 mi
  4. James B. Dutton House 0.1 mi
  5. Joseph Armstrong House 0.2 mi
  6. John and Rosetta Lee House 0.2 mi
  7. Samuel J. Tomlinson House 0.2 mi
  8. Piety Hill Historic District 0.3 mi
  9. Peter Van Dyke House 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 William H. and Sabrina Watson House, a single-family home located at 507 Cedar Street, Lapeer, Michigan, 2019 Photo: Paul R. Burley, CC BY-SA 4.0, via Wikimedia Commons
  2. The William H. and Sabrina Watson House, a single-family home located at 507 Cedar Street, Lapeer, Michigan, 2019 Photo: Paul R. Burley, CC BY-SA 4.0, via Wikimedia Commons
  3. The William H. and Sabrina Watson House, a single-family home located at 507 Cedar Street, Lapeer, Michigan, 2019 Photo: Paul R. Burley, CC BY-SA 4.0, via Wikimedia Commons
  4. The William H. and Sabrina Watson House, a single-family home located at 507 Cedar Street, Lapeer, Michigan, 2019 Photo: Paul R. Burley, CC BY-SA 4.0, via Wikimedia Commons
  5. The William H. and Sabrina Watson House, a single-family home located at 507 Cedar Street, Lapeer, Michigan, 2019 Photo: Paul R. Burley, CC BY-SA 4.0, via Wikimedia Commons
  6. William H. and Sabrina Watson House (Lapeer, Michigan), 2011 Photo: Notorious4life at en.wikipedia, public domain, via Wikimedia Commons
  7. William H. and Sabrina Watson House from the street today Photo: Street View, 2026

Sources

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