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Historic district, Lapeer, since 1830

Piety Hill Historic District

Still standing, photographed 2011

Piety Hill Historic District (Lapeer, Michigan), 2011 Photo: Notorious4life, public domain, via Wikimedia Commons
Opened
1830
Style
Georgian
Standing
196 years

Piety Hill Historic District has stood on Bounded by Park in Lapeer since 1830, 196 years and counting. Who built it, what makes it special and how to see it for yourself.

On the map

More photos of Piety Hill Historic District

The landmark St. Paul on the Lake Catholic Church, on Lakeshore Drive in Grosse Pointe Farms, Michigan, 2008 Photo: Umdet, CC BY 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

Piety Hill Historic District opened in 1830, in the years when roads in from Detroit were plank and mud.

It was built in the Georgian style, and it still reads that way from the sidewalk.

The National Register of Historic Places listed it in 1985.

Next time you are nearby, stop at Bounded by Park, Calhoun, Nepressing, Cramton, and Main[5] and look up.

The Piety Hill Historic District is a historic district located in downtown Lapeer in Lapeer County, Michigan, USA. It was designated as a Michigan State Historic Site and also added to the National Register of Historic Places on July 26, 1985.

From Wikipedia, CC BY-SA 4.0

Timeline

  1. 1830 Built Georgian, Greek Revival
  2. 1985 Listed on the National Register July 26, 1985
  3. 2026 Today 196 years and still standing

Where it is

Bounded by Park, Calhoun, Nepressing, Cramton, and Main[5], Lapeer

On this map

  1. Piety Hill Historic District This place
  2. James B. Dutton House 0.2 mi
  3. Columbus Tuttle House 0.2 mi
  4. Joseph Armstrong House 0.2 mi
  5. Jay White House 0.2 mi
  6. William H. and Sabrina Watson House 0.3 mi
  7. Rodney G. Hart House 0.3 mi
  8. Lapeer County Courthouse 0.3 mi
  9. John and Rosetta Lee House 0.3 mi

Street map from OpenStreetMap contributors

Around the block

Photo credits

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  1. Piety Hill Historic District (Lapeer, Michigan), 2011 Photo: Notorious4life, public domain, via Wikimedia Commons
  2. The landmark St. Paul on the Lake Catholic Church, on Lakeshore Drive in Grosse Pointe Farms, Michigan, 2008 Photo: Umdet, CC BY 3.0, via Wikimedia Commons

Sources

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