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proved too costly, and she donated the house to the American Legion. The Legion sold it to the owner of Weaver's Funeral Home, who converted it into a funeral parlor, making almost no alterations to the original house. In 1976, the Reynolds-Jonkhoff Funeral Home began using the home; they still operate it and maintain the house.
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In 1852, Hannah married Ann Amelia Flynn; the couple had three children. In 1854 the Hannahs permanently moved to Traverse City, where Perry Hannah guided Hannah, Lay, and Co. to immense profits, expanding into banking, milling, real estate, and wholesale and retail sales. In 1886, they divested the
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Inside the house are 40 rooms located on four floors, with a total of 14,000 square feet (1,300 m). The house contains ten fireplaces, eight with handmade Venetian tiles. The woodwork features many types of wood, including cherry, birch, beech, birds-eye and curly maple, oak, dark oak, walnut,
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for Hannah. It was completed in 1893. Hannah used the house as his retirement home, living there until his death in 1904. The house then passed to his daughter-in-law, Elsie Hannah. Years later, unable to afford the upkeep of the house, Elsie Hannah planned to demolish it. However, demolition also
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to clerk at a lumberyard. In 1850, he formed a partnership with A. Tracy Lay and James Morgan, called Hannah, Lay, and Co. In 1851, the firm purchased land near Traverse City and began logging.
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The Perry Hannah House occupies a large double lot on the corner of Sixth and Pine streets. It is a three-story asymmetric brick
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lumbering portion of the business. By the 1890s, Hannah, Lay, and Co. was worth tens of millions of dollars.
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and round corner turrets. The house sits on a granite foundation and is capped with a
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National Register of Historic Places in Grand Traverse County, Michigan
360:-story carriage house, now used as a garage, sits behind the house. 302:. He was later employed in a Port Huron store, but in 1846 moved to 339: 415: 343: 303: 299: 290:, the son of E. L. and Ann Hannah. In 1837 the Hannahs moved to 484:. New York: Western Publishing and Engraving Co. 1900. p.  543:
Houses on the National Register of Historic Places in Michigan
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Interactive map showing the location for Perry Hannah House
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Perry Hannah House is located in Michigan
Perry Hannah House is located in the United States
Traverse City, Michigan
44°45′40″N 85°37′36″W / 44.76111°N 85.62667°W / 44.76111; -85.62667
William G. Robinson
Queen Anne
72000617
Traverse City, Michigan
National Register of Historic Places
Perry Hannah
Erie County, Pennsylvania
St. Clair County, Michigan
Port Huron
Detroit
Chicago
Grand Rapids
William G. Robinson
Queen Anne
clapboard siding
hip roof
veranda
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