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Ryan M. Eashoo
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I have just been notified by the CEO of the Flint Cultural Center
that it plans to seek permission to DEMOLISH The historic District of
Manning Court. They seek to tear down 5 homes that are currently
owned by the Flint Cultural Center Corporation at The Flint Historic
District Commission's next meeting, November 2, 2006 5:30pm, Third
Floor Flint City Hall.
They plan to seek permission to DEMOLISH the wonderful, cottage style
homes that Mr. Dort commission Architect Manning to create. They need more parking they are saying. These structures are a certified Historic District in the City of Flint and STATE OF MICHIGAN. This is a public meeting, and we encourage the public to come and speak on how they feel about the issue. For More Information feel free to contact
me
Ryan M. Eashoo,
Flint Historic District Chairman
(810) 691-6287
P. S. We are also seeking Letters voicing the Citizens of Flint's
Concern regarding this... Please fax letters ahead of meeting to
(810)-213-0225. |
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Thu Oct 19, 2006 1:56 pm |
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Wood Ether
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as if the Cultural Center doesn't have enough parking already. Apparently they claim they need it so yuppie GB parents will feel safe dropping their kids off... RIDICULOUS. These homes are an asset. In the future they could be used for artists in residence, studios, offices, guest rooms for CC visitors, a bed and breakfast.
Sad that those who you would think would appreciate the architecture (musicians and artists) are the ones who wanna see them gone. |
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Thu Oct 19, 2006 2:42 pm |
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Ryan M. Eashoo
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Manning Court Historic District
Manning Court Historic District was one of the original historic districts formed under City of Flint ordinance 2707 in 1979. The Flint Bi-Centennial Commission, formed for the U.S. Bi-Centennial suggested that historic districts be formed in the City to protect our local history. A Study Commission was formed in 1975 and its findings resulted in the Historic District Ordinance creation after four years of study . Fifteen districts were identified which included over 176 structures across the City. Another Study Committee formed in 1981, added additional historic properties in 1982, which included Carriage Town.
Over the last 40 years the Flint Board of Education and the Nature Land Conservancy, working with funding from the C.S. Mott Foundation, slowly purchased property surrounding the Cultural Center. Most of the now vacant property behind Manning Court was demolished by the Nature Land Conservancy. Just recently the property on Manning Court owned by the Nature Conservancy was transferred to the Cultural Center Corp.
Property previously purchased by the Flint Board of Education while they were in control of the Cultural Center has been turned over to the Cultural Center over the last several years. Only one house on Manning Court remains in private hands.
Manning Court was part of the property acquired by J. Dallas Dort when he built his home at 1025 E. Kearsley St where the Flint Institute of Music is today. That home was destroyed by fire in the early 1970’s. Manning Court was named by Dort after the architect that designed his estate and some of Flint’s parks, Charles S. Manning. The street was developed as a country lane in keeping with its original English cottage architecture. The Court remained a gravel lane until the late 1990’s when the road was paved without a Certificate of Appropriateness.
Mr. Dort platted the area in 1909 as J.D. Dort’s Addition to the City of Flint. It was surveyed by Moses Middleton in 1907. As part of his work, Middleton set unique brass markers at all the required monument points. A review in 1979 showed that only three of the original 17 still existed. It is not known if they remain today but this should be reviewed before any work is performed.
Mr. Dort erected three homes in the English cottage style in 1906-07 beginning at Crapo Street. They were all originally built as rentals as the Polk Directories show yearly change in occupancy. Most were occupied by people associated with the Durant-Dort Carriage Company , later the Dort Motors Company, Buick, and other Auto Parts suppliers. Even Dort’s son Ralph and his wife lived on the street for one year in 1916 while employed with the Dort Motor Co. By the late teens ,early 1920’s, a shift to home homeownership slowly occurred.
Above all men of industry in Flint’s history, J. Dallas Dort took a keen interest in the well being of the working man. At the time of Flint’s rapid development, it was he who paid particular attention to housing, insurance programs for workers, creating a park system for the Flint community and providing property for the establishment of schools and churches near the new Buick Factory. It is obvious that the construction of Manning Court met many needs.
It provided new comfortable housing for newcomers coming to work and live in Flint at a time when housing was at a premium. It guaranteed that his newly hired workers would have an affordable place to live when they accepted a job with him. It also provided him control of his surroundings as he guided the creation of the neighborhood . It was clear that he was trying to set a standard for home construction by the quality of architects he engaged for his building. These were not like the quickly built homes that sprang up around the City to meet the housing shortage needs of the time.
Manning Street began in the following order:
1003 Manning Court was first occupied 1907 by Mrs. Florence Collins
1009 Manning Court was the home of Harold Prince in 1907
1063 Manning Court was first occupied in 1907by Wm Little, Manager of Buick Motor In 1913 James Martin, Cashier of Genesee Bank. In 1916
Mr. Dort’s son, Ralph Bates Dort and his wife resided here.
This house was torn down for the Culutral Center Parking lot
Behind Sloan Museum
1015 Manning Court was built in 1908
1019 Manning Court was built for Garrick Risedorph, Mr. Dort’s secretary.
1027 Manning Court-was built in 1918-1919 for George C. Willson ( Willson Park is named after his father Dr. James Willson). He in turn provided it to his daughter Frances Willson and her first husband Mr. Kenneth Horner upon his return from WWI. The Willson family have been great benefactors to the Flint Community. Mrs. Frances Willson Thompson legacy is the Library at the University of Michigan Flint, the Residence Hall and Chair of Industrial History at Kettering University and she was the main benefactor for the restoration of the Durant-Dort Office Building in Carriage Town. The Hauser family has lived at this address since 1954.
This is the last privately owned house.
1103 Manning Court was also built in 1918 for Courtney Johnson who came to Flint to work at the Dort Motor Company. This house was frequently used by
The Dort Motor Co. in advertising for their automobiles. Courtney was a
College friend to Dort’s son Ralph.
Both 1027 and 1103 were designed by architect Robert Seyfert of Chicago, who came to Flint to design the Flint Golf Club on Lakside Dr when it was moved from Atlas Michigan. Mr. Dort was a prominent member of the Flint Golf Club. Mr. Seyfert also designed the house at 515
East Street in the east Street Historic District and another house on South Drive. These two houses do not reflect the English Cottage Style Architecture.
*It should be noted the street numbering changed as additional houses were built between 1912 and 1920.
Ryan M. Eashoo, Flint Historic District Chairman |
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Thu Oct 19, 2006 3:12 pm |
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Ryan M. Eashoo
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Manning Court Historic District
Manning Court Historic District was one of the original historic districts formed under City of Flint ordinance 2707 in 1979. The Flint Bi-Centennial Commission, formed for the U.S. Bi-Centennial suggested that historic districts be formed in the City to protect our local history. A Study Commission was formed in 1975 and its findings resulted in the Historic District Ordinance creation after four years of study . Fifteen districts were identified which included over 176 structures across the City. Another Study Committee formed in 1981, added additional historic properties in 1982, which included Carriage Town.
Over the last 40 years the Flint Board of Education and the Nature Land Conservancy, working with funding from the C.S. Mott Foundation, slowly purchased property surrounding the Cultural Center. Most of the now vacant property behind Manning Court was demolished by the Nature Land Conservancy. Just recently the property on Manning Court owned by the Nature Conservancy was transferred to the Cultural Center Corp.
Property previously purchased by the Flint Board of Education while they were in control of the Cultural Center has been turned over to the Cultural Center over the last several years. Only one house on Manning Court remains in private hands.
Manning Court was part of the property acquired by J. Dallas Dort when he built his home at 1025 E. Kearsley St where the Flint Institute of Music is today. That home was destroyed by fire in the early 1970’s. Manning Court was named by Dort after the architect that designed his estate and some of Flint’s parks, Charles S. Manning. The street was developed as a country lane in keeping with its original English cottage architecture. The Court remained a gravel lane until the late 1990’s when the road was paved without a Certificate of Appropriateness.
Mr. Dort platted the area in 1909 as J.D. Dort’s Addition to the City of Flint. It was surveyed by Moses Middleton in 1907. As part of his work, Middleton set unique brass markers at all the required monument points. A review in 1979 showed that only three of the original 17 still existed. It is not known if they remain today but this should be reviewed before any work is performed.
Mr. Dort erected three homes in the English cottage style in 1906-07 beginning at Crapo Street. They were all originally built as rentals as the Polk Directories show yearly change in occupancy. Most were occupied by people associated with the Durant-Dort Carriage Company , later the Dort Motors Company, Buick, and other Auto Parts suppliers. Even Dort’s son Ralph and his wife lived on the street for one year in 1916 while employed with the Dort Motor Co. By the late teens ,early 1920’s, a shift to home homeownership slowly occurred.
Above all men of industry in Flint’s history, J. Dallas Dort took a keen interest in the well being of the working man. At the time of Flint’s rapid development, it was he who paid particular attention to housing, insurance programs for workers, creating a park system for the Flint community and providing property for the establishment of schools and churches near the new Buick Factory. It is obvious that the construction of Manning Court met many needs.
It provided new comfortable housing for newcomers coming to work and live in Flint at a time when housing was at a premium. It guaranteed that his newly hired workers would have an affordable place to live when they accepted a job with him. It also provided him control of his surroundings as he guided the creation of the neighborhood . It was clear that he was trying to set a standard for home construction by the quality of architects he engaged for his building. These were not like the quickly built homes that sprang up around the City to meet the housing shortage needs of the time.
Manning Street began in the following order:
1003 Manning Court was first occupied 1907 by Mrs. Florence Collins
1009 Manning Court was the home of Harold Prince in 1907
1063 Manning Court was first occupied in 1907by Wm Little, Manager of Buick Motor In 1913 James Martin, Cashier of Genesee Bank. In 1916
Mr. Dort’s son, Ralph Bates Dort and his wife resided here.
This house was torn down for the Culutral Center Parking lot
Behind Sloan Museum
1015 Manning Court was built in 1908
1019 Manning Court was built for Garrick Risedorph, Mr. Dort’s secretary.
1027 Manning Court-was built in 1918-1919 for George C. Willson ( Willson Park is named after his father Dr. James Willson). He in turn provided it to his daughter Frances Willson and her first husband Mr. Kenneth Horner upon his return from WWI. The Willson family have been great benefactors to the Flint Community. Mrs. Frances Willson Thompson legacy is the Library at the University of Michigan Flint, the Residence Hall and Chair of Industrial History at Kettering University and she was the main benefactor for the restoration of the Durant-Dort Office Building in Carriage Town. The Hauser family has lived at this address since 1954.
This is the last privately owned house.
1103 Manning Court was also built in 1918 for Courtney Johnson who came to Flint to work at the Dort Motor Company. This house was frequently used by
The Dort Motor Co. in advertising for their automobiles. Courtney was a
College friend to Dort’s son Ralph.
Both 1027 and 1103 were designed by architect Robert Seyfert of Chicago, who came to Flint to design the Flint Golf Club on Lakside Dr when it was moved from Atlas Michigan. Mr. Dort was a prominent member of the Flint Golf Club. Mr. Seyfert also designed the house at 515
East Street in the east Street Historic District and another house on South Drive. These two houses do not reflect the English Cottage Style Architecture.
*It should be noted the street numbering changed as additional houses were built between 1912 and 1920.
Ryan M. Eashoo, Flint Historic District Chairman |
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Thu Oct 19, 2006 3:12 pm |
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John W.
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| WHO CARES? These are just old houses, I say tear;em down.. Who needs them anyhow? |
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Thu Oct 19, 2006 3:37 pm |
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Megan
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| Those are beautiful homes. Flint needs to preseve these homes. |
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Thu Oct 19, 2006 5:43 pm |
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Chris
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| Tear those crap hole down. They are infested with Rats. Besides crime at the cultural center is HIGH. lots of break ins and stuff. |
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Fri Oct 20, 2006 1:22 pm |
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Diane
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| What does this say to our YOUTH? tear it down, take away our past? This is sad, I plan to attend the meeting and SPEAK OUT AGAINST this. |
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Fri Oct 20, 2006 8:51 pm |
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Rick
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| Those are some really nice homes, I drove by them today! What a shame if they are allowed to tear them down. |
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Mon Oct 23, 2006 5:57 pm |
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Amanda
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Ryan, is there anywhere online where we could see photos of these homes?
Thank you, Amanda |
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Mon Oct 23, 2006 10:19 pm |
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Jan
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| Article on this in Today's Flint Journal. |
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Wed Oct 25, 2006 12:29 pm |
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Ryan Eashoo
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Its sad that the Flint Cultural Center allows employees to park right in front, and in back. ( 20 feet from the door). But then make the parents and kids park a mile away. The Cultural Center should support all kinds of cultural, including the history of J D Dort, and the City of Flint.
Flint needs to become more Pedestrian friendly. |
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Sun Oct 29, 2006 9:42 pm |
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Ryan Eashoo
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quote:
Diane schreef:
What does this say to our YOUTH? tear it down, take away our past? This is sad, I plan to attend the meeting and SPEAK OUT AGAINST this.
Its sad that the Flint Cultural Center allows employees to park right in front, and in back. ( 20 feet from the door). But then make the parents and kids park a mile away. The Cultural Center should support all kinds of cultural, including the history of J D Dort, and the City of Flint.
Flint needs to become more Pedestrian friendly. |
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Sun Oct 29, 2006 9:43 pm |
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