Wickwire房子
柳条屋, 现在是全球网络赌博平台校长和他妻子的家, has a 140-plus year history that dates back to November 7, 1837, when Roswell Westen purchased 40 acres from the United States government for $50. 目前还不清楚这座房子是什么时候建造的, but the McCann family sold the house and land to Forrest Badgley in 1911, 谁在同一年把爵位转让给了他的儿子, 麦克斯韦尔贝格利. The Badgleys added a kitchen area onto the house, which they dubbed Shadowlawn. J Sterling Wickwire bought the house and property from the Badgleys in 1933.
Wickwire历史
James Sterling Wickwire是Teer-Wickwire的创始人之一 & Co.，并担任董事会主席. 他还有其他几家制造业公司, including helping to establish many Jackson industries such as General Products and Yardman.
他娶了约翰·O·吉尔伯特的女儿哈泽尔·吉尔伯特. Gilbert who founded the world-famous Gilbert Chocolates Co. Sterling and Hazel Wickwire raised their three sons in the house, John Gilbert, James and Robert. 她于1956年去世. Sterling Wickwire later remarried the former Eleanor Youngs Pelham of Jackson.
Wickwire offered his home and 270 acres of Summit Township property to the board of what was then Jackson Junior College in 1961, with the stipulation that he would have lifelong possession. He also made provisions for his second wife to continue to live in the house one year after his death. 当时, the board of Jackson Junior College was searching for a location for a new campus for the College, and had purchased several acres in Summit Township from the Jackon Public Schools. The board felt the property Wickwire offered was a more beautiful location for the college campus and was no more or less accessible than the property obtained from JPS. 然而,先生. Wickwire’s donation included the stipulation of no construction on the property. 因此, 校园建在它现在的位置, on the property close to but not aligning directly with the Wickwire estate. Sterling Wickwire died in 1971, and the Wickwire property went to the College in 1972. When the College ultimately acquired clear title to the Wickwire Property, most of the land was set aside as part of the Dahlem Environmental Educational Center. Mr. Wickwire’s House and the land immediately surrounding the house has been use as the home of the president of the College.
总统官邸
先生去世后. Wickwire，总统和夫人. Harold Sheffer moved into the Wickwire房子 in January 1972. 谢弗一家把这个家变成了社区中心, 主持大学和社区团体的会议, 场合及更多. The Sheffers furnished the house with furniture and many antiques that had been part of their family farm in Centreville, 密歇根州. With its dark wooden floors, the Wickwire房子 was a natural setting for antiques. 这座房子在1976年被大火烧毁，后来修复了.
新的租户
In 1981, 克莱德·莱特成为总统后, 他和他的妻子, 凯西, 他们的孩子搬进了Wickwire房子. The LeTartes decorated with several antiques and collectibles they had picked up throughout their married life. 莱特夫妇重新装修了家里的厨房. 莱特从三楼做起了旅游生意.
In 1993, Lee and Norma Howser moved into the Wickwire房子 when Lee Howser became president. The Howsers used several of their own antiques to decorate the historic home.
In 2001, the Wickwire房子 underwent some revamping when current President Daniel Phelan moved in. 这所房子盖了新屋顶, air conditioning system and new carpeting to make ready for JC’s new president.
President Phelan has since provided extensive landscaping to the house, surrounding grounds and the adjacent field in hopes of restoring the grandeur of the estate as envisioned by Mr. Wickwire. Ongoing maintenance to the property includes a new boiler and heating system, 新门, 排水沟, work on the crumbling foundation and basement drainage system. President Phelan also donated materials and his own personal labor to build a wine cellar in the home’s 密歇根州igan basement as well as to the grounds and landscaped areas. Wickwire房子 is also used to host gatherings of students, trustees, donors and community members.
