5178 Cogley Rd, Avoca, MI 48006 $230,000 Reduced to $220,000
Historic Brick And Stone Fixer Upper Farmhouse For Sale W/Barn And Outbuildings on 5 Acres
Your chance to have your own farm. Needs some upgrading but features a solid home with original woodwork, doors and antique features. Located on over 5 acres with extra power and several outbuildings. Very quiet location. Immediate possession, sold as is.
- 5bed
- 2bath
- Build Date 1917
- Google Maps
- Property Listing
- Realtor: James Golembiewski with Kw Platinum
I wonder if the bottom half is truly rock or just rock veneer?
I’d put my money on ‘truly rock’. I’ve seen other Michigan farm houses with similar appearance and I think they were real rock.
I was wondering if this is the type of construction that came from/with the Erie Canal workers who migrated to Michigan (once the canal opened up an easier water route in to Michigan and the Midwest in general). There’s a historic farmhouse in Ann Arbor called Cobblestone Farm House that was built with something like this and IIRC the technique was part of building the canal, but the workers then applied it to house construction.
But I heard that explanation decades ago, so I may have mangled things a bit.
But also–to the editors: would it work to do a follow-up on some of the houses listed here, to show who bought them and what they plan to do with them–and what they *actually* do? I’m curious whether a house like this continues as a simple, country farm house, under new owners, or if it gets a make-over and becomes a B&B, or if it becomes a ‘project’ for old house lovers who restore it and then sell it so they can ‘save’ another house.
Good idea that I will work on. Thanks.