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The Perry McAdow House is a Renaissance Revival house, built in 1891 and located at 4605 Cass Avenue in Detroit, Michigan.
[edit] History
Perry W. McAdow earned his fortune gold mining in Montana.[2] In 1891, he and his wife Clara built an elaborate mansion on Cass for a cost of $65,000 as an entrance into Detroit society.[3] The couple lived there until 1897.[2] The house was used as a private residence until 1913, when it was sold to the First Universalist congregation.[2] The church used it as a place of worship for three years until a new church immediately to the north was completed, after which the house was used as a parish house.[2]
[edit] Architecture
The house has two and a half stories with a hipped roof, and is constructed of red brick and brownstone.[2] The exterior has bay windows, Corinthian columned porches, parapet ballustrades, and a modillion cornice.[2] Behind the original house is a two-story, red brick church hall, built in 1917.[2] On the interior, there are notable frescos, paneling, plasterwork and stained glass.[2]
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