525- Two-story wood frame, vinyl-sided, gabled-ell. Porch in ell. Dormer in roof
above porch. Shed-roof one-story wing at rear. Projecting bay on west with shingles
below. 1872
525- Two-story wood frame, front-gabled wood-sided carriage house with one-story
shed-roof wing on west. ca. 1872
526- One-story wood frame, wood-sided side-gabled Bungalow. Screened, gabled front
porch. Projecting gabled bay on west. 1921
535- Two-story wood frame, vinyl-sided, gabled-ell. Porch in ell. 4/4 windows.
Small wood garage. 1872
536- Story-and-a-half wood frame, wood-sided Victorian Gothic upright with one-story
wing. Recessed porch. 4/4 windows. 1872
536- Gabled carriage house.
645- Two-story wood frame, wood-sided Victorian Gothic gabled-ell house. Enclosed
porch in ell. Cross gable above porch. 4/4 windows with wood cornices and scrolled-wood
trim above some. One-story rear wing. Small early wood frame garage, extended at
rear. 1872
648- Two-story wood frame, aluminum-sided Victorian Gothic upright with story-and-a
half wing. One-story rear wing. Drip moldings. Porch in ell with classic wooden
posts, scrolled wood trim and balustrade above, restored after a picture of the original.
Small gabled-ell wood frame garage. 1872
Atlantic Street
510- One-story wood frame, vinyl-sided, side-gabled house. Enclosed gabled porch.
1925
517- Story-and-a-half wood frame, aluminum-sided side-gabled house. Gabled brick
projecting entry. 1940
518- Small one-story wood frame Bungalow. Textured cement block porch and foundation.
One-story rear wing. 1925
524- One-story wood frame, vinyl-sided Bungalow. Textured cement block porch and
foundation. Gabled bay on west. 1930
525- One-story brick house. Hipped roof. Attached garage. 1938
534- Story-and-a-half wood frame, wood-sided side-gabled house with one-story rear
wing. 4/4 windows. Story-and-a-half garage (former barn?). ca. 1839
630- Story-and-a-half wood frame, aluminum-sided house with one-story wing on front.
Stone chimney. 1938
635- One-story side-gabled brick house with one-story wing on west. Arched entry.
Brick chimney. Projection on east. One-story wing on rear. 1926
635- Textured cement block hip-roofed garage with two original doors. 1926
648- Story-and-a-half wood frame, aluminum-sided side-gabled Cape Cod. Classic wooden
door frame. One-story wing on rear. Attached story-and-a-half garage. Projecting
bay on west. 1941
703- Two-story wood frame, wood-sided, Victorian Gothic upright with story-and-a-half
wing. One-story rear wing. Textured cement block porch with round cement pillars.
Small rear porch. 1870
704- Story-and-a-half wood frame, aluminum-sided, side-gable with new one-story wing
on rear. 4/4 windows. 1872
708- Two-story wood frame, wood-sided, side-gable with several early gabled wings.
Gabled, textured cement block front porch with shingles in gable. 1871
711- Two-story wood frame, aluminum-sided gabled-ell. New two-story porch. One-story
shed-roofed wing at rear. Cement carriage block. 1872
714- Two-story wood frame, aluminum-sided upright with story-and-a-half wing. Porch
in ell. 1872
715- Two-story wood frame, wood-sided upright with story-and-a-half wing.
One-story rear wing. Screened porch in ell with 6-paned eyebrow windows above.
Screened porch on west. 1872 Wood frame garage. Early 1900's
718 (110 Franklin)- Two-story wood frame, wood-sided cross-gabled Queen Anne. Square
tower on northwest. Fish-scale shingles in gables and around top of tower. Two
beveled windows. All windows have cornices and scrolled-wood trim above. Story-and-a-half
wing on rear with one-story wing off of it. 1899
721- Two-story wood frame, aluminum-sided Bungalow. Porch across front with brick
and tapered wood pillars. 1925
803- Two-story wood frame, vinyl-sided upright with story-and-a-half wing. Enclosed
porch in ell. Small shed-roof wing at rear. New fish-scale shingles in gable. 1868
804- Two-story wood frame, vinyl-sided upright with one-story wing. Enclosed porch
in ell. Small shed-roofed addition on rear. Some 4/4 windows. Eyebrow windows
on west second floor. ca. 1872
808- One-story wood frame, asbestos shingle-sided, side-gabled Bungalow with one-story
wing at rear. Projecting gabled front porch. Some 4-paned sash. 1878
811- One-story wood frame, wood-sided hip-roofed house. 1940
823- Story-and-a-half wood frame side-gabled house with front gabled wing. Original
enclosed porch in ell. Projecting bay on front. Stone chimney on west. Dormer
above porch. Wood frame garage. 1940
826- Story-and-a-half wood frame side-gabled house with front gabled wing. Original
enclosed porch in ell. Stone chimney on front wing. Dormer above porch. Mirror
image of 823 Atlantic. Wood frame garage. 1940
835- Story-and-a-half wood frame, asbestos-sided gabled-ell house. Projecting gabled
screened porch on east end of front. Some 4/4 windows. 1868
904- Two-story brick veneer Tudor-style house. Brick and wood enclosed porch on
west. Projecting enclosed brick entry. Brick chimney with lozenge pattern in header
bricks. 1928
918-Two-story wood frame, wood-sided upright and wing. Enclosed porch in ell. Large
window with colored panes in front of upright. Shed-roofed addition at rear. Second-floor
doorway and balcony on east. 1883
926- Story-and-a-half wood frame side-gabled Bungalow. Stone foundation and porch
with brick and tapered wood pillars. New addition on east. 1925
1002- Two-and-a-half story cross-gabled wood frame house. Recessed entry. Large
projecting bay on front. 1935
1018- Two-story wood frame, wood-sided side-gabled house with cross gable on front.
Projecting porch on front with round fluted columns and rail above. Doorway with
side-lights and dentils on cornice. Originally Greek Revival home of Elizur Ruggles,
founder of Milford, remodeled in 1929 by his grandson. 1843
1018- Wood frame basement barn, English type. ca. 1840's
East Huron Street
Site- Ruggles saw mill, first mill in Milford. On southwest bank of Huron River,
north of East Huron Street. Built in 1832, destroyed after 1856. Presently overgrown
with reeds along bank of river. Not disturbed since the mill disappeared. Potential
for archaeological investigation.
Site- Armstrong grist mill. On northeast bank of Huron River, north of East Huron
Street. Across from site of Ruggles saw mill. Built in 1839, used as slaughter-house
in 1870’s, destroyed in 19th Century. Presently overgrown with reeds and brush along
bank of river. Not disturbed since the mill was torn down. Potential for archaeological
investigation.
Summit Street
East
103- Two-story wood frame, aluminum-sided Victorian Gothic upright with story-and-a-half
wing. Porch in ell with modern square wood pillars. Cross gable above porch. Elaborate
projecting bay on east with brackets and scrolled wood trim. New enclosed porch
in rear. 1867
115- Significant structure. See narrative
115- Two-story wood frame side-gabled carriage house.
West
140- One-story brick commercial building with two-story brick addition in rear. Curved
Art Deco SW corner. 1935
150- One-story wood frame, aluminum-sided commercial building. Projecting entrance
with classic doorway with side- and transom-lights. Ca.1930’s
Site- Eaton Cabinet & Chair Factory. North of Summit Street, east of Pettibone
Creek. Nothing left of mill. Historical Marker. Built ca. 1832, probably gone by
1846. Site is overgrown with brush along creek. Disturbed by construction of waterway
to Upper Mill Pond in 1846. Possible potential for archaeological investigation.
Oak Street
101- Two-story concrete block factory building with large one-story wing. Aluminum-faced.
Several new additions. Henry Ford I village industry. 1938
515- Two-story brick upright with one-story wing. Brick trim above arched 4/4 windows
and beneath eaves. Small new wing on old stone foundation on south. Round decorative
wood ventilator on south gable of wing. New enclosed porch. 1874
521- One-story wood frame, aluminum-sided side-gabled house. Porch across front.
Shed-roof addition on rear. Some 4/4 windows. 1881
North Milford Road
620- Story-and-a-half wood frame side-gabled Bungalow. Porch across front. 1916
Site- Pettibone Grist Mill. South end of Upper Mill Pond. Built in1846, burned in
1888, rebuilt, burned again in 1916. Early foundation remains, with new office building
surmounting it. Historical marker.
Site- Hebbard & Davis Woolen Mill. East of Upper Mill Pond. Built in 1850. New office
building on site. Historical marker.
Site- Tower & Tenny Woodworking Mill. East of Upper Mill Pond. Built in 1854, burned
in 1870 and rebuilt. Became the Doorknob Factory in 1880’s. Two modern commercial
structures on the site have just [1998] been razed and a drugstore is to occupy the
site. Historical marker.
Site- Upper Mill Pond. North of West Commerce Street, south of Summit Street, between
North Milford Road and Prospect Hill Shopping Center. Created in 1845.
Dam built in 1845. Existing dam and present mill race (“waterfall”) modified
in 1938 by Henry Ford I when he built existing mill west of pond. Head race east
of N. Milford Road, and two flumes running beneath N. Milford Road (ran early mills)
still in existence, but covered. 1871 railroad embankment crosses the pond. Pond
furnished wate- power for four mill sites.
Non-Contributing Structures
North Main Street, Non-contrib.
210- One-story brick and stone commercial building. 1981
304- One-story brick and wood frame commercial building. Former service station,
extensively remodeled. 1931
312- Two-story wood frame, cement block, vinyl sided commercial building. Recessed
entry. Extensively remodeled. 1915
332,334,336,338- Part one-story, part two-story cement block, brick-faced commercial
building. Extensively remodeled. 1945
333- One-story brick-faced commercial building. 1965
369- One-story cement-faced commercial building. 1965
400, 404- Two two-story brick Italianate commercial structures, refaced with new
wood and new brick, combined into one building. 1878
408- Two-story cement block, brick- and vinyl-faced commercial building. 1992
409- One-story brick-faced cement block commercial building. 1960
410- Two-story cement block, vinyl-faced commercial building. 1992
411- Two-story cement block vinyl-sided gable-ended commercial building. 1986
417,423,427,431- One-story brick commercial building. 1976
424- One-story cement block brick-faced commercial building. Extensively remodeled.
1937
426- One-story cement block, brick-faced commercial building. Extensively remodeled.
1937
441- One-story cement block, brick-faced gable-ended commercial building. 1949
505- One-story brick & frame gas station. 1976
508, 510- One-story cement block, vinyl-faced commercial building. 1990
522- Story-and-a-half brick commercial building. 1996
525- One-story cement block gable-ended office building with lower level. Wood-sided.
Rock-faced concrete block foundation, all that remains of Pettibone Mills (burned
in 1916). 1968
545- One-story brick gable-ended office building. 1996
634- One-story wood frame house, built as a garage. 1921
644- Two-story wood frame house. 1989
North Milford Road, Non-Contrib.
560- One-story brick gable-ended office building. 1990
624- One-story brick office building. 1976
Commerce Street, Non-Contrib.
East
101- One-story brick stone-faced commercial building. Extensively remodeled. 1939
127,129, 131- Two-story cement block, vinyl-faced commercial building. 1950
155- One-story brick commercial building. 1988
320- Story-and-a-half wood frame, vinyl-sided house. Moved from original site east
of 124 E. Commerce in 1950's. Extensively remodeled. 1906
848- Story-and-a-half wood frame, vinyl-sided, cross gabled house. Two through-the-cornice
gabled dormers on front and rear wings. Original scrolled brackets on projecting
front entry and in dormer gables. Extensively remodeled. 1868
Liberty Street, Non-Contrib.
East
115- One-story cement block commercial building. 1955/1965
130- One-story brick gable-ended commercial building. 1955
408- Large modern commercial (funeral home) addition to original house. 1986
203- Two-story wood frame, vinyl-sided office building. 1985
317- One-story brick commercial building. 1959
320- One-story brick- and vinyl-sided gable-ended office building. 1976
324- One-story brick telephone switching building. 1980
414- Two-story brick, shingle, stone and stucco medical building. 1995
531- Two-story wood frame, aluminum-sided cross-gabled house with rear wing. Wood
frame hip-roofed garage. Extensively remodeled. 1883
634- One-story wood frame and brick, aluminum-sided gable-ended house. 1967
636- One-story wood frame and brick gable-ended house. 1968
Hickory Street, Non-Contrib.
219- Two-story upright wood frame Victorian Gothic with one-story wing. New wood
rusticated siding and new projecting bay on front. Brick siding on part, over-scaled
rear wing. 1877
324- Story-and-a-half gable-ended wood frame, vinyl-sided house. 1993
525- One-story wood frame with two-story rear wing school building. 1979
534- One-story wood frame cross-gabled house with story-and-a-half rear wing. Extensively
remodeled. ca. 1846
639- One-story wood frame cross-gabled vinyl-sided house. 1991
645,647, 649- One-story concrete block gable-ended duplex. 1962
East Street, Non-Contrib.
209- One-story wood frame, aluminum-sided cross-gabled house. Extensively remodeled.
ca. 1885
First Street, Non-Contrib.
325- One-story brick house. 1970
435- Two-story wood frame, vinyl-sided house. 1990
Canal Street, Non-Contrib.
632- One-story wood frame, aluminum-sided gable-ended house. 1955
641- One-story wood frame, vinyl-sided house. Front porch. Attached garage. 1989
Atlantic Street, Non-Contrib.
531- One-story brick- and aluminum-faced house. Attached garage. 1952
818- Story-and-a-half wood frame, vinyl-sided, side-gabled house. Dormer. 1994
