The house was built in 1901 and was originally part of a 160 acre dairy farm. Later on, it was used as a school for children gifted in the fine arts. Known then as "The Ilsley School", today it would be considered a 'charter' school.
A large portion of the land was donated to Oakland Township for use as a park and nature preserve by the last owner to farm the property and the founder of the school, the late Mr. Charles F. Ilsley.
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It's old
The house was built in 1901.
Posted by Matt Kroll on Fri 19 Jan 2007 09:47:09 PM CST
Homestead
That is a pretty cool looking house. What year was it built?
Posted by Guest on Sat 13 Jan 2007 03:15:04 AM CST