Historical Architecture of Grosse Pointe – 30 Preston Place
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Last week we presented the history of the Vernier family whose origins can be traced to Grenoble, France. Having arrived in Grosse Pointe, via Quebec, in the late eighteenth century the long line of Verniers became representatives of one of the oldest families in south-eastern Michigan.
This week we head to a splendid home, 30 Preston Place. Completed in 1932, it was designed by celebrated New York architect Duncan Chandler for Louise Webber Jackson as a springtime residence.
The original address of 30 Preston Place was 486 Kercheval. The property is nestled on a quiet dead-end street in Grosse Pointe Farms. We understand when the property was first built, it sat on “ten wooded and landscaped acres of spring plantings”. Source: Grosse Pointe…
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