Joshua G. and Nancy (Bly) Leland House
U.S. National Register of Historic Places
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Location	3850 East North Territorial Rd., Northfield Township, Michigan
Coordinates	42°22′00″N83°41′10″W / 42.36667°N 83.68611°W / 42.36667; -83.68611 (Joshua G. and Nancy (Bly) Leland House)
Built	1846 (1846)
Architectural style	Colonial Revival, Greek Revival
NRHP reference No.	100012316 [1]
Added to NRHP	November 18, 2025

The Joshua G. and Nancy (Bly) Leland House is a historic house located at 3850 East North Territorial Road in Northfield Township, Michigan, United States. It was listed on the National Register of Historic Places in 2025. ^[1]

Contents

• History
• Description
• References

History

Joshua Leland was born in 1801. ^[2] He purchased the land this house sits on in 1831. ^[3] Leland was president of the Washtenaw County Agricultural Society and served two terms in the Michigan Legislature. He constructed this house in 1846. ^[2] After his death in 1876, Leland passed it down to his son Emory Ezra Leland, who was a probate judge. He then passed the house to his son Claude Leland. However, the house is no longer owned by members of the Leland family. ^[4]

Description

The Leland house is a two story, wooden, Greek Revival structure with Colonial Revival detailing sitting on a stone foundation. ^[4] The house consists of a one-and-a-half story main block and a slightly shorter one-and-a-half ell. The main section is front-gabled and five bays wide. An entrance door with sidelights, covered by a small single-story porch, is located in the center bay. Above the porch, a similar door with sidelights is set into a Classical surround. Two double-hung windows are on each side of the entrance door, with a single window on each side of the second story door. ^[5] The house has wide wood cornerboards and a wide trim at the cornice. ^[4] The rear wing dates from 1940.

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