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Michigan Avenue-Genesee Street Historic Residential District

A National Register district associated with Owosso, listed on November 4, 1980.

Source reviewedUpdated October 28, 2026

Michigan Avenue-Genesee Street Historic Residential District is documented in the National Register of Historic Places under reference number 80001902. The Owosso inventory gives its location as Roughly bounded by Michigan Ave.; Shiawassee, Cass and Clinton Sts. and its listing date as November 4, 1980.[1][2]

National Register record

The National Park Service catalogs the property as “Michigan Avenue-Genessee Street Historic Residential District.”[1]

The profile identifies commerce, architecture as areas of significance.[1]

Its architectural-style field reads “Greek Revival, Italianate, Queen Anne.”[1]

The recorded period or periods of significance are 1875-1899. These are designation data, not a complete construction or ownership chronology.[1]

The entry belongs to the National Register’s Owosso MRA multiple-property group.[1]

View the National Park Service profile and its linked documentation ↗.

The NPS title uses “Genessee”; this article uses the local street spelling “Genesee.”[1]

Photograph and reuse

Michigan Avenue-Genesee Street Historic Residential District. Photo: kennethaw88, 16 August 2014. CC BY 4.0. Reused under CC BY 4.0 ↗. Credit the photographer and link to the source and license when reusing it.[3]

This is a short profile based on the National Register record. See National Register listings associated with Owosso for the complete inventory.

References

  1. 1. National Register profile: Michigan Avenue-Genessee Street Historic Residential District ↗. National Park Service. Accessed October 28, 2026.
  2. 2. National Register of Historic Places listings in Shiawassee County, Michigan ↗. Wikipedia contributors. Accessed October 28, 2026.
  3. 3. Photograph and reuse terms: Michigan Avenue-Genesee Street Historic Residential District ↗. Wikimedia Commons. Accessed October 28, 2026.
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