Horace S. Tarbell House

Horace S. Tarbell House The Horace Sumner Tarbell house (then 75 Adelaide) is a classic Italianate house built in 1869 in Historic Brush Park at the edge of Downtown Detroit.

Horace Sumner Tarbell
of East Saginaw, Michigan, State Superintendent of Public Instruction, was born in Chelsea, Vermont, August 19, 1838. From 1866 to 1871, he was principal of schools in Detroit; and, during the last three years of that time, was supervising principal of three schools, including Bishop's and Duffield. Professor Tarbell organized the evening school at the Detroit House of Corre

ction, in 1869, which awakened much interest among prison managers, as it was the first successful attempt at a regularly organized prison school. As an evidence of his thorough knowledge of his work and fitness for it, we give an extract from the report of the National Prison Reform Congress in 1872: "The best instance of this prison instruction in the United States is probably in the Detroit House of Correction. During the year 1871, the average number of convicts was three hundred and eighty-five; and two hundred and nineteen, nearly two-thirds of the whole, were in attendance on the school." In 1870 Mr. Tarbell was a delegate to the National Reform Congress, at which he presented an important paper on prison reforms. During his residence in Detroit, he was somewhat interested in real estate speculations, and erected a number of houses. In 1870 he was chosen Superintendent of the Public Schools in East Saginaw, and held the position until July, 1877. In the fall of 1876, he was elected State of Michigan Superintendent of Public Instruction. He was nominated for the position by the Republican party, at the request of the association of city superintendents of schools, and received several thousand more votes than any other candidate. He has held several offices in the National Educational Association; and, in 1875, was President of the State Teachers' Association. Like his parents, he has always been a strict member of the Methodist Episcopal Church. In politics, he is a Republican. He authored numerous grammar school books on geography and the English Language. He married, December 29, 1859, Martha A. Treat, of Glastenbury, Connecticut. Professor Tarbell has won the esteem of the entire community, and his active and sterling worth in educational matters is freely acknowledged and appreciated by his fellow-citizens.

09/28/2017

New window installation continues while the City Modern affordable income senior housing continues construction in the background

New Windows going in while house is offered for sale.
09/27/2017

New Windows going in while house is offered for sale.

For Sale @ $5million
08/13/2017

For Sale @ $5million

A little something happening
06/15/2017

A little something happening

05/27/2017
Render of Adelaide Street with the new "Brush Park South" development. What are your thoughts? Are the Bernard Ginsburg ...
09/30/2016

Render of Adelaide Street with the new "Brush Park South" development. What are your thoughts? Are the Bernard Ginsburg and Horace Tarbell historic homes looking lonely? Interesting how in a historic district their sales pitch is they designed them to match the "City Modern" new builds instead of designing them to match the 118-147 year old houses that have held the street down.

The owner of 227 Adelaide, the oldest standing house in Brush Park, and one of the oldest brick homes in all of Detroit,...
08/06/2016

The owner of 227 Adelaide, the oldest standing house in Brush Park, and one of the oldest brick homes in all of Detroit, gets a lot of grief for his handling of properties. Based on his reputation it may be deserved, but I am beyond happy that he is taking positive action to secure and preserve this historic gem and he deserves some credit for this. Even something as small as fixing the porch wall that I look at every day makes such a huge difference.

A worker takes a break from securing the Horace S. Tarbell house to watch Tigers fans filter out of the stadium
08/04/2016

A worker takes a break from securing the Horace S. Tarbell house to watch Tigers fans filter out of the stadium

Rebuilding the lost brick walls
08/02/2016

Rebuilding the lost brick walls

Owner is bracing the roof and tuck pointing the bricks as a start to secure the house.
07/30/2016

Owner is bracing the roof and tuck pointing the bricks as a start to secure the house.

Unfortunately not the type of news we want for the oldest standing house in Brush Park. http://www.mlive.com/news/detroi...
04/09/2016

Unfortunately not the type of news we want for the oldest standing house in Brush Park. http://www.mlive.com/news/detroit/index.ssf/2016/04/residents_vigilance_pays_off_o.html

Detroit residents in or around the historic Brush Park neighborhood took action on Friday to prevent the trash and vandalism left in years past by revelers drawn downtown to celebrate the start of Tigers baseball season – and the difference was evident.

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