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== Registered Historic Buildings in St. Johns == {| class="wikitable sortable" ! Name ! Image ! Location ! Michigan State Historic Site ! Michigan Historical Marker ! National Register of Historic Places ! Description |- | [[Coleman's Hotel]] | [[File:Coleman Hotel Greenbush.jpg|100px]] | Southeast corner of US-127 and French Rd. | {{dts|1975|11|21}} | N/A | N/A | |- | [[Roswell C. Dexter House]] | [[File:Roswell Dexter House St Johns.jpg|100px]] | 200 S. Church St. | {{dts|1988|11|01}} | N/A | N/A | |- | [[East Ward School]] β | | 106 N. Traver St. | {{dts|1980|02|27}} | N/A | {{dts|1980|05|12}}<ref>{{cite web|url=https://npgallery.nps.gov/AssetDetail/NRIS/80001850|title=Asset Detail|website=npgallery.nps.gov}}</ref> | The East Ward School was constructed in 1876 from plans by Bay City architect Oliver Hidden. It was unusual for its size and its elaborate brickwork. In 1976 the school was named Teresa Merrill School in honor of longtime local educator Teresa A. Merrill.<ref>{{cite web|url=http://miserybay.usanethosting.com/wordpress/2015/02/eastward-4/|title=The East Ward Story, Teresa Merrill|date=27 February 2015}}</ref> The school building has been replaced with a housing development and a preschool. |- | [[Paine-Gillam-Scott House]] | [[File:Paine-Gillam-Scott House St Johns.jpg|100px]] | 106 Maple St. | {{dts|1980|01|18}}<ref name="state.mi.us">{{cite web|url=https://secure1.state.mi.us/HistoricalMarkers/|title=Michigan Historical Markers|website=secure1.state.mi.us}}</ref> | {{dts|1988}} | N/A | Lured by the railroad, John W. Paine (1821β1870) moved from the nearby Rochester Colony to St. Johns. In 1860 he built the town's first brick store and this house. The office was later added to this site. Dr. Samuel Gillam (1845β1908) remodeled the house in 1883. In 1904 he was joined by Dr. Walter M. Scott (1875β1934), who practiced here until his death. The Clinton County Historical Society restored the house in 1978 and the office in 1986. |- | [[Henry M. Perrin-Dr. Henry Palmer House]] | [[File:Perrin-Palmer House St Johns.jpg|100px]] | 903 N. Clinton Ave. | {{dts|1988|02|25}} | N/A | N/A | |- | [[St. John's Church (St. Johns, Michigan)|St. John's Church]] | [[File:St Johns Episcopal Church.jpg|100px]] | 400 E. Walker St. | {{dts|1981|02|23}}<ref name="state.mi.us"/> | {{dts|1990}} | N/A | The congregation first organized in 1858, and built their first church in 1867. Shortly after the close of Easter evening services in 1893 the church burned. The congregation celebrated the first service in the current church on Easter Sunday 1894.<ref name="state.mi.us"/> |- | [[St. Johns Union School]] β | [[File:Union School St Johns.jpg|100px]] | 205 West Baldwin St. | {{dts|1980|02|27}} | N/A | {{dts|1980|05|15}}<ref>{{cite web|url=https://npgallery.nps.gov/AssetDetail/NRIS/80001851|title=Asset Detail|website=npgallery.nps.gov}}</ref> | The Union School was a state-of-the-art school when it was built in 1885. It served as a school for the St. Johns district until 1986. The building has been replaced with a housing development. |- | [[Steel Hotel]] β | [[File:Steelhotel.jpg|100px]] | West side of N. Clinton Ave. | {{dts|1972|02|11}} | N/A | N/A | Built by prominent local businessman Robert M. Steel in 1887. At the time the hotel was built, and for many years later, the building was considered one of the finest hotels in the state. The building famously burned down in 1975.<ref>{{Cite web| title=Friday fire guts Steel Hotel | url=https://www.clinton-county.org/ArchiveCenter/ViewFile/Item/686 | archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20171216091218/https://www.clinton-county.org/ArchiveCenter/ViewFile/Item/686 | archive-date=2017-12-16}}</ref> |- | [[Giles J. Gibbs Building]] | [[File:Sugarbowl2013-stjohns-mi-usa48879zipcode.JPG|100px]] | 12 N. Clinton Ave. | N/A | N/A | {{dts|2000|03|15}}<ref>{{cite web|url=https://npgallery.nps.gov/AssetDetail/NRIS/00000223|title=Asset Detail|website=npgallery.nps.gov}}</ref> | Constructed in 1867, this building was originally home to a grocer. It is most notable for being home to the former Sugar Bowl Restaurant. The interior remains set up as a confectionery and soda fountain to this day.<ref>{{cite book|url=https://catalog.archives.gov/id/25339192|title=Michigan SP Gibbs, Giles J., Building - Sugar Bowl|last=Department of the Interior. National Park Service. (3/2/1934 - )|series=File Unit: National Register of Historic Places and National Historic Landmarks Program Records: Michigan, 1964 - 2013|via=US National Archives Research Catalog}}</ref> |} Sites marked with a dagger (β ) have been demolished.
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