Timothy Coates House 1895-Coates, Timothy S. 1810-1875

1999

Signed Name: Vicky Stull Signature Location: Lower right

PhotographySaugatuckArchitecture

16 in

19 in

Excellent

From “Keeping an Eye on History” at the OSH 2018 Timothy Coates House (1852) Vicky Stull photograph, 1999 the story | A fine example of local Greek Revival architecture, the house on Butler Street, Saugatuck, was the home of Coates, his wife, and six sons—several of whom became well-known ship captains. In vogue at the time, the Greek Revival style was considered “American” and “democratic.” the photograph | This is one of the photographs taken for the Saugatuck-Douglas Museum “Raising the Roof” 1999 exhibition and featured in the accompanying publication, Raising the Roof: The Architecture and Buildings of the Saugatuck-Douglas Area, (original ed., 1999, second ed., 2006) the photographer | Vicky Stull lived and worked in the Saugatuck area in the 1990s and served as the chief photographer for the Saugatuck-Douglas History Center’s “Raising the Roof” exhibition in 1999. She was represented by Water Street Gallery. Currently she lives and operates VBS Photography, LLC in the Tampa/St. Petersburg, Florida area. SDHC Collection, gift of Kenneth R. Carls and James A. Schmiechen Accession number 2018.13.23