Terney House

William J. Terney, a lumber baron and Civil War veteran, moved to the Roscommon area in 1887 and built this house in the late 1880s. Soon afterward he began extensive lumbering operations there and helped bring the railroad through the village. Near the turn of the century he was appointed county treasurer, was elected village president in 1904, later served as an officer for the Michigan State Fair, and remained active in real estate until his death in 1926. In 1910 local banker William B. Orcutt bought the large Queen Anne residence from Terney. Its interior features white oak parquet flooring and ornate paneling, connecting it to Roscommon's once-booming lumbering era.

Roscommon, Michigan · United States