Washtenaw County, Michigan
Healthy Home Assessments in Freedom Township
Quiet farm township settled by German families in the 1830s, whose churches, brick farmhouses, and spruce-lined cemeteries still mark the landscape. Air, moisture, water and ventilation, read together.
Reading a Freedom Township home
Worth knowing: Core of Washtenaw County's historic German settlement, with congregations founded by Friedrich Schmid in 1840 and 1842 still standing. About 601 households hold some 1,465 residents.
The building stock
Owner-occupancy sits at 88.7%, and 97.8% of all units are detached single-family homes, per 2023 five-year Census figures. Some 42.3% of adults hold a bachelor's degree or higher. The building record here reaches back to 1909, and an older envelope moves air and holds moisture on its own terms.
Pleasant Lake is close, and water nearby lifts seasonal humidity, so basement moisture and condensation lead the visit. With owner-occupancy at 88.7%, the report can follow moisture from the roofline down to the slab without stopping at a lease boundary.
Around Freedom Township:
- Bethel Church. Congregation organized in 1840 by missionary pastor Friedrich Schmid; its 1909 Gothic Revival building held German-language services until 1955.
- St. Thomas Lutheran Church. Second of Reverend Schmid's 1842 German congregations in the township.
- German farmstead landscape. Brick farmhouses, barns, and spruce-bordered church cemeteries left by the self-sufficient German settlers.
- Pleasant Lake area. Small lake community in the township's rural west.
- Heritage farm country. Working farmland toured on the county's German agricultural heritage route.
Where the addresses are
The 48103, 48118, 48158 and 48176 ZIP codes cover these addresses.