Washtenaw County, Michigan
Healthy Home Assessments in Milan
Saline River town straddling the Washtenaw-Monroe county line, its Victorian downtown shaped by railroad-era commerce and an infamous 1889 investment hoax. We assess the indoor environment and hand you one plan.
Inside a Milan home
On the record: Home of the Hack House, the Victorian mansion built on the proceeds of Professor Henry Friend's notorious 1889 investment hoax.
How the housing sits
Of units counted in 2023, 76.0% are detached single-family homes and 73.4% of occupied units are owner-occupied. Some 41.0% of adults hold a bachelor's degree or higher. With construction recorded from 1889, an older envelope behaves differently from new build.
Water at Saline River changes what humidity does, so moisture and condensation get the longest look.
Local ground in Milan:
- Hack House Museum. 1888 Victorian built by Olive Friend with money from her husband's fraudulent stock scheme, preserved with original carpets and woodwork as the historical society's museum.
- Federal Correctional Institution Milan. Federal prison activated April 6, 1933 as a Federal Detention Farm, straddling the Milan and York Township line.
- Historic downtown Milan. Main Street district beside the Saline River, spanning the Washtenaw-Monroe county line.
- Wilson Park. 35-acre park on the Saline River and Ford Lake, begun when Charles Wilson deeded land to the village in 1921 for one dollar.
- Ford Lake waterfront. Milan's millpond lake beside downtown and Wilson Park.