Lansing's Home Undergoes Many Changes
This drawing from the 1866 Giel Map shows the Turner
House in the woods as it looked when it was first built. Behind it is the Grand River.
How does it compare to the house after it was remodeled and expanded in 1903 by architect Darius Moon for Abby and Frank Dodge?
This photo, probably taken about 1970, shows the poor condition of the house when it was purchased by the City of Lansing Parks & Recreation Department so that it could be saved.
Here's the Turner-Dodge House in 1999, after the restoration. Can you see at least four things that are different? Now the house looks much as it did in 1903 when the house was first renovated by Abby Turner Dodge and Frank Dodge.
