The E.P. Case Home

In 1880, E.P. Case was employed by lumberman John Canfield as a bookkeeper, and was apparently impressed with Canfield's home which was designed by Chicago architect William Le Baron Jenney, who designed seven other buildings in Manistee, five of which were later razed. While it was said that Case desired a modest home, Jenney went ahead and designed this unique, Gothic-style residence on Fourth Street. Case only lived in the elegant home for six years before his death in December 1886.