Most agents who sell in Ann Arbor drove in. My family has been on this ground since 1832.
That year Philo Galpin bought land in Superior Township, just northeast of Ann Arbor, and built a brick home on Plymouth Road from bricks made on the place. The house at 6820 Plymouth Road passed from father to son for generations. My great-grandfather, Ivan Galpin, was still living in that same brick house — the one his great-grandfather built in the 1830s — and farming that land in the 1900s.
The farm is known today as the Galpin-Smith Centennial Farm. The Smith name came in the way names usually do: my grandfather Keith's sister Suzanne married Garvin Smith, and the Smiths carried the homestead forward. Most of the acreage is gone now. The name, the house, and the history are not.
There is an Ann Arbor story in the family too. In 1857, Freeman Galpin — Philo's son — bought his in-laws' Wall Street home back at auction for $552.23 and saved it for the family.
Buying or selling in Ann Arbor today
I sell homes across this area today: Ann Arbor, Dixboro, Superior Township, and the towns around them. If you are buying or selling here, you are working with someone whose family has watched this market change for almost 200 years — because we lived in it.
Eric Galpin is part of The Blake Team — $139 million in team sales — with Epique Realty, and holds a 5.0-star rating from 21 Google reviews.
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