A 19th-Century Plat Absorbed Into a 20th-Century Suburb
Okemos started as a farming settlement in 1839, was platted under the name Hamilton in 1841, and was formally renamed Okemos -- after Ojibwe leader Chief John Okemos -- by the state legislature in 1859. Its Hamilton Road corridor carried hotels, stores, and mills by 1874, but the community's real growth came later, as Lansing's expansion turned this former farm town into one of Meridian Township's residential suburbs.
Kitchens Built for Two Very Different Okemos Eras
A kitchen in one of the handful of structures tracing to Okemos's farm-town core needs a different structural and utility approach than a kitchen in the classic-colonial and mid-century houses that make up most of the suburb's actual housing stock today. Matching a remodel plan to the real construction era of a specific Okemos kitchen -- rather than the town's older farm-village image -- keeps the scope realistic.
Kitchen Remodeling Paths in Okemos
Planning a Kitchen Remodeling Project in Okemos
A sound kitchen scope coordinates cabinetry, appliance clearances, lighting, ventilation, plumbing, electrical service, and any structural openings.