C. B. Collingwood House, 526 Sunset Lane (1905)

C. B. Collingwood House, November 2003. Photo Credit: Kevin S. Forsyth.

Charles B. Collingwood (1860–1937, M.A.C. ’85, M.S. ’90) was a one-term state senator, Postmaster of the Agricultural College 1902–1907, and was on the committee to write the city’s charter. He then served for more than twenty-five years as a Circuit Court judge for Ingham County. “When Oakwood was originally designed, Sunset Lane was an alley running along the rear of lots facing wide Forest Street. Collingwood apparently took a fancy to the name, however, and built this mansion in 1904 to face Sunset. The narrow street then became very popular. The house has sheltered many fraternities [and sororities] over the years,” including Union Literary Society, Kappa Alpha Theta, and Farm House.[Kestenbaum, p. 14. Yakeley, p. 46. LCD (1927), p. 830]