He graduated from Williams College in 1840, and in 1844, the same year he moved into this house, he was admitted to the bar in Michigan.

Theodore was born in 1856, attended Albion College, and married Kate La Fontaine in 1878.

[2] In 1937, morticians Earle Little and Frank Weber leased the house from the Ilgenfritz estate, renovated the property, and at the beginning of 1938 opened a mortuary.

Robert Allore operated the business and lived in the apartment above the funeral home with his wife until 1994, when he retired and sold the firm.

The Martenson Family Funeral Homes of Trenton, Michigan purchased the house and business in 1994, retaining the Allore name.

[2] The original part of the Wing–Allore House, dating from approximately 1829, is a two-story, red brick, gable-front Italianate structure.