KALAMAZOO, MI -- Jack White has bought a house in Kalamazoo.

The rock musician best known as lead singer of The White Stripes and as the writer of the 2003 hit "Seven Nation Army," has become the owner of a four-bedroom house on Sheffield Drive in the Winchell neighborhood.

But don't expect to see the Detroit native mowing the lawn. White now lives in Nashville, Tenn. The house may, however, become a sanctuary for his song-writing.

A March 13 article in The New Yorker magazine states that White bought the house after seeing photos of it but wasn't planning to live in it, except as an occasional retreat.

According to the New Yorker, White said, "Anyway, it's a place I can go and write songs and shake up my environment."

It reported that the rocker loves the American modernism design of the house, which was designed by renowned architect George Nelson, and is spending more time indulging his many interests outside of music.

Rumors about White buying property in Kalamazoo have swirled since August when a photo of him at Louie's Trophy House Grill on Walbridge Street appeared on social media.

City records indicate the house was purchased on Sept. 30, 2016 for $510,000 by a land trust bearing the address of the property. The transaction was made by David N. and Darci J. Corner. The New Yorker article connects White with the land trust by describing the sale.

The house is a four-bedroom, two-bathroom house built in 1956 on a 2.4-acres wooded lot on the southern fringe of the Winchell Neighborhood. It has 3,526 square feet of living space.