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Originally Posted by DetroitSky
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^ Very cool find! I've been to the dunes plenty of times, but never to Glen Haven Historic Village. With a little poking around, I found the inn on
Google Street View (garage is further to the south / left). It actually looks like it's been somewhat well-maintained by the NPS, which is good. Most of the cost will probably be towards bringing it up to code and providing modernized MEP systems for the rooms.
What is the deal with the various homes / cottages arranged along Glen Haven Rd, just south of the Inn? "Walk" south in Street View to see what I'm talking about. They look vacant, but in good condition. Is the whole area part of the Historic Village & National Lakeshore? Are they still private, summer residences for folks?
Manistee -
This post reminds me of another Manistee one that I saw a while back. The historic pavilion shelter - located at
Orchard Beach State Park in Manistee Township - has been moved further back from the eroding bluff overlooking Lake Michigan. If it had not been moved, it would have been in danger of falling into the lake below. Prior to the move, it sat about 50 ft. from the edge of the bluff. Now, it is about 230 ft. away. The views are not as good, but at least it is safe.
This was a massive undertaking, because the thing had a heavily reinforced concrete basement and limestone walls and it weighed 400 tons. It was listed on the National Register of Historic Places in 2009. I have fond memories of this pavilion, from camping here as a kid and as an adult. My mom has photos of my grandma and her sisters (my great-aunts) sitting on the bluff near this pavilion, looking over the lake, shortly after it was built in the 1940's.
There's some impressive photos on MLive and on the
Orchard Beach State Park Facebook page.
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400-ton historic limestone pavilion rolling to new location, away from eroding bluff
Justine Lofton | MLive
Updated December 16, 2020; Posted December 11, 2020
MANISTEE TOWNSHIP, MI – A 400-ton limestone shelter building rolled through a Michigan state park on Friday, Dec. 11, to its new home away from a crumbling bluff overlooking Lake Michigan. The historic shelter building no longer offers spectacular views of the big lake, but it is safe from falling into it. State officials say Mother Nature would have eventually claimed the building, despite fortifications at the bluff’s base...
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November 2020 - shortly after the shelter was raised up -
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Facebook | Orchard Beach State Park
December 2020 drone photography of the route that it was moved along. Photos by Joel Marotti, a Photo Ambassador for Michigan State Parks, which sounds like a dream job -
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Facebook | Orchard Beach State Park
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Facebook | Orchard Beach State Park