ABOUT US

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Site plan

The MAHS board decided to acquire professional advice on the property layout and hired Historic Architect Rick Neumann to develop a site plan. This plan is shown above. As of the end of 2008 the pest house, school, and a 2-story log farmhouse have been moved onto the site. The pest house and school have been completely reconstructed.

 

Mackinaw City History

While we are constantly working on collecting Mackinaw City history we are far from having anything written in a usable format.

 

The only written history on Mackinaw City in general is the book Mackinaw Memories available to purchase from the Library at 231-436-5451.

 

For a good source of on-line primary documents check out this link.

Story of the Mackinaw Area Historical Society

Our start

The Mackinaw Area Historical Society (MAHS) was founded in 1996 as a non-profit 501(c)(3) organization. Since that time it has organized monthly speakers in presentations open to the public. For a schedule of upcoming speakers visit the Home page.

 

In 2004 the Historical Society created a partnership with the Village of Mackinaw City to create a Historic Village at 501 Wilderness Park Drive. The Village of Mackinaw City owns the 43 acres of land and buildings. The MAHS provides the energy for the restoration work and programming. The MAHS also collects, catalogues, and owns the artifacts used in the buildings.

 

We welcome members!

membership form pdf

Our plans

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Eleven structures, a baseball field, a road, and a parking lot are planned for the site over the next five years.

 

The structures are a pest house, ice house, storage building, school, church, privy, maple sugar shack, lumber mill, clothes pin factory (lath mill), depot, and pavilion.

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