Glen Haven, Michigan

From Wikipedia, the free encyclopedia
Glen Haven
Restored Logging Village
Looking north at Glen Haven on M-209
Glen Haven
Location within the Lower Peninsula of Michigan.
Coordinates: 44°53′55.91″N 86°01′48.84″W / 44.8988639°N 86.0302333°W / 44.8988639; -86.0302333Coordinates: 44°53′55.91″N 86°01′48.84″W / 44.8988639°N 86.0302333°W / 44.8988639; -86.0302333
Country United States
State Michigan
County Leelanau
Within the Sleeping Bear Dunes National Lakeshore
Established 1857 as Sleeping Bearville
Government
 • Type U.S. National Parks service
Elevation 598 ft (182 m)
Time zone EST (UTC-5)
 • Summer (DST) EDT (UTC-4)
Website www.nps.gov/slbe/
Glen Haven Village Historic District
Area 16 acres (6.5 ha)
Built 1857
Governing body National Park Service
NRHP Reference #

83000882

[1]
Added to NRHP June 24, 1983

Glenn Haven is a restored logging village on the shore of Lake Michigan on the Leelanau Peninsula within the Sleeping Bear Dunes National Lakeshore. Attractions include the restored General Store and Blacksmith Shop. The unincorporated community is located in Glen Arbor Township.

History

Also located in Glen Haven is the former Glen Haven Canning Co. building. This building was first used as a warehouse and later as a cannery for cherries in the 1920s. It has since been restored as the Cannery Boathouse Museum, housing historic small wooden boats used in the Manitou Passage between Glen Haven/Glen Arbor and the Manitou Islands.[2]

The terminus of M-209 was located in front of the former U.S. Coast Guard Life Saving Station, now restored as the Sleeping Bear Point Coast Guard Station Maritime Museum.[3] The exhibits focus on the U.S. Life-Saving Service, the U.S. Coast Guard, and Great Lakes shipping history. In the summer, demonstrations are given of rescue drills and equipment used to fire a rescue line from shore more than 400 yards (370 m) to a ship in distress.

In 1857, Glen Haven was founded west of Glen Arbor as a settlement called Sleeping Bearville when C. C. McCarty, brother-in-law of Glen Arbor pioneer John E. Fisher, built a saw mill and inn on the beach there.[4][5] By 1881, there were 11 buildings in the community. The lifesaving station was built in 1901 and moved to its present location in 1931 before closing in 1941.[6] The Park Service purchased all of the village by the mid-1970s. The last resident, Carolyn Bumgardner, was evicted through eminent domain in November 2007 after a long battle to keep her property.[7]

Sleeping Bear Dunes National Lakeshore is a United States National Lakeshore located on the "little finger" of the lower peninsula of Michigan in Leelanau and Benzie counties.

The park covers a 35-mile (56 km) stretch of Lake Michigan's eastern coastline, as well as North and South Manitou Islands. The park was established primarily for its outstanding natural features, including forests, beaches, dune formations, and ancient glacial phenomena. The Lakeshore also contains many cultural features including the 1871 South Manitou Island Lighthouse, three former Life-Saving Service/Coast Guard Stations and an extensive rural historic farm district. The park was authorized on October 21, 1970.

Images

  • The D.H. Day General store in Glen Haven

  • Looking north at the Glen Haven sign

  • Glen Haven beach in summer

  • Inside the Cannery Boathouse Museum

See also

References

  1. ↑ "National Register Information System". National Register of Historic Places. National Park Service. 2009-03-13. 
  2. ↑ "Sleeping Bear Dunes National Lakeshore". National Park Service. Retrieved February 15, 2008. 
  3. ↑ "Sleeping Bear Dunes National Lakeshore - Maritime Museum". National Park Service. Retrieved February 15, 2008. 
  4. ↑ "Sleeping Bear Dunes National Lakeshore - Glen Haven History and Culture". National Park Service. Retrieved February 23, 2008. 
  5. ↑ "D. H. Day". National Park Service. Retrieved February 23, 2008. 
  6. ↑ Weeks, George (2005). Sleeping Bear: Yesterday and Today. Ann Arbor, Michigan: University of Michigan Press. ISBN 0-472-03031-0. 
  7. ↑ "Week in Review: 11/11/2007". Traverse City Record-Eagle. November 11, 2007. Retrieved March 24, 2009. 

External links

National Historic Landmark District
Historic districts
NRHP properties
Topics
Lists by states
Lists by insular areas
Lists by associated states
Other areas
  • Category
  • Portal
  • WikiProject
This article is issued from Wikipedia. The text is available under the Creative Commons Attribution/Share Alike; additional terms may apply for the media files.