Grand Traverse
City Opera House
Traverse City, MI
In 1891 businessmen John Wilhelm, Anthony Bartak, Charles Wilhelm, and Frank Votruba hired architect William G. Robinson of Grand Rapids...
Congregation Beth El
Traverse City, MI
This simple white frame structure featuring gable roof ends with spindle work is the oldest synagogue building in continuous use in...
Friends Meetinghouse
Traverse City, MI
George Fox founded the Religious Society of Friends in England during the seventeenth century.
Grand Traverse Bay
Traverse City, MI
French traders named this bay when they made “the long crossing”—la grande traverse—across its mouth.
Hannah and Lay Mercantile Building
Traverse City, MI
In 1851, Perry Hannah, Albert Lay and James Morgan founded Hannah Lay & Co. in Chicago.
Hesler Log House
Traverse City, MI
The Hesler house is a rare surviving log house dating from the early settlement of the Old Mission Peninsula.
Interlochen
Interlochen, MI
Ottawa Indians once lived in the pine forest between Lakes Wahbekaness and Wahbekanetta.
Novotny's Saloon
Traverse City, MI
In 1886 Antoine Novotny, one of the Bohemian founders of this community, built a bar on this site.
Traverse City Regional Psychiatric Hospital
Traverse City, MI
The Northern Michigan Asylum (now the Traverse City Regional Psychiatric Hospital) was organized in 1881.