Manistee
Camp Arcadia
Arcadia, MI
Led by Executive Secretary Walter A. Maier, the Walther League, the youth arm of the Lutheran Church-Missouri Synod, founded its first...
First Congregational Church
Manistee, MI
William Le Baron Jenney, eminent Chicago architect known as the “father of the skyscraper,” designed this beautiful Romanesque church.
Guardian Angels Church
Manistee, MI
On January 24, 1888, a predominantly Irish and German group left St. Mary’s Catholic Church in Manistee and founded a new church.
Harriet Quimby Childhood Home
Arcadia Township, MI
Harriet Quimby (1875-1912), the first American woman to receive a pilot’s license, lived in this house as a child and attended the nearby...
Holy Trinity Episcopal Church
Manistee, MI
St. Paul’s Mission was organized in 1869.
Manistee City Library
Manistee, MI
In 1885 a group of Manistee ladies formed the Lakeside Club, whose primary goal was to create a library.
Manistee Courthouse Fountain
Onekama, MI
This is one of two cast-iron fountains installed in front of the Manistee County Courthouse in July 1887.
Manistee Fire Hall
Manistee, MI
In early October 1888, the Manistee City Council hired Frederick Hollister of Saginaw, the architect of Manistee’s [principal] school, to...
Onekama Springs
Onekama, MI
In 1880 A. W. Farr, a lumberman, mill operator and later State Senator, purchased land that included Onekama Springs.
Our Saviour's Lutheran Church
Manistee, MI
Organized as a Scandinavian congregation in 1868, Our Saviour’s became a Danish church in 1875 and served the American Evangelical...
Ramsdell Theatre
Manistee, MI
Thomas Jefferson Ramsdell—pioneer lawyer, state legislator, and civic leader—built this theater between 1902 and 1903.
Raymond and Annie Mae Smith
Manistee, MI
Raymond (1906-1989) and Annie Mae (1910-2009) Smith were part of the Great Migration, joining thousands of descendants of enslaved people...
Scandinavian Lutheran Society
Manistee, MI
In 1864 Norwegian and Swedish immigrants created the Scandinavian Evangelical Lutheran Society of Brown Town.
The Bottle House
Kaleva, MI
John J. Makinen Sr. (1871-1942) built this house out of over sixty thousand pop bottles, most of which came from his business, the...
Trinity Lutheran Church
Arcadia, MI
In 1880 many Germans left Milwaukee and settled in Manistee County.