Mackinac Island and the

Architecture of Empire in the Great Lakes

Eric Gollannek

Grand Valley State University

Mackinac Island across the Straits

Mackinac Island –

Victorian Charm

Grand Hotel (built 1887)

“Longest wooden porch in the world”

Mackinac Island

Plan of 1780s and village

viewed from the fort in the

1870s

Mackinac waterfront and village site of the 1780s

American Fur Company buildings

Built ca. 1810-1817

American Fur Company – Clerks’ Quarters

John Wood the Elder's

Bristol Exchange (1741-43)

American Fur Company Warehouse

Clerk’s Desk at Mackinac

c. 1820s

Robert and Elizabeth Stuart House

American Fur Company Mackinac Headquarters, built 1817

McGulpin Cottage

After restoration

McGulpin Cottage

Log construction, ca. 1780

McGulpin Cottage

Surviving interior finish from ca. 1820s

Chair rail, reeded pilasters on corner cabinet,

moulded ceiling beams

Edward Biddle House

Built ca. 1790s, expanded ca. 1830s

Pieces-sur-pieces log construction

Built ca. 1780-1800s

Pieces-sur-pieces in Mustang Bar interior

Growth of tourism in the 1850s