Michigan - Lake County - Historic Districts
Lake County Michigan (Historic Districts) has 4 places on the National Register of Historic Places including 1 place of National significance and 2 places of Statewide significance. Significant places include Idlewild Historic District (Boundary Increase), Idlewild Historic District and Marlborough Historic District, Podjun, John and Katharine Tunkun, Farm.

The famous person Violette Neatly Johnson Anderson is associated with one of more of the Lake County historic places.

Some of the country's most noteable architects helped create the Lake County places including Woolsey Coombs, Great Northern Portland Cement Co. and Marlborough Land & Investment Co.. Prominent architectural styles found in Lake Country are Bungalow/Craftsman, Colonial Revival and Tudor Revival.

Idlewild Historic District (added 1979 - - #79001160)
U.S. 10 , Idlewild
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Historic Significance:
Event
Area of Significance:
Black, Social History
Period of Significance:
1925-1949, 1900-1924
Owner:
State, Local, Private
Historic Function:
Domestic
Historic Sub-function:
Camp, Single Dwelling
Current Function:
Domestic
Current Sub-function:
Camp, Single Dwelling
Idlewild Historic District (Boundary Increase) (added 2009 - - #09001062)
Bounded generally by US 10 on the N.; 72nd St. on the S.; Nelson Rd. on the E.; and extending W. of Forman Rd. , Yates
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Historic Significance:
Architecture/Engineering, Event, Person
Architect, builder, or engineer:
Coombs, Woolsey
Architectural Style:
Colonial Revival, Tudor Revival
Historic Person:
Anderson, Violette Neatly Johnson
Area of Significance:
Black, Social History, Architecture, Community Planning And Development, Entertainment/Recreation
Period of Significance:
1925-1949, 1900-1924, 1875-1899
Owner:
Local, State, Federal, Private
Historic Function:
Commerce/Trade, Commerce/Trade, Domestic, Domestic, Domestic, Domestic, Social
Historic Sub-function:
Hotel, Meeting Hall, Multiple Dwelling, Restaurant, Secondary Structure, Single Dwelling, Specialty Store
Current Function:
Commerce/Trade, Domestic, Domestic, Domestic, Social, Vacant/Not In Use
Current Sub-function:
Meeting Hall, Multiple Dwelling, Restaurant, Secondary Structure, Single Dwelling
Marlborough Historic District (added 1972 - - #72000630)
Also known as Marlborough
James Rd. , Marlborough
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Historic Significance:
Event
Area of Significance:
Industry
Period of Significance:
1900-1924
Owner:
Private
Historic Function:
Industry/Processing/Extraction
Historic Sub-function:
Manufacturing Facility
Current Function:
Landscape, Vacant/Not In Use
Current Sub-function:
Unoccupied Land
Podjun, John and Katharine Tunkun, Farm (added 2002 - - #02000160)
9581 E 1 mi. Rd. , Ellsworth
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Historic Significance:
Event
Area of Significance:
Agriculture, European
Period of Significance:
1950-1974, 1925-1949, 1900-1924
Owner:
Private
Historic Function:
Agriculture/Subsistence, Domestic
Historic Sub-function:
Agricultural Fields, Agricultural Outbuildings, Animal Facility, Single Dwelling, Storage
Current Function:
Agriculture/Subsistence, Domestic
Current Sub-function:
Agricultural Fields, Single Dwelling
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