National Register of Historic Places - Michigan (MI), Lake County

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