The famous person Kathryn Rogers Gates is associated with one of more of the Manistee County historic places.
Some of the country's most noteable architects helped create the Manistee County places including Ernest F. Hartwick, Hodgson, E.F., Co., Charles A. Anderson, J. Alexander McColl and John I. Rodgers. Prominent architectural styles found in Manistee Country are Bungalow/Craftsman, Classical Revival and Colonial Revival.