Log Cabin Day 2019
The Dougherty House will be open for Log Cabin Day, June 30, 2019. The home will open as a museum on June 15, 2019, and you may tour it with the assistance of a docent. A number of pieces are original furniture actually used by Peter Dougherty and his family, and others are appropriate for the period 1839 to 1910. The selection process continues, and those items not displayed at first may be rotated into the house for viewing.
More than 700 visitors have toured the House since it opened on June 15, 2019. It is open for docent-guided viewing from 11:00 to 5:00 on Saturdays, and from 1:00 to 5:00 on Sundays, until October 12, 2019, when it will close for the winter. After that, you may contact Connie Sargent at 231-223-8866, or see Bill Cole.
Another view of the master bedroom on the main floor
Visitors gather at the Old Mission House on Log Cabin Day
The kitchen wall cupboard, displaying artifacts
Stove and sink in summer kitchen
The ice house, for storage of ice blocks cut from the bay in winter
The restored outhouse
Mission House after restoration, with cedar shingles, restored windows and doors
Rope bed frame and headboard in master bedroom
Storage cabinet
Viewing panel through floor to see Hemlock floor joists – and chipmunk
Edison phonograph and cartridges
Horsehair couch
Hat, coat, and umbrella or cane stand
Reverend Dougherty’s woodworking tools: planes
The nursery
Useful household baskets
