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From “Keeping an Eye on History” at the OSH 2018
Timothy Coates House (1852)
Vicky Stull
photograph, 1999
the story | A fine example of local Greek Revival architecture, the house on Butler Street, Saugatuck, was the home of Coates, his wife, and six sons—several of whom became well-known ship captains. In vogue at the time, the Greek Revival style was considered “American” and “democratic.”
the photograph | This is one of the photographs taken for the Saugatuck-Douglas Museum “Raising the Roof” 1999 exhibition and featured in the accompanying publication, Raising the Roof: The Architecture and Buildings of the Saugatuck-Douglas Area, (original ed., 1999, second ed., 2006)
the photographer | Vicky Stull lived and worked in the Saugatuck area in the 1990s and served as the chief photographer for the Saugatuck-Douglas History Center’s “Raising the Roof” exhibition in 1999. She was represented by Water Street Gallery. Currently she lives and operates VBS Photography, LLC in the Tampa/St. Petersburg, Florida area.
SDHC Collection, gift of Kenneth R. Carls and James A. Schmiechen
Accession number 2018.13.23