John Martel House

Photograph

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Saugatuck Douglas Historical Society

Name/Title

John Martel House

Entry/Object ID

2018.13.26

Description

Black and white photograph of John Martell House in Saugatuck, Michigan. Historic tree with Council Oak sign visible in foreground.

Photograph Details

Type of Photograph

Print, photograph

Subject Person or Organization

345 Grand/John Baptiste Martel House, Martel, John Baptiste c1894-1909

Collection

Artworks, Buildings: Homes, cottages and private residences, 1840 Shipbuilding

Cataloged By

Gollannek, Eric 1975-

Acquisition

Accession

2018.13

Source or Donor

Carls, Ken

Acquisition Method

Donation

Made/Created

Artist

Stull, Vicky

Date made

1999

Inscription/Signature/Marks

Notes

Signed Name: Vicky Stull Signature Location: Lower right corner

Lexicon

Search Terms

Architecture, Saugatuck, Council Oak

Dimensions

Height

16 in

Width

19 in

Location

Shelf

AC bay 13

Room

Art Conservation Room

Condition

Overall Condition

Excellent

Interpretative Labels

Label

From “Keeping an Eye on History” at the OSH 2018 John Baptiste Martel House Vicky Stull photograph, 1999 the story | Martel was a French Canadian ship builder who lived in The Hill district of Saugatuck for over a half a century, building steamboats on The Flats at the riverside. The fancy window frame and porch post scrollwork was executed by George Hames and William Finley, both ship carpenters. The house was later purchased by a Chicago industrialist and the interior “restored” by Saugatuck and Chicago interior designer Florence “Danny” Hunn in the 1940s 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 2018.13.26

General Notes

Note

Photos of this home at the time of Florence Hunns restoration are in box 19

Create Date

June 13, 2018

Update Date

September 3, 2024