Kirby House B&B promo 1994

Name/Title

Kirby House B&B promo 1994

Entry/Object ID

2024.41.338

Scope and Content

Two-minute Grand Rapids WOOD-TV Channel 8 news segment with Marsha Kontio telling the history of the Kirby House and its reinvention as a Bed and Breakfast. The house is decked out for the Christmas holidays. The segment aired December 19, 1994. Content from a Lakewood Photo disc found in collection, transferred to mp4 format in 2025, no VHS version.

Context

Documentation of one of the many lives of the Kirby house.

Collection

1930+ Tourism, lodging, hotels and B&Bs

Cataloged By

Winthers, Sally

Acquisition

Accession

2024.41

Acquisition Method

Found in Collection

Credit Line

To view this recording, scroll down to the bottom of this entry and click the blue web link. This video was created by Saugatuck-Douglas History Center volunteers or was donated to the Center in a good faith effort to preserve local history. If you feel this content should not be available to the public — or have additional information that will add context to this interview — please contact the SDHC Archives at archives@mysdhistory.org.

Oral History Details

Interviewee

Kontio, Marsha

Interview Date

Dec 1994

Length of Interview

2

Dimensions

Dimension Description

DVD version

Width

5 in

Depth

5 in

Location

* Untyped Location

AWS/VidArch SSD/DVD originals drawer

Relationships

Related Person or Organization

Person or Organization

Kirby House/Community Hospital before 1960, Kontio, Marsha, Kirby, Sarah M. (Gill) 1861-1951, Kirby, Lois Faith 1884-1970

Create Date

August 30, 2025

Update Date

August 30, 2025