Name/Title
Tourists' HomeEntry/Object ID
2021.103.10Description
Photographic exhibit #5 from legal complaint filed on June 20, 1967 in Allegan County by plaintiffs Walter and Elizabeth Coburn, [proprietors of the Ship 'N Shore Hotel/Motel/Boatel] vs. defendant Kalamazoo Ferry Company [Peterson] about the trimming of vegetation and installation of pilings by the eastern Chain Ferry landing.
Yellow Plaintiff's Exhibit sticker on back of photo is dated 3-26-68.
This is a reprint of a historic photo of Saugatuck's riverfront. It does not show Saugatuck in the mid-'60s.
Tourists' Home was a lodging establishment north of the east-side chain ferry landing in Saugatuck, corner of Mary and Water Streets. Tourists' Home was assembled from a Singapore warehouse, a blacksmith shop and parts of the Basket Factory. Changed it's name to the more-unique "Mt. Baldhead Hotel" in 1933.
Tourists' Home is the cluster of large, dark building with white window frames on the river's edge at the bottom of the image. Note name painted on various sides of the structure. The Chain Ferry landing is visible upriver. Also visible are the Saugatuck High School and (perhaps?) First Congregational Church on the hill. Photos was taken from Mt. Baldhead.Photograph Details
Type of Photograph
Print, photographSubject Person or Organization
First Congregational Church Saugatuck, Mt. Baldhead Hotel 1933-1959/Tourists' Home 1901, Saugatuck Public School 1897-1950, Chain Ferry Landings, Mount Baldhead Dune/ParkSubject Place
* Untyped Subject Place
Kalamazoo RiverCollection
Mount Baldhead, Views fromCataloged By
Winthers, SallyAcquisition
Accession
2021.103Source or Donor
Saugatuck-Douglas District LibraryAcquisition Method
DonationLocation
Filing cabinet
Files Accession NumberRelationships
Related Person or Organization
Person or Organization
Chain Ferry LandingsCreate Date
December 30, 2021Update Date
May 7, 2024