School after Cyclone 1896

Photograph

Saugatuck Douglas Historical Society

89-1-57 school house 1896.jpg 1MB

Name/Title

School after Cyclone 1896

Entry/Object ID

2023.10.142

Description

Photo of the wrecked Saugatuck Union School building. It was thought lightening from the storm caused the fire. Notations on the photo read "After Cyclone, July 26, 1896. School House Smouldering after Fire, James Browne, Photographer" and "Site of Brady's? residence" Also, screenshots of Lake Shore Commercial, July 31, 1896 reporting about the fire and cyclone/tornado that damaged much of the town.

Photograph Details

Type of Photograph

Digital scan

Subject Person or Organization

Saugatuck Union School 1866-1896

Context

This grand wooden school building on the hill in Saugatuck looked much like the Douglas Union School.

Collection

Education and schools, Buildings: Lost, Fires and fire departments, Weather, extreme

Cataloged By

Winthers, Sally

Acquisition

Accession

2023.10

Acquisition Method

Found in Collection

Notes

These photos were scanned by SDHS volunteers and were posted on the Photo Blog in the hopes that community members would contribute more information. "tu" in the filename indicates the photo was "touched up" by Jack Sheridan

Location

Box

031 A+B+C+D Photo Files

General Notes

Note

These image(s) were copied from the SDHC photo blog [or the Jack Sheridan drive if that was a superior version] in preparation for updating the SDHC website in 2023.

Create Date

October 7, 2023

Update Date

October 14, 2023