Name/Title
Camp Gray Lincoln Road negotiationsEntry/Object ID
2023.47.07Scope and Content
Four letters from John M. Hestenes, three on Camp Gray letterhead, about the camp "vacating" Lincoln Road and offering to build a new road that the Village would thereafter maintain.
A. Jan. 7, 1922 to Clarence Wade, Saugatuck Mayor [sic] putting the road offer in writing.
B. Jan. 18, 1922 to H.C. Simonson, Village Clerk, demurring offer to sell Forward Movement Park land for a public beach.
C. Jan. 28, 1922 to H.C. Simonson, Village Clerk, rejecting offer to sell land for public beach and turning negotiations back to Lincoln Road, which Mr. Hestenes points out is in "dangerous to travel in it present condition."
D. Feb. 3, 1922 to D.A. Heath, [as a private citizen] repeating that Camp cannot sell any land.Context
Although unsuccessful in 1922, by 1933 "plans were in works to resurface Lincoln Road, make a new diagonal road & 400 feet of shoreline in trade with village to shut off road through Camp Gray."
In 1935, Lincoln Road rerouted northwest out of camp, traded with village for Oval Beach.
See 2022.03.12
Lincoln Road was replaced by Perryman Road.Collection
Saugatuck, government, Transportation: highway and road infrastructureCataloged By
Winthers, SallyAcquisition
Accession
2023.47Source or Donor
Saugatuck Woman's Club 1904-presentAcquisition Method
Donation, unconditionalLocation
Box
094 Camp Gray 1899-1950Relationships
Related Person or Organization
Person or Organization
Presbyterian Camp/Camp Gray/Forward Movement Park 1899-2014, Heath, Doc Anderson 1865-1947, Wade, Clarence W. 1855-1928, Simonson, Herman C. 1878-1951Create Date
November 22, 2023Update Date
July 1, 2024
