Name/Title
Grand Escape Inns promoEntry/Object ID
2024.41.337Scope and Content
15-minute video promoting the Grand Escape Inns. The opening explores the history of the summer resort and showcases why this area is a year-round destination with distinctive lodging available at the Grand Escape Inns of Saugatuck.
Interviews with innkeepers Lynda and Joe Petty of the Park House, Loren and Marsha Kontio of the Kirby House, Terry Tatsch of Kemah Guest House, Frank and Kathy Wilson of the Bayside Inn, Denise Simcik of Twin Gables Country Inn, Barb Wishon and Nancy Parker of the Newnham SunCatcher Inn, Jerry and Nancy Horney of the Twin Oaks Inn, who talk about the history and current state of their properties.
Content from a Lakewood Photo disc found in collection, transferred to mp4 format in 2025, no VHS version.Context
In the 1980s a group of new innkeepers became friends rather than rivals. To extend the tourism season into the autumn, winter and spring, they joined forces to become the Grand Escape Inns. Every month they offered a themed weekend event to make the Saugatuck area a destination for lovers of gourmet food, murder mysteries, holiday celebrations, country line dancing and progressive dinners.Collection
1930+ Tourism, lodging, hotels and B&BsCataloged By
Winthers, SallyAcquisition
Accession
2024.41Acquisition Method
Found in CollectionCredit Line
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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.Dimensions
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DVD versionWidth
5 inDepth
5 inLocation
* Untyped Location
AWS/VidArch SSD/DVD originals drawerRelationships
Related Person or Organization
Person or Organization
888 Holland/Park House/Clover's Waffle House/H.D. Moore residence, Kontio, Loren, Kontio, Marsha, 618 Water/Bayside Inn/Hungerford River House, Kemah Cottage b.1906-, Hotel Saugatuck/900 Lake/Twin Gables Hotel/Singapore Country Inn, Kirby House/Community Hospital before 1960, 131 Griffith/Newnham Suncatcher Inn/Newnham's Rooms, Twin Oaks Inn/Three Oaks/Lynds/John Henry house, Petty, Lynda, Wilson, Frank, Wilson, Kathy, Wishon, Barbara, Parker, Nancy 1944-2022, Horney, Jerry, Tatsch, Terry, Simcik, DeniseCreate Date
August 27, 2025Update Date
August 30, 2025
