Hand painted wood sign, Carl Hoerman Architect, Erland Sundin Builder
The sign probably was displayed in front of the Merrill cottage when it was being built.
Collection
Carl Hoerman
Cataloged By
Voss, Mary
Acquisition
Accession
2013.24
Source or Donor
Shea, Patrick D.
Acquisition Method
Donation
Location
Building
Staircase OSH
Condition
Overall Condition
Fair
Relationships
Related Person or Organization
Person or Organization
Hoerman, Carl 1885-1955
Interpretative Labels
Label
From SDHC/SCA exhibit "Signs of the Times" 2009
sign:Carl Hoerman, Architect / Erland Sundin, Builder
original site: 2420 Lakeshore Drive
collection: Recent gift to the Saugatuck-Douglas Historical Society by Patrick Shay
Building site signboard—probably painted by Hoerman, in the Arts&Crafts manner of the time. This construction sign of 1937 marked the construction of the Merrill “cottage” at 2420 Lakeshore Drive near Pier Cove. Carl Hoerman left his native Germany as a young man to study and practice architecture in Chicago but fell in love with the Saugatuck area’s natural beauty. He spent most of his adult life painting the area landscape and designing homes, many of them large Arts&Crafts “summer homes,” but also reconstructed Saugatuck Village Hall, Congregational Church.
Erlin Sundin, Swedish immigrant, was a well-known carpenter (with his brother Olaf) of Goshorn Lake.
General Notes
Note
Status: OK
Status By: Mary Voss
Status Date: 2013-06-10
