Griffin & Henry Planing Mill 1897

Photograph

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Saugatuck Douglas Historical Society

89-1-99_Griffin_Henry_Mill.jpg 385KB: A: 4x4"
89-1-99_Griffin_Henry_Mill.jpg 385KB

A: 4x4"

Name/Title

Griffin & Henry Planing Mill 1897

Entry/Object ID

1989.01.99

Description

Two photos of the Griffin and Henry Planing Mill A: 4x4" Workers lined up on the mill's porch with a horse-drawn wagon in the foreground. Written on back "Griffin & Henry Mill (Once was Johnson Mill) B: 2.5x3.5" A man drives a horse-drawn wagon along the mill. Written on back "Old saw mill where Bil-Mar Hotel stand, 1897" The original accession number is 89-1-99

Photograph Details

Type of Photograph

Print, photograph

Subject Person or Organization

Griffin & Henry Lumber Yard/Griffin & Henry Sawmill/Griffin & Williams/Stockbridge & Johnson/Wells & Johnson/M.B. Spencer Mill

Context

This Saugatuck sawmill was located southeast of Culver x Griffith intersection but before St. Joseph Street (that no longer reaches Culver today). Previously, the business was the O.R. Johnson Mill

Collection

1835 Logging and Lumbering, Industry and manufacturing

Cataloged By

Winthers, Sally

Acquisition

Accession

1989.01

Acquisition Method

Found in Collection

Dimensions

Dimension Description

see main description

Location

Box

031 A+B+C+D Photo Files

Create Date

October 8, 2023

Update Date

May 5, 2026