Name/Title
Park House or H.D. Moore house 1865Entry/Object ID
1989.01.169Description
Photograph of an illustration of the lumber baron Horace Duncan Moore's home from the pages of "History of Allegan and Barry Counties, Michigan" by Crisfield Johnson, D.W. Ensign & Company, 1880
The image depicts a prosperous, two-story wooden dwelling with wrap around porches and a bay window. The home and the children and animals on the lightly-treed property are protected from horse-drawn buggies on the road by a picket fence. In the distance a tug chugs by on the Kalamazoo River and sparse dune reaches high into the sky.Photograph Details
Type of Photograph
Print, photographSubject Person or Organization
888 Holland, Park House, Clover's Waffle Shop, H.D. Moore house, Moore, Horace Duncan 1821-1915, Moore, Tamar Walker (Philips) 1842-1921, MoorevilleContext
The historic structure still stands at 888 Holland Street and now serves as a guest house.
This image ran in the Aug. 15, 1968 Commercial Record with the caption "The Park House in Saugatuck on Holland Street in 1880 when it was the residence of Horace D. Moore. It was called the Park House because of the fenced yard with tame deer. The building still stands near the Elbo Room. from an old engraving)
According to James Sheridan, in 1856 H.D. Moore invested in lumber interests in Saugatuck. He built a saw mill on the river bank at the foot of Spear Street and produced 2,000,000 feet of lumber in 19 years here. He built a wharf and warehouse at the mouth of Moore's Creek and also owned a large store in Saugatuck. His properties included all the land on the west side of Holland Street from the north village boundary to Spear Street.Collection
1835 Logging and Lumbering, 1830 Settlement, pioneer era, 1930+ Tourism, lodging, hotels and B&BsCataloged By
Winthers, SallyAcquisition
Accession
1989.01Acquisition Method
Found in CollectionLocation
Box
031 A+B+C+D Photo FilesCreate Date
October 9, 2023Update Date
June 10, 2026
