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 Hesler, Joseph, Log House
N 44° 59.461 W 085° 28.784
16T E 619839 N 4983076
This Log Cabin is at the end of the Old Mission Peninsula in Grand Traverse County. Parking - you're on your own in the wintertime, but in the summer you can drive right up to the Lighthouse (and very close to the marker as well).
Waymark Code: WM5GKQ
Location: Michigan, United States
Date Posted: 01/04/2009
Views: 45
This house is in Old Mission Peninsula Lighthouse Park, north of Traverse City. The peninsula itself is a fascinating drive, as it's filled with vineyards (and therefore wineries) and lovely scenery. We found it very interesting to drive the peninsula and see the lake on both sides, as well as the Leelenau Peninsula to one side, and the mainland of Michigan to the other.
During the Summer, parking is available right next to the marker. Be sure to visit the Old Mission Lighthouse while you're here!
Terrain Ratings: during the summer this is along a paved path, and they even have Handicapped Access to the log cabin and the Lighthouse View. However, during the winter you're on your own - no path is shoveled or maintained, so it can get very treacherous and slippery.
Historical Date: 01/01/1856
Historical Name: Joseph Hesler
Description:
"HESLER LOG HOUSE The Hesler house is a rare surviving log house dating from the early settlement of the Old Mission Peninsula. From 1854 to 1856, Joseph and Mary Hesler built the house of hand hewn pine and hemlock logs fourteen miles south of here on the eastern shore of the peninsula. Joseph and Mary, from Canada and Ireland respectively, were among a number of Irish, English, Canadian, and Scottish immigrants living in the southern part of the township in 1860. SIDE TWO Completed in 1856, the Hesler Log House typifies the first shelters built by early pioneers. Faced with acres of forest, they cleared their land, built a house with the timber, and planted crops. The Heslers sold the house in 1866. During the next 125 years it served as a private residence, housing for migrant workers, a school, and quarters for a bull. When the house was threatened with demolition in 1992, citizens rallied. The building was moved to this site and restored."
Parking nearby?: yes
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website: [Web Link]
Registered Site #: 2059
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