Pickle Barrel House - Grand Marais MI
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kJfishman
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Pickle Barrel House in Grand Marais MI is shapped like a pickle barrel.
Waymark Code: WM72GV
Location: Michigan, United States
Date Posted: 08/23/2009
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Pickle Barrel House - Grand Marais MI
This home was built for William Donahey an author, illustrator, and cartoonist. It was based on his cartoon "Teenie Weenies". It was originally built on a lake front lot then moved to Grand Marais.
"Grand Marais, Michigan - Pickle Barrel House
A 16-foot-tall, two story pickle barrel stands in this summer resort town, built in 1926 as a summer cottage for cartoonist William Donahey, who was the creator of the single-panel comic "Teenie-Weenies." The barrel house was paid for by a pickle company, whose pickles William Donahey would plug, via the Teenie Weenies, in his comic. A smaller barrel in the back served as a kitchen. The barrel fell into disrepair after Donahey's death, but it was restored as a tourist attraction by civic-minded locals in 2005. [Roadsideamerica.com Team, 10/31/2005] "
Building Address:
Corner of Hwy 58 and Main St.
Grand Marais, MI USA
49832
Is it open to the general public?: yes
When was it built? (Approximate if you must.): 01/01/1926
What is the name of this building?: Pickle Barrel House
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