https://sheep-turbot-sbbf.squarespace.com/contact-1 daily 0.75 2019-05-01 https://sheep-turbot-sbbf.squarespace.com/welcome-gallery daily 0.75 2022-03-21 https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/5b4220845cfd791dca99c02d/1647862170084-ZTH0S275SQJQW3A5F1J1/image-asset.jpeg WELCOME GALLERY - DeGregorio-Galante Modern Link to the story of this iconic modern home in the village. https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/5b4220845cfd791dca99c02d/1647862170084-ZTH0S275SQJQW3A5F1J1/image-asset.jpeg WELCOME GALLERY - DeGregorio-Galante Modern Link to the story of this iconic modern home in the village. https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/5b4220845cfd791dca99c02d/1562953109757-I6CU4CP5ZOKFB2RLK7YY/Birch+Michigan+7.jpg WELCOME GALLERY LINK HERE: NEW STORY! Birch Michigan - The 1921 Big Maple https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/5b4220845cfd791dca99c02d/1561305564996-SHEHDCQJS4DD1PFYWBEM/CRAZE+HOME+-+GUSTAFSONS+EVENING.jpg WELCOME GALLERY LINK HERE: Craze Home - Gustafson Building https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/5b4220845cfd791dca99c02d/1567340765369-KMCICWZSWWLTL2S9SIHS/336+N.+RUSH+EXTERIOR+ANGLED+VIEW.jpg WELCOME GALLERY LINK HERE TO MARTENS HOUSE https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/5b4220845cfd791dca99c02d/1560363403072-UPP55O5QPIT7NP940WNB/CHARLES+MEARS+BARN.jpg WELCOME GALLERY River House Farm Barn 1862 https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/5b4220845cfd791dca99c02d/1561219719385-V72WI8YGB0M1WYKFJPD3/PENTWATER+GREAT+FULL+PAGE+AD+1949+The_Ludington_Daily_News_Tue__Jun_21__1949_.jpg WELCOME GALLERY “Come to Pentwater” https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/5b4220845cfd791dca99c02d/1596463024034-CY4LTHAMEH91AMIB5ZWZ/image-asset.jpeg WELCOME GALLERY - DeGregorio-Galante Modern DeGregorio-Galante House - A stunning modern home in the village https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/5b4220845cfd791dca99c02d/1559158676620-3WQQU4TYGVI0ZPSX87DK/CENTENARY+METHODIST+CHURCH.jpg WELCOME GALLERY Centenary United Methodist Church https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/5b4220845cfd791dca99c02d/1556508078216-C9WVDNDBUH97WRW9WY3V/SHIP+STORE+FRONT+VERTICAL.jpg WELCOME GALLERY Brass Anchor Building https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/5b4220845cfd791dca99c02d/1556505545306-5JK2MSMUYVKLOJ62A5V2/PENTWATER+GALLERY+7.jpg WELCOME GALLERY Pentwater Historical Society Museum https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/5b4220845cfd791dca99c02d/1561305676570-JY4WVKAH0FKPAQUTQKCD/PENTWATER+SANDS+%26+MAXWELL.jpg WELCOME GALLERY Sands & Maxwell Building. https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/5b4220845cfd791dca99c02d/1562953051627-CEVQMN7T6Y55NO8IS841/336+N.+RUSH+WALL+OF+ART.jpg WELCOME GALLERY Rush House story coming soon. https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/5b4220845cfd791dca99c02d/1556508149465-GB5HRZNKIDNHHW11Y7PL/GUSTAFSON%27S+FRONT.jpg WELCOME GALLERY - Craze Home - Gustafson Building For a history of the Craze Home -Gustafson’s Building, link here. https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/5b4220845cfd791dca99c02d/1561130225368-X8J50IBWL559NL35S0ZR/CATHOLIC+CHURCH+HORIZONTAL.jpg WELCOME GALLERY St. Vincent’s on Catholic Hill https://sheep-turbot-sbbf.squarespace.com/hancockgallery2 daily 0.75 2023-02-12 https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/5b4220845cfd791dca99c02d/1675455901074-C46LRG0JDN7JAM5CEMRW/IMG_2246.jpeg 1 HANCOCK GALLERY 2 - LUNABELLE | story in process https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/5b4220845cfd791dca99c02d/1675455901074-C46LRG0JDN7JAM5CEMRW/IMG_2246.jpeg 1 HANCOCK GALLERY 2 - LUNABELLE | story in process https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/5b4220845cfd791dca99c02d/1675455929816-6L7JHI1MB7DTFUU4FFU0/IMG_2339.jpeg 1 HANCOCK GALLERY 2 - GOODSTUFF | story in process https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/5b4220845cfd791dca99c02d/1676113909854-R9AK0L64KDWZ5K222E3B/IMG_2216.jpeg 1 HANCOCK GALLERY 2 - GREEN ISAACS | GARDNER BLDG | story in process Pentwater Carpenters John, Otho, Harold, and Wit Graham helped to construct the Gardner Building now occupied by Jilly’s and Green Issacs Coffee, for many years the home of Bill Balfour’s Grocery Store and Duke and Emily DeWar’s Bakery. In 2020, the new Green Issacs Coffee Shop opened in the building. On the other side of the building is the 240 Hair Salon. The old neon sign now hangs over the building. https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/5b4220845cfd791dca99c02d/1676114903227-EACP9680MOD1ZZQOYXV6/IMG_2211.jpeg 1 HANCOCK GALLERY 2 - JILLY'S GALLERY | GARDNER BLDG | story in process Jilly’s Gallery opened at 226 Hancock in 2021. Jilly’s Gallery Pentwater history began in 2012, in a building further south on Hancock Street. Jilly Barnes expanded her business in the former Petrie Gallery at this location. https://sheep-turbot-sbbf.squarespace.com/hancock1 daily 0.75 2023-05-08 https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/5b4220845cfd791dca99c02d/1675426276422-LQIVHPB453TPUF99OUZC/IMG_2211+%281%29.jpeg 1 HANCOCK STREET GALLERY 1 https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/5b4220845cfd791dca99c02d/1675426276422-LQIVHPB453TPUF99OUZC/IMG_2211+%281%29.jpeg 1 HANCOCK STREET GALLERY 1 https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/5b4220845cfd791dca99c02d/1675456867720-M52HFA1QAK32SSZCX38R/PTW+GRANT+PROJECT+BRASS+ANCHOR+BUILDING+2.jpg 1 HANCOCK STREET GALLERY 1 - BRASS ANCHOR | PENTWATER NEWS | 1871 A smaller building erected in 1869 was expanded in 1871 to hold lumber offices. By 1874, the building was the home of the local newspaper, the Oceana Times, and by 1880 was the home of the Pentwater News. https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/5b4220845cfd791dca99c02d/1682257115518-14931GVCZUKIT8UNALAM/00+PBS+VERBECK+TAVERN+PHOTO+JPEG.jpg 1 HANCOCK STREET GALLERY 1 The Verbeck Tavern, once located on the current site of the post office and Pentwater Village Hall, played an essential role in promoting the Lake Michigan shoreline as the nation's summer playground. Tavern guests spent their days at the beach and went on berry-picking and boating excursions organized by the hotel. Read More: Verbeck Tavern https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/5b4220845cfd791dca99c02d/1676079494096-ZRKS6T6MUD7WA0G318ZL/IMG_2237.jpeg 1 HANCOCK STREET GALLERY 1 - CRAZE | GUSTAFSONS | 1887 Link here to read the whole story. In 1887 Thomas Collister built the largest and only three story building in the village and by 1888 had sold it to Charles Mears who operated several businesses there. The exterior of the building is the famous yellow Pentwater brick, manufactured at the Middlesex Brickworks owned by Mears. Charles Mears was a Mason and turned the third floor into the Pentwater Masonic Temple. The Masons actually owned the third floor and it still retains its separate staircase, carved wooden newel posts, tall windows and massive doors with colored glass transoms. The shades and etched images depict the different orders of the fraternal organization which directed the members entry into the main rooms. A distinctive feature on the building’s exterior is the Mason’s terra-cotta keystone known as the "Isle of Man.” In the 1960’s when the estate of Charles Mears’ daughter Carrie’s Mears was settled, the Masons sold back the third floor and moved to a smaller building next door. The story continues… https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/5b4220845cfd791dca99c02d/1676115942514-CEE877LJEC6Z0JDZ0M1M/BIRCH+MICHIGAN.jpg 1 HANCOCK STREET GALLERY 1 - BIRCH MICHIGAN | BIG MAPLE | 1921 Link here to read the whole story. In 1921 brothers W.F. and Charles Bouga and their cousin Ms. Tillie D. Nichols hired John Graham to erect a large one-story cement block structure on the former site of their father John Bouga’s livery stable established in 1889. It had large doors on the front and on the back of the building. The Big Maple Garage, named for the large maple tree in front of the store, was a Texaco Station with two pumps right at the curb on Hancock. Each pump had a picture of the Texaco Fire Chiefs’ red hat and a Texaco Star on the top glass globes. This was a boom time for automobile ownership and the shop also sold Hudson-Essex automobiles. Read the whole story here… https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/5b4220845cfd791dca99c02d/1683565241788-KQSXLO7P8HS6BF37NXHF/GARDNER+BUILDING.jpg 1 HANCOCK STREET GALLERY 1 - Gardner Building The Gardner Building was built by F. O. Gardner, a lumberman whose fortune was made when word of the Great Chicago Fire of 1871 reached the eastern shores of Lake Michigan and the cost per board foot of lumber jumped to $17. Thanks to the lakeshore lumbering in the towns of Grand Haven, Muskegon, Pentwater, Ludington and more, the Windy City was rebuilt anew and more beautiful with the the fabulous structures we see today designed by the firms of Sullivan & Adler, Burnham & Root, and Holabird & Roche. This beautiful red brick building was the location of the Garden General Store. More about that coming soon. Today it is the home of the popular Green Isaacs Coffee Shop and Jillys Gallery. More history coming soon! https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/5b4220845cfd791dca99c02d/1683565447637-DWLCNSYFTSI3E2DFIFRC/Lenert+Aircraft+%231.jpg 1 HANCOCK STREET GALLERY 1 Willy Lenert made a brief but historic mark on Pentwater and the Aviation world with his short-lived Lenert Aircraft Company. Born in Copenhagen and raised in Chicago, Lenert, who had just a sixth-grade education, had mastered early airplane building by 1926. That was eighteen years after he was a vaudeville "slack-wire performer" in 1908 at the short-lived Grand Rapids Airdome. In 1909, he was a balloon ascensionist. Over the next eighteen years, Lenert developed a revolutionary all-metal plane—"all-metal but the tires"— with a price tag of $2,500. He claimed the Lenert metal aircraft weighed the same as the wood and cloth planes, but according to a Grand Rapids Press article, it had the advantage of being fireproof. To build that plane, Lenert moved in 1925 to Pentwater and set up a workshop on the shores of Pentwater Lake at the south end of Hancock Street. By 1926, his new metal plane was a hit at the Detroit Airshow. By 1928, he established the Lenert Aircraft Company in Pentwater. (Link here for more of the story). https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/5b4220845cfd791dca99c02d/1677261376544-ZY8ZG83HVJLQD19Z1ZNH/LINEN+%26+LACE+1.jpg 1 HANCOCK STREET GALLERY 1 - 190 S. HANCOCK 190 S. Hancock is opening in 2023 as Linens & Lace. In 2022, it was the Reed Photography store, and before that a restaurant, a sport shop, a personal residence and a pet supplies store. The early history began when German-born immigrant William Klingbell put down his roots in the village of Pentwater and offered tailoring services until about 1905. According to Pentwater Home Tours, there is a three-foot tree stump in the crawl space. To find this store, just look for the big boulder at the corner of 2nd and Hancock with the bronze plaque “G.A.R.” or Grand Army of the Republic,” placed there by the Women’s Relief Corps who were wives of Civil war veterans. F.O. Gardner, a Civil War veteran, (see Gardner Building) was instrumental in getting this marker designed to recognize the role that Pentwater residents played in the war. https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/5b4220845cfd791dca99c02d/1675431122267-K3K226BWFVIICBH4ZUW3/FIRST+UNITED+METHODIST+BEST.jpg 1 HANCOCK STREET GALLERY 1 - CENTENARY METHODIST | 1875-1879 | 82 S. HANCOCK Read the whole story here. On April 25, 1875 that original frame church caught fire and the building sustained over $4,700 in damage and there was no insurance. Consider that amount in 1875 dollars! On June 3, 1875, the Pentwater Methodist congregation broke ground on a new church, after the first building sustained over $4,700 in fire damage the previous April. The new building was designed by Grand Rapids architects Barnaby and Robinson in the iconic cream brick manufactured at the local Middlesex Brick and Tile Company. Although the new building was far from complete, the congregation held the first service on December 26, 1875 and the church at the north side of the Pentwater business district was finally completed and dedicated on July 13, 1879. That day, the congregation raised over $1,300 toward the building debt. Today the beautiful old church is still at use in its original location on Hancock Street at the north end o the business district. Read more… https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/5b4220845cfd791dca99c02d/1675426901231-QUNTKGVJPVZDCYXRZG91/IMG_2370.jpeg 1 HANCOCK STREET GALLERY 1 - SANDS & MAXWELL | VILLAGE HALL | 1883 In 1883, the brick and frame two-story plus basement for partners W.B.O. Sands and E.G. Marshall for their lumber offices and mercantile business. Built of Pentwater yellow brick. This building and a second building to the north were described as a double building with two entrances on Hancock. In 1900, the north building became a bank. In 1920, the north building with the bank and general store caught fire and were a total loss. The surviving building was sold for a nominal sum to the village to be used as the community center, and the Pentwater Women’s Club raised the money to renovate it. https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/5b4220845cfd791dca99c02d/1675426374205-77IT3KJCN8L84BYC8P9B/image-asset.jpeg 1 HANCOCK STREET GALLERY 1 - GIRARD BLDG | 1883 Read the whole story here…In 1883, the Grand Rapids businessman, William Hodgson, built this Pentwater brick block of stores with the two store fronts separated by an east-west common wall. The stores were rented by Charles Mears from 1887-1888, before he purchased the south end of the building. In 1898, at the time of the fire at the Pentwater Bedstead Company, Moses Girard, a former Pentwater mayor and successful businessman, bought the building. But first he lost his fortune after his produce business run with two other businessmen failed. Read on… https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/5b4220845cfd791dca99c02d/1676041281134-F58NYFYGFJFE0PKV2IRH/image-asset.jpeg 1 HANCOCK STREET GALLERY 1 - LITES BLDG | FINCHER PHARMACY | 1891 In 1891 F. W. Fincher built this two-story building of Pentwater brick with a basement. It was known as the Corner Drug Store. The building saw a succession of owners including J.L. Congden from 1893 -1935. It was Mac’s Pharmacy in 1935, owned by McCarthy and in 1947 it was the Jack Johnston Drug Store. By 1949 it was the Lites Drug Store owned by Ken and Georgia Lites and that was the end of the drugstores. The building became Susan and Jay Bryan’s general store in 1995 and was purchased by Jim Gwilliam as a discount store in 2003. https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/5b4220845cfd791dca99c02d/1676183226479-7D27JHOU62V8TOY3KMRW/GIRARD+BUILDING+2.jpg 1 HANCOCK STREET GALLERY 1 - LITES BLDG | CORNER DRUG STORE | REBUILT 1891 Read the whole story here…For over 100 years, this was the location of a pharmacy that changed hands a number of times before 1995. In 1891, pharmacist Frances W. Fincher owned what was then called the Corner Pharmacy. He rebuilt the building in Pentwater brick following the disastrous village fire of 1889. Read on… https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/5b4220845cfd791dca99c02d/1675426771523-AY443DH7HMAZMR0OJH74/IMG_2286.jpeg 1 HANCOCK STREET GALLERY 1 - HANCOCK BLDG | MIRACLE THEATRE | 1928 The Hancock Building began as the Miracle Theatre which opened on July 12, 1930 on the former site of the Valleria Hotel, often referred to as the White Elephant (see the Valleria story). The 1930s advertisement proclaimed “all talking” movies. In the 1950s, the promise was one big screen and a “crying room” for moms so they didn’t have to miss the move. The manager was William Jonkman who was also very active in the village, including as Village president. The high school band as well as the high school theater group used the building for concrete and plays and the high school graduation exercises in 1930READ MORE. https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/5b4220845cfd791dca99c02d/1677770078997-F5GMQDR30Z354BQ6BE23/image-asset.jpeg 1 HANCOCK STREET GALLERY 1 - Oldewyck Post Story in process. Check back soon. https://sheep-turbot-sbbf.squarespace.com/new-gallery-3 daily 0.75 2023-02-12 https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/5b4220845cfd791dca99c02d/1675426934129-3A0MVF5JICJ1D9FGCKQZ/OLDEWYCK.jpeg 3 HANCOCK ST. GALLERY - OLDEWICK POST | story in process https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/5b4220845cfd791dca99c02d/1675426934129-3A0MVF5JICJ1D9FGCKQZ/OLDEWYCK.jpeg 3 HANCOCK ST. GALLERY - OLDEWICK POST | story in process https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/5b4220845cfd791dca99c02d/1675431323144-QXHWE6ZRR2R3KU4L7NPF/LEMONADE.jpg 3 HANCOCK ST. GALLERY - LEMONADE STAND | story in process https://sheep-turbot-sbbf.squarespace.com/pbs-gallery daily 0.75 2023-09-13 https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/5b4220845cfd791dca99c02d/1693968287018-U0K6COVU1A595AIL5BF5/image-asset.jpeg GALLERY in Construction - 1858 Pentwater Cable Ferry https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/5b4220845cfd791dca99c02d/1693968287018-U0K6COVU1A595AIL5BF5/image-asset.jpeg GALLERY in Construction - 1858 Pentwater Cable Ferry https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/5b4220845cfd791dca99c02d/1684672405237-GXRG10AZ8OJ605CF3UE7/CHARLES%2BMEARS%2BBARN.jpg GALLERY in Construction - 1862 River House Farm River House Farm https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/5b4220845cfd791dca99c02d/1684769945139-L9PDE5I0JX18PQM7SLGK/PENTWATER+BANK.jpg GALLERY in Construction - 1867 Northwestern Hotel and a Bank Northwestern Hotel and a Bank https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/5b4220845cfd791dca99c02d/1685590675158-Y6NZMPZYFB46RMI2GY77/00+PBS+PTW+DRIVING+PARK+SHARE.jpg GALLERY in Construction - 1872 Pentwater Driving Park Pentwater Driving Park 1872 https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/5b4220845cfd791dca99c02d/1690740033766-MBHBXRJRBA5E8KSIDZ6Z/Pentwater+FIre+Pumper+Engine+-+1897+ClappJones+Catalog_Page_12.jpg GALLERY in Construction - 1872 Pentwater Fire Department and the Steam Pumper Engine 1872 Pentwater Fire Department and the Steam Pumper Engine https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/5b4220845cfd791dca99c02d/1684925927071-27C2DDQ5IBXVGQ63BTSK/image-asset.jpeg GALLERY in Construction - 1872 Railroad and Depot 1872 Railroad and Depot https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/5b4220845cfd791dca99c02d/1686826777791-2BRDB33DDS1NJY8I0TY7/natural-geometric-texture-yellow-brick-wall_520119-3345.jpg GALLERY in Construction - 1883 Middlesex Brick & Tile Middlesex Brick & Tile 1883 https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/5b4220845cfd791dca99c02d/1684681412591-UAKR6M0JTJ7625OWWITG/BRASS+ANCHOR.jpg GALLERY in Construction - 1872-1883 Pentwater News-Brass Anchor Pentwater News - Brass Anchor https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/5b4220845cfd791dca99c02d/1684682995798-SQBJJDNC8PCLNT0C1T0T/image-asset.jpeg GALLERY in Construction - 1883 Girard Building Girard Building https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/5b4220845cfd791dca99c02d/1684681120041-Q0JG2UVU21J3N1WN0K02/image-asset.jpeg GALLERY in Construction - 1887 Craze - Gustafsons Craze-Gustafson’s https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/5b4220845cfd791dca99c02d/1684899218069-NRB297MAKSH7RX0MKK1T/PENTWATER+LIFESAVING+STATION.jpg GALLERY in Construction - 1887 Pentwater Life-Saving Station Pentwater Life-Saving/Coast Guard Station https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/5b4220845cfd791dca99c02d/1684682872303-98HO2PUA7JGKZZ1MBGGY/LITES+BUILDING+BEST.jpg GALLERY in Construction - 1891 Lites Pharmacy Lites Pharmacy https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/5b4220845cfd791dca99c02d/1684834507272-7IE8D4LSX8MRW7T19VGY/image-asset.jpeg GALLERY in Construction - 1893 VALERIA HOTEL - WHITE ELEPHANT 1893 VALERIA HOTEL - WHITE ELEPHANT https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/5b4220845cfd791dca99c02d/1684768784763-0RXUIPWM48TCVAPL6D80/image-asset.jpeg GALLERY in Construction - 1904 180 S. Hancock | Linabella Building https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/5b4220845cfd791dca99c02d/1684765896617-8RUAKLV3HF6M054ERDG0/LINEN+%26+LACE+1.jpg GALLERY in Construction - (About) 1905 Linen and Lace 190 Hancock Linen and Lace https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/5b4220845cfd791dca99c02d/1684768977141-GD6980VIOPRLGW112H76/IMG_2339.jpeg GALLERY in Construction - The Good Stuffs Building Goodstuff - story coming soon. https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/5b4220845cfd791dca99c02d/1687171968053-SCPRCX8OO6NJ8ZON1IOJ/image-asset.jpeg GALLERY in Construction - 1905 Steamship Maywood Steamship Maywood 1906 https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/5b4220845cfd791dca99c02d/1684672745851-9WGL0DGM9REL4HOQN3FD/Francis+Flying+Boat+1917.jpeg+PDF.jpeg GALLERY in Construction - 1913 Flying Boats 1913 Flying Boats https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/5b4220845cfd791dca99c02d/1684678997303-GN1SV1ZB058PNKHGWMHY/00+PBS+VERBECK+TAVERN+PHOTO+JPEG.jpg GALLERY in Construction - 1915 Verbeck Tavern 1915 Verbeck Tavern https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/5b4220845cfd791dca99c02d/1684679116582-177AAJI9QAG3RY2JZ94K/BIRCH+MICHIGAN.jpg GALLERY in Construction - 1921 Birch Michigan - Big Maple Birch Michigan - Big Maple https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/5b4220845cfd791dca99c02d/1684770180626-OEXJ9D6H9F9YOB4B0YHL/GARDNER+BUILDING+2.jpg GALLERY in Construction - 1921 Gardner Building Gardner Building 1921 | Today Jilly’s Gallery and Green Isaacs Coffee & Tea https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/5b4220845cfd791dca99c02d/1684718741263-4TZ6TXBGBQ00M4GUPXRT/image-asset.jpeg GALLERY in Construction - 1925 Pentwater Swing Bridge Pentwater Swing Bridge https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/5b4220845cfd791dca99c02d/1684671973170-87BAUMHSA3M2DFC57E2P/image-asset.jpeg GALLERY in Construction - 1928 Lenert Aircraft Company Lenert Aircraft Company https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/5b4220845cfd791dca99c02d/1693961838228-KYS456MY132W70H08LWJ/Sunset.jpg GALLERY in Construction - 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https://sheep-turbot-sbbf.squarespace.com/new-page-3 daily 0.75 2023-02-03 https://sheep-turbot-sbbf.squarespace.com/nina-suffrage daily 0.75 2023-08-19 https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/5b4220845cfd791dca99c02d/2962368c-3bda-4108-b019-3dc4aead0778/00+PBS+Nina+DeLong+Sands+JPEG.jpg Nina Delong Sands and Suffrage - Make it stand out Nina DeLong Sands, was the daughter of Nelson DeLong, Muskegon County prosecuting attorney and one term mayor. She married Colonel Herbert Sands, heir to a lumber fortune and an officer in the Spanish American War. His company held regular reunions many years after the war. Nina became an active member and the president of the Pentwater Women’s Club, was the vice-president of the Michigan Federation of Women’s Club, and traveled statewide for the suffrage speaker’s bureau. https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/5b4220845cfd791dca99c02d/4304e1f0-564a-4c95-bff1-c8e7606b6031/00+PBS+Nina+DeLong+Sands+JPEG.jpg Nina Delong Sands and Suffrage - Make it stand out Nina was one of the well-educated women who were discouraged from joining the professional workforce and thus, turned their time and means to the cultural and educational needs of the community and the serious social issues of the day. Newspapers reported that DeLong Sands was elected the first woman member of the Pentwater Board Education following changes in the state election laws. https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/5b4220845cfd791dca99c02d/1600986921750-Z0ZS5NY14QYVJW07IWJK/ANNA+FLAGG+HOUSE.jpeg Nina Delong Sands and Suffrage Anna Jepson Flagg lived in this house with her husband, pharmaceutical representative, Arthur B. Flagg. Arthur was the grandson of H.C. Flagg, Charles Mears, trusted representative in Pentwater. According to newspaper accounts, Pentwater voters elected Anna the first woman to win a seat on the Pentwater Village Council. Anna also headed up the 1930 Pentwater Homecoming, a very big deal because it celebrated the grand opening of the new community center, the dedication of the new Miracle (talking pictures) theatre, and brought back to the village the first Pentwater High School graduation class, all women spread out around the nation. https://sheep-turbot-sbbf.squarespace.com/walking-tours daily 0.75 2023-12-12 https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/5b4220845cfd791dca99c02d/b97b9b61-904f-4314-86bf-d716bb3b1c0a/PENTWATER%2BGALLERY%2B7.jpg WALKING TOURS - Make it stand out Whatever it is, the way you tell your story online can make all the difference. https://sheep-turbot-sbbf.squarespace.com/credits-sources daily 0.75 2023-12-12 https://sheep-turbot-sbbf.squarespace.com/pentwater-building-stories daily 0.75 2023-05-09 https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/5b4220845cfd791dca99c02d/1675456867720-M52HFA1QAK32SSZCX38R/PTW+GRANT+PROJECT+BRASS+ANCHOR+BUILDING+2.jpg GALLERY - BRASS ANCHOR | PENTWATER NEWS | 1871 A smaller building erected in 1869 was expanded in 1871 to hold lumber offices. By 1874, the building was the home of the local newspaper, the Oceana Times, and by 1880 was the home of the Pentwater News. https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/5b4220845cfd791dca99c02d/1682257115518-14931GVCZUKIT8UNALAM/00+PBS+VERBECK+TAVERN+PHOTO+JPEG.jpg GALLERY The Verbeck Tavern, once located on the current site of the post office and Pentwater Village Hall, played an essential role in promoting the Lake Michigan shoreline as the nation's summer playground. Tavern guests spent their days at the beach and went on berry-picking and boating excursions organized by the hotel. Read More: Verbeck Tavern https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/5b4220845cfd791dca99c02d/1676079494096-ZRKS6T6MUD7WA0G318ZL/IMG_2237.jpeg GALLERY - CRAZE | GUSTAFSONS | 1887 Link here to read the whole story. In 1887 Thomas Collister built the largest and only three story building in the village and by 1888 had sold it to Charles Mears who operated several businesses there. The exterior of the building is the famous yellow Pentwater brick, manufactured at the Middlesex Brickworks owned by Mears. Charles Mears was a Mason and turned the third floor into the Pentwater Masonic Temple. The Masons actually owned the third floor and it still retains its separate staircase, carved wooden newel posts, tall windows and massive doors with colored glass transoms. The shades and etched images depict the different orders of the fraternal organization which directed the members entry into the main rooms. A distinctive feature on the building’s exterior is the Mason’s terra-cotta keystone known as the "Isle of Man.” In the 1960’s when the estate of Charles Mears’ daughter Carrie’s Mears was settled, the Masons sold back the third floor and moved to a smaller building next door. The story continues… https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/5b4220845cfd791dca99c02d/1676115942514-CEE877LJEC6Z0JDZ0M1M/BIRCH+MICHIGAN.jpg GALLERY - BIRCH MICHIGAN | BIG MAPLE | 1921 Link here to read the whole story. In 1921 brothers W.F. and Charles Bouga and their cousin Ms. Tillie D. Nichols hired John Graham to erect a large one-story cement block structure on the former site of their father John Bouga’s livery stable established in 1889. It had large doors on the front and on the back of the building. The Big Maple Garage, named for the large maple tree in front of the store, was a Texaco Station with two pumps right at the curb on Hancock. Each pump had a picture of the Texaco Fire Chiefs’ red hat and a Texaco Star on the top glass globes. This was a boom time for automobile ownership and the shop also sold Hudson-Essex automobiles. Read the whole story here… https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/5b4220845cfd791dca99c02d/1683565241788-KQSXLO7P8HS6BF37NXHF/GARDNER+BUILDING.jpg GALLERY - Gardner Building The Gardner Building was built by F. O. Gardner, a lumberman whose fortune was made when word of the Great Chicago Fire of 1871 reached the eastern shores of Lake Michigan and the cost per board foot of lumber jumped to $17. Thanks to the lakeshore lumbering in the towns of Grand Haven, Muskegon, Pentwater, Ludington and more, the Windy City was rebuilt anew and more beautiful with the the fabulous structures we see today designed by the firms of Sullivan & Adler, Burnham & Root, and Holabird & Roche. This beautiful red brick building was the location of the Garden General Store. More about that coming soon. Today it is the home of the popular Green Isaacs Coffee Shop and Jillys Gallery. More history coming soon! https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/5b4220845cfd791dca99c02d/1683565447637-DWLCNSYFTSI3E2DFIFRC/Lenert+Aircraft+%231.jpg GALLERY Willy Lenert made a brief but historic mark on Pentwater and the Aviation world with his short-lived Lenert Aircraft Company. Born in Copenhagen and raised in Chicago, Lenert, who had just a sixth-grade education, had mastered early airplane building by 1926. That was eighteen years after he was a vaudeville "slack-wire performer" in 1908 at the short-lived Grand Rapids Airdome. In 1909, he was a balloon ascensionist. Over the next eighteen years, Lenert developed a revolutionary all-metal plane—"all-metal but the tires"— with a price tag of $2,500. He claimed the Lenert metal aircraft weighed the same as the wood and cloth planes, but according to a Grand Rapids Press article, it had the advantage of being fireproof. To build that plane, Lenert moved in 1925 to Pentwater and set up a workshop on the shores of Pentwater Lake at the south end of Hancock Street. By 1926, his new metal plane was a hit at the Detroit Airshow. By 1928, he established the Lenert Aircraft Company in Pentwater. (Link here for more of the story). https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/5b4220845cfd791dca99c02d/1677261376544-ZY8ZG83HVJLQD19Z1ZNH/LINEN+%26+LACE+1.jpg GALLERY - 190 S. HANCOCK 190 S. Hancock is opening in 2023 as Linens & Lace. In 2022, it was the Reed Photography store, and before that a restaurant, a sport shop, a personal residence and a pet supplies store. The early history began when German-born immigrant William Klingbell put down his roots in the village of Pentwater and offered tailoring services until about 1905. According to Pentwater Home Tours, there is a three-foot tree stump in the crawl space. To find this store, just look for the big boulder at the corner of 2nd and Hancock with the bronze plaque “G.A.R.” or Grand Army of the Republic,” placed there by the Women’s Relief Corps who were wives of Civil war veterans. F.O. Gardner, a Civil War veteran, (see Gardner Building) was instrumental in getting this marker designed to recognize the role that Pentwater residents played in the war. https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/5b4220845cfd791dca99c02d/1675431122267-K3K226BWFVIICBH4ZUW3/FIRST+UNITED+METHODIST+BEST.jpg GALLERY - CENTENARY METHODIST | 1875-1879 | 82 S. HANCOCK Read the whole story here. On April 25, 1875 that original frame church caught fire and the building sustained over $4,700 in damage and there was no insurance. Consider that amount in 1875 dollars! On June 3, 1875, the Pentwater Methodist congregation broke ground on a new church, after the first building sustained over $4,700 in fire damage the previous April. The new building was designed by Grand Rapids architects Barnaby and Robinson in the iconic cream brick manufactured at the local Middlesex Brick and Tile Company. Although the new building was far from complete, the congregation held the first service on December 26, 1875 and the church at the north side of the Pentwater business district was finally completed and dedicated on July 13, 1879. That day, the congregation raised over $1,300 toward the building debt. Today the beautiful old church is still at use in its original location on Hancock Street at the north end o the business district. Read more… https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/5b4220845cfd791dca99c02d/1675426901231-QUNTKGVJPVZDCYXRZG91/IMG_2370.jpeg GALLERY - SANDS & MAXWELL | VILLAGE HALL | 1883 In 1883, the brick and frame two-story plus basement for partners W.B.O. Sands and E.G. Marshall for their lumber offices and mercantile business. Built of Pentwater yellow brick. This building and a second building to the north were described as a double building with two entrances on Hancock. In 1900, the north building became a bank. In 1920, the north building with the bank and general store caught fire and were a total loss. The surviving building was sold for a nominal sum to the village to be used as the community center, and the Pentwater Women’s Club raised the money to renovate it. https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/5b4220845cfd791dca99c02d/1675426374205-77IT3KJCN8L84BYC8P9B/image-asset.jpeg GALLERY - GIRARD BLDG | 1883 Read the whole story here…In 1883, the Grand Rapids businessman, William Hodgson, built this Pentwater brick block of stores with the two store fronts separated by an east-west common wall. The stores were rented by Charles Mears from 1887-1888, before he purchased the south end of the building. In 1898, at the time of the fire at the Pentwater Bedstead Company, Moses Girard, a former Pentwater mayor and successful businessman, bought the building. But first he lost his fortune after his produce business run with two other businessmen failed. Read on… https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/5b4220845cfd791dca99c02d/1676183226479-7D27JHOU62V8TOY3KMRW/GIRARD+BUILDING+2.jpg GALLERY - LITES BLDG | CORNER DRUG STORE | REBUILT 1891 Read the whole story here…For over 100 years, this was the location of a pharmacy that changed hands a number of times before 1995. In 1891, pharmacist Frances W. Fincher owned what was then called the Corner Pharmacy. He rebuilt the building in Pentwater brick following the disastrous village fire of 1889. Read on… https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/5b4220845cfd791dca99c02d/1675426771523-AY443DH7HMAZMR0OJH74/IMG_2286.jpeg GALLERY - HANCOCK BLDG | MIRACLE THEATRE | 1928 The Hancock Building began as the Miracle Theatre which opened on July 12, 1930 on the former site of the Valleria Hotel, often referred to as the White Elephant (see the Valleria story). The 1930s advertisement proclaimed “all talking” movies. In the 1950s, the promise was one big screen and a “crying room” for moms so they didn’t have to miss the move. The manager was William Jonkman who was also very active in the village, including as Village president. The high school band as well as the high school theater group used the building for concrete and plays and the high school graduation exercises in 1930READ MORE. https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/5b4220845cfd791dca99c02d/1677770078997-F5GMQDR30Z354BQ6BE23/image-asset.jpeg GALLERY - Oldewyck Post Story in process. Check back soon. https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/5b4220845cfd791dca99c02d/1675455901074-C46LRG0JDN7JAM5CEMRW/IMG_2246.jpeg GALLERY - LUNABELLE | story in process https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/5b4220845cfd791dca99c02d/1675455929816-6L7JHI1MB7DTFUU4FFU0/IMG_2339.jpeg GALLERY - GOODSTUFF | story in process https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/5b4220845cfd791dca99c02d/1676113909854-R9AK0L64KDWZ5K222E3B/IMG_2216.jpeg GALLERY - GREEN ISAACS | GARDNER BLDG | story in process Pentwater Carpenters John, Otho, Harold, and Wit Graham helped to construct the Gardner Building now occupied by Jilly’s and Green Issacs Coffee, for many years the home of Bill Balfour’s Grocery Store and Duke and Emily DeWar’s Bakery. In 2020, the new Green Issacs Coffee Shop opened in the building. On the other side of the building is the 240 Hair Salon. The old neon sign now hangs over the building. https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/5b4220845cfd791dca99c02d/1676114903227-EACP9680MOD1ZZQOYXV6/IMG_2211.jpeg GALLERY - JILLY'S GALLERY | GARDNER BLDG | story in process Jilly’s Gallery opened at 226 Hancock in 2021. Jilly’s Gallery Pentwater history began in 2012, in a building further south on Hancock Street. 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Hancock - Make it stand out Whatever it is, the way you tell your story online can make all the difference. https://sheep-turbot-sbbf.squarespace.com/lenertaircraft daily 0.75 2023-08-19 https://sheep-turbot-sbbf.squarespace.com/verbeck-tavern daily 0.75 2023-09-06 https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/5b4220845cfd791dca99c02d/07368472-d606-415f-ab4f-a1396ad92eea/00+PBS+VERBECK+TAVERN+PHOTO+JPEG.jpg Verbeck Tavern - Make it stand out VERBECK TAVERN when it was the 1907 Arbor Rest Hotel https://sheep-turbot-sbbf.squarespace.com/pentwater-building-stories-1 daily 0.75 2024-03-11 https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/5b4220845cfd791dca99c02d/b0d609b3-9a1b-4374-8437-a08009d4378f/CRAZE.jpeg ABOUT - Make it stand out Craze - Gustafson’s Building on Hancock, Pentwater, Michigan https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/5b4220845cfd791dca99c02d/68daa773-29a3-4f91-a183-1a7697873726/BIRCH.jpeg ABOUT - Make it stand out Birch Michigan in the old Big Maple Building on Hancock Street https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/5b4220845cfd791dca99c02d/a488d5d3-77c2-48ec-a927-2a0308662f95/GREEN+ISAAC+CLOSEUP.jpg ABOUT - Make it stand out Green Isaacs in the Gardner Building on Hancock https://sheep-turbot-sbbf.squarespace.com/flyingboats daily 0.75 2023-09-06 https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/5b4220845cfd791dca99c02d/a8e527c8-468f-45dc-b99b-22929e3699f3/Francis+Flying+Boat+1917.jpeg Flying Boats - Make it stand out THE FRANCIS FLYING BOAT - Great Lakes Reliability Cruse July 8 to July 18, 1913 https://sheep-turbot-sbbf.squarespace.com/gardner-building-copy daily 0.75 2023-09-06 https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/5b4220845cfd791dca99c02d/60d57fdf-4087-4f1c-8501-907209b973c2/GARDNER+BUILDING.jpg Green Issacs-Jillys-Gardner Bldg. - Make it stand out Whatever it is, the way you tell your story online can make all the difference. https://sheep-turbot-sbbf.squarespace.com/linabelle daily 0.75 2023-09-06 https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/5b4220845cfd791dca99c02d/0b586a22-65a6-4a1c-aa37-de3e32bb807b/IMG_2244.jpeg Linabelle - Make it stand out Linabella on Hancock https://sheep-turbot-sbbf.squarespace.com/ptw-train daily 0.75 2023-09-06 https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/5b4220845cfd791dca99c02d/8ded7754-f507-44cd-aff2-210822a3c684/img008.jpg The Railroad - Make it stand out Photos courtesy of the Pentwater Historical Society. https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/5b4220845cfd791dca99c02d/c319d994-b260-40c6-b677-89a06e7a166f/img006.jpg The Railroad - Make it stand out Whatever it is, the way you tell your story online can make all the difference. https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/5b4220845cfd791dca99c02d/ab1fd99f-6949-41d6-b7f5-fa061315daab/STATION+MASTERS+HOUSE.jpeg The Railroad - Make it stand out Station Masters Home. Photo by Pam VanderPloeg, courtesy of Julie Nelson. https://sheep-turbot-sbbf.squarespace.com/centenary-methodist-copy daily 0.75 2023-05-20 https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/5b4220845cfd791dca99c02d/e6559119-e0f8-41c8-9a9e-d3a0e257365c/CENTENARY+METHODIST.jpeg CENTENARY METHODIST (Copy) - Make it stand out Whatever it is, the way you tell your story online can make all the difference. https://sheep-turbot-sbbf.squarespace.com/centenary-methodist-church daily 0.75 2023-05-20 https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/5b4220845cfd791dca99c02d/e6559119-e0f8-41c8-9a9e-d3a0e257365c/CENTENARY+METHODIST.jpeg Centenary Methodist Church - Make it stand out Whatever it is, the way you tell your story online can make all the difference. https://sheep-turbot-sbbf.squarespace.com/birch-big-maple daily 0.75 2023-08-19 https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/5b4220845cfd791dca99c02d/f72a5527-e44b-455a-9b51-6339c4d13f3f/BIRCH+MICHIGAN.jpg Birch Michigan- Birdland - Big Maple - Make it stand out Whatever it is, the way you tell your story online can make all the difference. https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/5b4220845cfd791dca99c02d/1564974199521-A9U0VR13R5HMYMT8UCOM/Birch+Michigan+3.jpg Birch Michigan- Birdland - Big Maple THE WELCOME SIGN AT BIRCH MICHIGAN https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/5b4220845cfd791dca99c02d/1565276320666-NF705A07ORDUPDW6LRWF/BIRDLAND+HARDWARE.jpg Birch Michigan- Birdland - Big Maple This Birdland Hardware artifact is part of the Pentwater Historical Museum. https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/5b4220845cfd791dca99c02d/1565275600977-FO641WHU9XU5HBJMMRJV/BIRCH+MICHIGAN+2.jpg Birch Michigan- Birdland - Big Maple https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/5b4220845cfd791dca99c02d/1565275559747-4T5MPNXYCHWBORMJBUSV/Birch+Michigan+2.jpg Birch Michigan- Birdland - Big Maple https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/5b4220845cfd791dca99c02d/1565275561594-ELFJAIPAHQRSIBBZH99C/Birch+Michigan+4.jpg Birch Michigan- Birdland - Big Maple https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/5b4220845cfd791dca99c02d/1565275695994-V2JCX3YSYLL2H8YZL5KH/ZOE+.jpg Birch Michigan- Birdland - Big Maple ZOE TAKING A BREAK FROM HER DUTIES AS “BOSS” GREETER https://sheep-turbot-sbbf.squarespace.com/river-house-farm-barn daily 0.75 2023-05-20 https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/5b4220845cfd791dca99c02d/1560780574430-JBCK9JTX468FGPAYO2VL/CHARLES+MEARS+BARN.jpg River House Farm Barn https://sheep-turbot-sbbf.squarespace.com/swing-bridge daily 0.75 2023-09-06 https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/5b4220845cfd791dca99c02d/9a1cf56e-47cf-48ac-916e-0a40899383ed/00+PBS+SWING+BRIDGE+JPEG.jpg Swing Bridge - Make it stand out Pentwater Swing Bridge, Photo Courtesy Pentwater Historical Society https://sheep-turbot-sbbf.squarespace.com/historical-museum daily 0.75 2023-05-24 https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/5b4220845cfd791dca99c02d/ee753fb1-47ca-4f5b-bfcf-4927c2d7a13e/Pentwater+Historical+Museum.jpg Pentwater Historical Museum - Make it stand out Whatever it is, the way you tell your story online can make all the difference. https://sheep-turbot-sbbf.squarespace.com/valeria daily 0.75 2023-09-06 https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/5b4220845cfd791dca99c02d/40fa6990-5b7d-4a25-9252-aa6007820e9c/00+PBS+HOTEL+VALLERIA+BEST+JPEG.jpg Hotel Valeria - The White Elephant - Make it stand out Whatever it is, the way you tell your story online can make all the difference. https://sheep-turbot-sbbf.squarespace.com/station-house daily 0.75 2023-06-21 https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/5b4220845cfd791dca99c02d/3a6d28bf-cb26-4ebb-8585-73f2a7ee195a/STATION+MASTERS+HOUSE.jpeg Station Masters House - Make it stand out Whatever it is, the way you tell your story online can make all the difference. https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/5b4220845cfd791dca99c02d/1684764289043-ULXSH9YBACGBSYDID82N/STATION+MASTER+LR.jpeg Station Masters House - Living Room https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/5b4220845cfd791dca99c02d/1684764464160-5KZG1W6YREXL5Z2J2MTA/STATION+MASTER+4+BUILTINS.jpeg Station Masters House - Wood cabinetry Original wood cabinetry in the eating area. https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/5b4220845cfd791dca99c02d/1684764499917-9WD2HJN5Y09V0SFEI405/STATION+MASTER+2+JULIE.jpeg Station Masters House - Julie by the fireplace Julie Nelson stands next to the fireplace with its old mantel. https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/5b4220845cfd791dca99c02d/1684764509927-KCPPHFFXSSHEHQCRJYTY/STATIONMASTER+1.jpeg Station Masters House https://sheep-turbot-sbbf.squarespace.com/life-saving daily 0.75 2023-09-06 https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/5b4220845cfd791dca99c02d/9be78c9f-9fb1-412a-af7a-c7099c9c56b8/Pentwater+LSS+-+Pentwater%2C+MI+jpeg.jpg Life-Saving/Coast Guard Station - Make it stand out Pentwater Life-Saving/Coast Guard Station. 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