- City:
- Mackinac Island, MI
- Site Type:
- Art Works, Sculpture and Bas Relief
- New Deal Agencies:
- Works Progress Administration (WPA), Work Relief Programs
- Artists:
- E. R. Homins, J. W. Miximong
Description
On display at the Stuart House City Museum on Mackinac Island are four (or possibly five) of what were many “incredibly detailed, two-sided oak signs showing scenes of the island’s heritage,” that were hand-carved by WPA artisans. As of 2017 the examples housed here are:
- “1634 – 1635
First Explorer Passed This Way”
by J. W. Miximong - “1817 to 1834
Home of Robert Stewart
Resident Mgr.
American Fur Co.”
by E. R. Homins - [Native Americans], by E. R. Homins
- “Built 1818
Home of Edward Biddle
Clerk
American Fur Co.”
by E. R. Homins - “1817 – 1834
Warehouse
American Fur Co.”
(Living New Deal is unsure if this is an original marker, restored by Dale Gensman, or created by Dale Gensman.)
Source notes
"Upper Peninsula of Michigan: A History," by Russsell M. Magnaghi (pg. 166)
https://books.google.com/books?id=YTIoDwAAQBAJ&pg=PA166
"Man rescues pieces of Mackinac Island's past," by Annette Kingsbury. (Newspaper article on display at Stuart House City Museum, Mackinac Island, MI)
"Rochester Hills man restores historic Mackinac Island signs," by Alexa Bray. The Oakland Press.
https://www.theoaklandpress.com/article/OP/20120512/NEWS/305129948 (accessed Nov. 11, 2017)
Personal visits by Evan Kalish, Oct. 5, 2017.
https://www.mackinacparks.com/wpa-and-mackinac/
Site originally submitted by Evan Kalish on December 24, 2017.
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