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Dow and built in 1968. Although it has undergone several renovations, it retains its original footprint, main entrance and each room touting a view of the bay. The rooms have been updated, but minimally changed in style. In its most recent remodel, an effort was made to return to the original brick and shingle exterior. https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/611abb55213a2239cd472af1/9d850625-5795-4e42-a303-279fbbaa92ca/fudge.jpg Tour Day 2021 - Driving Tour | Northwest Michigan Doug Murdick’s Fudge | 4500 US 31 Perhaps it was the Murdick family that put fudge on the Michigan map. The original family of fudge makers sold a fudge noted for its unduplicated creaminess. Their descendent Doug Murdick opened his first store in downtown Traverse City in 1964. In 1965 he opened a second location on East Bay, selling the same delicious fudge, in a small building along the highway recognized from a distance by its “rooftop box of fudge.” https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/611abb55213a2239cd472af1/db78ed72-119f-45f0-ab90-331305541a8d/stMluth.jpg Tour Day 2021 - Driving Tour | Northwest Michigan St. Michael’s Lutheran Church | 915 S. Garfield Avenue Designed by modernist Orus O. Eash in 1955. His use of a parabolic arch allowed for a single unified interior space that would accommodate 120 parishioners. When the building was constructed, a single story rectangular wing was attached to the east side. A second wing was added to the west side in 2002. https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/611abb55213a2239cd472af1/615ba6f6-f433-4b5b-9559-776be0a7b801/golf.jpg Tour Day 2021 - Driving Tour | Northwest Michigan Interlochen Golf Course Restaurant & Pro Shop A great way to spend an afternoon is on the beautiful Interlochen Golf Course, built in 1965. Bradley’s Pub and Grille makes up the majority of interior space with a dining area, kitchen, bar, and a Pro Shop. Although somewhat altered, the original open-spaced dining area and pro shop have been retained. https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/611abb55213a2239cd472af1/f3cb31bc-86e2-4051-a264-c55068bd563b/GTMotel.jpg Tour Day 2021 - Driving Tour | Northwest Michigan Grand Traverse Motel | 1010 East Front Street Just a few blocks south of Grand Traverse Bay, the Grand Traverse Motel was first built as a one-story motel complete with swimming pool in 1950. By 1955, to accommodate the influx of tourists coming to the area, a wing was added turning the motel into an L-shaped structure. In the face of ever-expanding tourism, a second story was added to the addition in the 1970s. Note the change in windows from the original. Although the pool was filled in sometime in the 1990s, little else has changed. https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/611abb55213a2239cd472af1/34a99c40-7963-4d41-936d-542aaffb087b/Ncampus.jpg Tour Day 2021 - Driving Tour | Northwest Michigan Northwestern Michigan College campus | 1701 East Front Street While NMC was founded in 1951, it operated out of the Cherry Capital Airport Terminal building until 1955 when it moved to its present location, a 100 acre campus under a grove of magnificent and stately white pines. The first campus building was completed in 1955 and served as the administration building. A few buildings, namely the gymnasium and old library, retain their original style of architecture. https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/611abb55213a2239cd472af1/149719f5-22f5-45e4-9240-3c9622388de5/IMMConSchool.jpg Tour Day 2021 - Driving Tour | Northwest Michigan Immaculate Conception School Another lost treasure was the Immaculate Conception School, designed by Harford Field in 1959 and opened in 1961, to house grades 1-8. The building featured eight classrooms, administration + health rooms, a combination gymnasium/auditorium, and a kitchen + cafeteria. It was demolished in 2018. https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/611abb55213a2239cd472af1/2df575eb-0573-4a0f-a9ec-e09d74820f56/Interlochen.jpg Tour Day 2021 - Driving Tour | Northwest Michigan Interlochen Center for the Arts | 4000 J Maddy Parkway Alden B. Dow was responsible for the initial campus layout and designed over a dozen structures utilizing indigenous stone, wood and poured concrete block. Of particular interest are his three domed classrooms for the sciences, language arts and library radiating from an enclosed and heated concourse that served all three buildings. Photo courtesy Alden B. Dow Home and Studio https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/611abb55213a2239cd472af1/1fd81dd8-2671-4f8e-9345-ca86800e47ec/weathervane.jpg Tour Day 2021 - Driving Tour | Northwest Michigan Weathervane Restaurant | 106 Pine River Lane Originally built as a grist mill, this building was converted to a restaurant by Earl Young in 1954 and features his organic curved or wavy roof and large boulders. Of special note, is the dining room boulder fireplace whose shape appears to resemble the state of Michigan. https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/611abb55213a2239cd472af1/3a3fb878-cc14-4274-a7ff-0b13d24d0e8c/Rounds.jpg Tour Day 2021 - Driving Tour | Northwest Michigan Round’s Restaurant | 1033 East Eighth Street Originally called Round’s Circle Inn Restaurant, located in the Eastfield District, this 1948 low, one-story structure has retained its original exterior with minimal change. The door was moved to the center and the stone brick wall was raised to create a semicircular garden bed. The building is distinguished by its semi-circular extension and echoes the circular shape of the signage in reference to the original owners, William and Mary Round. Today it is most noted for an all-day breakfast specializing in homemade velvet corned beef hash. https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/611abb55213a2239cd472af1/30ea2b2a-2bd1-4e72-b5f1-8b3a109b1b84/finearts.jpg Tour Day 2021 - Driving Tour | Northwest Michigan Shirley S. Okerstrom Fine Arts Building The most notable campus building, however, is the mid-century modern Shirley S. Okerstrom Fine Arts building, completed in 1971. It was designed by The Architects Collaborative, a firm established by Bauhaus founder Walter Gropius, and seven young architects in Cambridge, MA in 1945. A departure from the typical campus architecture of the time, this building was to reflect ideals and principles of creating art in a space unencumbered by constraining classrooms. The asymmetric architectural design is distinguished by its alternating sloping walls of cedar and glass. https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/611abb55213a2239cd472af1/54e83245-8f06-4b7e-b8f6-1583e87cf14b/1stCong.jpg Tour Day 2021 - Driving Tour | Northwest Michigan First Congregational Church | 6105 Center Road Designed In 1958 by Gordon Cornwell, who designed not only churches but the Traverse City Senior and Junior High Schools, two elementary schools, and numerous residences in and around the area. Soaring A-frames and light-filled interiors distinguish his church architecture and can be found in not only this church but also Bethlehem Lutheran, designed in 1954, and The All Faiths Chapel on the grounds of the original Traverse City Asylum in 1965. https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/611abb55213a2239cd472af1/e4191dbb-7e20-4237-ae75-35d615172610/chamber.jpg Tour Day 2021 - Driving Tour | Northwest Michigan Traverse City Area Chamber of Commerce Another mid-century modern architectural gem was The Traverse City Area Chamber of Commerce Building. It was designed by local architect Paul Hazelton in 1965, to help facilitate growth and management of area businesses. The building was commonly referred to as 'The Block House Building' and maintained a prime location on Grandview Parkway across from the West Arm of Grand Traverse Bay. It was torn down and replaced with a larger, Gothic style structure in 2001. https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/611abb55213a2239cd472af1/a3e15e5b-742c-46a2-bbb3-7ebcecd9369c/wninn.jpg Tour Day 2021 - Driving Tour | Northwest Michigan Weathervane Inn and Terrace Suites | 111 Pine Lane This inn was also designed by Earl Young in 1965. https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/611abb55213a2239cd472af1/0fd8752a-4847-4143-9dcd-da32b582813e/Dons.jpg Tour Day 2021 - Driving Tour | Northwest Michigan Don’s Drive-In | 2030 US Highway 31 N An excellent example of roadside architecture of the 1950s and ‘60s. As their slogan goes, “If you haven’t been to Don’s Drive-In, you haven’t been to Traverse City.” An all American restaurant offering outdoor car-hop and indoor diner service with a menu of “real burgers, real hand-dipped milkshakes, real malts, fries” and more. Little has changed since it was built in 1958 including its black and white tiled floors, 1950s car posters and a working jukebox. https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/611abb55213a2239cd472af1/0b60d0e3-1f8c-44fd-99c2-3ef123c65516/tchigh.jpg Tour Day 2021 - Driving Tour | Northwest Michigan Traverse City Senior High School Set within an open campus, classrooms, a gymnasium and library were all housed in separate, one-story buildings. At the time, it was rather unusual for a high school in a northern climate to have such a setting. Gordon Cornwell,one of Traverse City’s most prolific architects, was also responsible for the Junior High School, set high on a hill overlooking the city. Different from the High School, the Junior High was built as a one-story series of connected buildings. https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/611abb55213a2239cd472af1/8a7cfb07-bf60-4d10-b627-189893019163/ImmCon.jpg Tour Day 2021 - Driving Tour | Northwest Michigan Immaculate Conception Roman Catholic Church | 308 North Cedar Street Designed by Harford Field in 1953. With the exception of the 1955 addition of a Centennial Hall, a large, open communal space with an atrium courtyard, the church architecture remains completely intact. Seven years later Harford Field was called upon to build a school adjacent to the church to accommodate the growing number of students. https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/611abb55213a2239cd472af1/b549c1f2-3d3b-4ebb-8bc1-c8dc6f3e47f3/mush.jpg Tour Day 2021 - Driving Tour | Northwest Michigan Situated on Little Traverse Bay, Charlevoix is home to the magical work of architect Earl Young, who designed twenty-six houses and four commercial buildings from boulders found along the Lake Michigan shoreline. Each structure, known as theMushroom Houses, features a gnome-like quality with undulating shingle roofs, and an asymmetrical plan. Choose from one of four Earl Young Mushroom houses for your stay in Charlevoix. https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/611abb55213a2239cd472af1/514cd1b4-2c00-46fd-9434-09907a87f7fa/DairyLodge.jpg Tour Day 2021 - Driving Tour | Northwest Michigan The Dairy Lodge | 405 North Division Street While everything else around this small, square 1959 building has changed or been razed, the Dairy Lodge has stayed the same. It serves as a prime example of now-vanishing roadside architecture that once symbolized a growing America when the automobile and new roads on which to explore this vast country reigned. It is easily recognized by its iconic image of a woman with blond hair on one side and brunette on the other, wearing a Santa cap, in front of an igloo riding an ice cream cone. https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/611abb55213a2239cd472af1/dc444a5d-8898-4313-aeb4-fead468d95cf/powerst.jpg Tour Day 2021 - Driving Tour | Northwest Michigan Traverse City Power Generating Facility The last remaining structure to come down was the Traverse City Power Generating Facility. It was designed by Albert Kahn Associates, Inc. Architects & Engineers in 1966, to house expanded generator facilities for Traverse City Light and Power. This design received the Architectural Award of Excellence from the American Institute of Steel Construction in 1969. Photo courtesy Traverse Area District Library Local History Collection https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/611abb55213a2239cd472af1/c1744fd2-04d3-4f5d-9c5a-b6ca8a63c0e4/dennos.jpg Tour Day 2021 - Driving Tour | Northwest Michigan Dennos Museum Center, on the NMC campus Although not a mid-century building, it was designed by local architect Robert Holdeman of AAI Architects in 1991 to reflect the mid-century style of architecture existing on the campus. Cornerstone Architects designed the 2019 expansion. Among the museum’s modern and contemporary collection, is the largest and most historically complete collection of Inuit art in the United States. https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/611abb55213a2239cd472af1/f4faa927-7d94-4c1a-b3e5-b9fed733d225/birchwood.jpg Tour Day 2021 - Driving Tour | Northwest Michigan Harbor Springs Birchwood Inn | 7291 S. Lakeshore Dr. Located just south of Harbor Springs on the scenic “Tunnel of Trees” drive. This low-sloped roofline separated by a local stone fireplace visually divides this 10 window symmetrical facade. The rustic interior ambience is achieved through pine walls and large windows looking out onto a lawn and woods beyond. https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/611abb55213a2239cd472af1/3bb38a85-11b9-410b-bffb-1b0991aa889c/Bardons.jpg Tour Day 2021 - Driving Tour | Northwest Michigan Bardon’s Wonder Freeze | 1100 East Front Street Built in 1950, this simple structure, complete with rooftop “sputnik”, has been serving ice cream to families for over 70 years. Situated in close proximity to the Civic Center, where several diamonds keep kids in play, Bardon’s is where teams gather after a game, win or lose. https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/611abb55213a2239cd472af1/18822d33-c99c-4456-b5e2-dd15756dbefc/stfrancis.jpg Tour Day 2021 - Driving Tour | Northwest Michigan St. Francis of Assisi Catholic Church | 1025 South Union Street Designed by Richard Drury in 1977, with the stained glass, ceramics, bronze sculpture and liturgical vessels crafted by local artists. For a magical experience, visit the church just before sunset to experience the wonder of stained glass. While the church itself remains intact, a recent 2021 addition has been erected to accommodate an expanded narthex, reception area, chapel, classrooms, and rectory. https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/611abb55213a2239cd472af1/8e62502c-e1cb-4a19-948c-78ceaed3fb0c/CTarts.jpg Tour Day 2021 - Driving Tour | Northwest Michigan Crooked Tree Arts Center | 322 Sixth Street Located in the original 1905 Carnegie Library building on historic Sixth Street along the Boardman River, it offers a variety of classes, talks and events. The 1964 addition by Gordon Cornwell is a prime example of mid-century modern architecture, with characteristic flat roof, open floor plan and glass wall. https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/611abb55213a2239cd472af1/f4c98388-2c33-4f29-9342-98b76b30e181/airport.jpg Tour Day 2021 - Driving Tour | Northwest Michigan Antrim County, northeast of Grand Traverse County, is noted for its 200 miles of waterways known as The Chain of Lakes connecting Elk Lake to greater Antrim County. Antrim County Airport | Bellaire Designed by Traverse City architect Paul Hazelton who also designed the Cherry Capital Airport Terminal Building Complex and Hangar in Traverse City in 1959. This Antrim County Airport in Bellaire opened in 1971 and features a wood and brick A-frame entrance, and facade attached to a low rectangular section housing a lobby and offices. https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/611abb55213a2239cd472af1/a09b499e-bc83-466d-88d3-d7f9d0938109/monastery.jpg Tour Day 2021 - Driving Tour | Northwest Michigan Conway Sacramentine Monastery & Augustine Retreat Center | 2798 US 31 N A retreat house, established in 1951, is open to individuals and groups seeking a spiritual retreat. https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/611abb55213a2239cd472af1/85e9b55f-706a-43bb-bdea-bd8a89fbc0a6/shanty.jpg Tour Day 2021 - Driving Tour | Northwest Michigan Shanty Creek Resort, Bellaire Shanty Creek Resort, a mid-century modern gem, is set on 4500 acres of pristine beauty overlooking Lake Bellaire. It is comprised of four separate and distinct villages: Summit Village, Cedar Village, Hawk’s Eye Village and Schuss Mountain, each offering slightly different lodging, dining and recreational opportunities. The Lodge at Shanty Creek, a streamlined timber, stone and glass building designed by architect H. Jack Begrow. Today, the lodge is called The Lakeview Hotel and Conference Center. https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/611abb55213a2239cd472af1/aa3ad7bc-f535-4609-938f-15798fccdf37/Falling+Waters+Lodge.jpg https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/611abb55213a2239cd472af1/1664816039603-T4XBZF9V17AWLHWADW7B/Cherry+Bowl+Drive+In.jpg https://www.docomomo-mi.org/tourday/driving-tour-2-lakeshore monthly 0.5 2022-10-03 https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/611abb55213a2239cd472af1/9a73414a-2602-4657-8f6c-bb49003cec03/sauglakeshore.jpg Tour Day 2021 - Driving Tour | Lakeshore Beaches + Sand Dunes Take a walk on the sugar sand beaches and dunes at Saugatuck Dunes Park and Oval Beach, Holland State Park, Pere Marquette City Beach in Muskegon, and Grand Haven State Park. The beaches are great for fall walking but the park pavilions and restrooms are closed in the off-season. https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/611abb55213a2239cd472af1/fea30511-0cb2-4629-a51d-dc96c5985e24/bigred.jpg Tour Day 2021 - Driving Tour | Lakeshore Big Red Lighthouse While you are there, walk over to the channel to view a hitoric attraction, the famous lighthouse known affectionately as Big Red. It was built in 1907 and the lighthouse is run by a nonprofit organization. It is currently closed to visitors. https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/611abb55213a2239cd472af1/eec4e7a9-f0d2-4828-9223-f9f21e9275a8/GHCHurchDunes.jpg Tour Day 2021 - Driving Tour | Lakeshore Church of the Dunes | 717 Sheldon Boulevard This religious structure was built in 1960 by Alden B. Dow. The wooded site frees the low-profile church. According to the Alden B. Dow Studio blog features include the sandy brick exterior, a pitched roof that increases in height from front to back, and a roofline that forms a deep peak over recessed entry doors. https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/611abb55213a2239cd472af1/ee93d1e3-47a4-415f-976f-a4046088e9fb/DuncanWoods.jpg Tour Day 2021 - Driving Tour | Lakeshore Duncan Woods | 1115 Sheldon Boulevard Another option for a fall walk is Duncan Woods, established in 1913. Located off Sheldon Road, this nature preserve is filled with beech and hemlock trees and can be enjoyed year-round. It includes a walking area through the forested back dune. From 1940-1973 motorists were able to access a paved road to drive all the way through the preserve. Background history: The property was donated by Martha Huntington Duncan on her death in 1913. Martha was the wife of city pioneer Robert W. Duncan who came to Grand Haven in 1851. The beautiful wooded land was adjacent to their home on Lake Drive. It was given to the city for the enjoyment of the public with a trust for its maintenance. https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/611abb55213a2239cd472af1/c027d166-aa52-459a-978d-9896ba9696b5/sauglakeshorehome.jpg Tour Day 2021 - Driving Tour | Lakeshore The Lake Shore Resort | 2885 Lake Shore Drive, Douglas Featured in the 2020 Midwest Living article "Midwest Lakeshore Resorts That Have Been Totally Transformed,” this resort is an updated favorite. When Joseph and Anna Milauckas of Chicago built the low-profile “motor-inn” retreat in 1952 the first motel rooms were chicken coops, according to their grandson Andrew quoted in the Midwest Living article. The couple used billboards on area roads to draw visitors with the saying “Quiet on Lake! Color TV! Heated Pool!” and the rest is history. The Lake Shore Resort has its own Lake Michigan beach. https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/611abb55213a2239cd472af1/99db2b22-4ad8-46fc-907a-c3bb6c27d97f/hollherrlibrary.jpg Tour Day 2021 - Driving Tour | Lakeshore Herrick District Library | 300 River Street The original library was built in 1960., and was designed by Detroit architect Carl S. Pirscher. The contractor was Kreighoff-Lenawee Construction Company of Adrian, Michigan. The cost of $300,000 was funded by philanthropist Ray Herrick of Tecumseh Products. In 1999 a major expansion designed by FGM ( Frye, Fillan & Molinaro Architects Ltd.) of Chicago transformed the library but preserved the original exterior fronting River Street. https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/611abb55213a2239cd472af1/d9890b8a-1490-4da8-a997-1016481e9e5b/GHSPPAv.jpg Tour Day 2021 - Driving Tour | Lakeshore Grand Haven State Park | Grand Haven This public park opened in 1920. The 1938 concrete pavilion and bathhouse was designed in the Moderne style using Public Works Administration funds. Although Lake Michigan in October will almost certainly be too cold for swimming, visitors can enjoy a walk on the beach and soak up some of that fall sun. https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/611abb55213a2239cd472af1/9e1ff8ff-6461-47be-8c06-e401da5b7c96/getty.jpg Tour Day 2021 - Driving Tour | Lakeshore Getty Drive-In | 920 E. Summit Take-in a film at the drive-in! Built in 1948, it's still showing movies today. The theater started as a single-screen and was called the NK Outdoor Theater. Grand Rapids theater mogul Jack Loeks Theatres purchased the drive-in and renamed it the Getty Drive-In in 1960. Three more screens were added in 1979 and then it was the Midwest’s largest. In 1991 an FM radio frequency was offered so that viewers could listen to the movie’s sound via the radio. By the late 1990s it was one of the few remaining operational drive-in theaters, however in 2013 the theater converted to digital projection. https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/611abb55213a2239cd472af1/0f86a072-3503-4802-8595-b04adbdbe20f/barrel.jpg Tour Day 2021 - Driving Tour | Lakeshore The Douglas Root Beer Barrel | 455 Center St. The Douglas Root Beer Barrel was built in 1952 by Joe Decker and Harold Kelly in Flint, Michigan. They brought it to the Oval Beach near Saugatuck and it was supposedly used for selling hot dogs and root beer. The Barrel has had several owners and today it has reopened selling Wisconsin Sprechers Rootbeer at its roadside location. https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/611abb55213a2239cd472af1/88008bdb-0876-46a0-91aa-c2fc0e3bfd2a/hollpav.jpg Tour Day 2021 - Driving Tour | Lakeshore Holland State Park Beach | 2215 Ottawa Beach Road Public Works Administration funds were used to construct the original modern pavilion-bathhouse, which was completed in 1940. The Holland State Park pavilion is an MCM favorite with tourists and local residents. https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/611abb55213a2239cd472af1/ba585363-73c6-4fc5-9bbb-bdeea0fe6afb/hermanmiller.jpg Tour Day 2021 - Driving Tour | Lakeshore Herman Miller Office Outlet |455 Washington Between Holland and Grand Rapids, sits the iconic Herman Miller-designed furniture shop in Zeeland. Items were originally designed by famed mid-century designers like Ray and Charles Eames, Isamu Noguchi, and many others. https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/611abb55213a2239cd472af1/4a8fc3e8-c381-4ab8-9b36-df12051066ed/GHChevy.jpg Tour Day 2021 - Driving Tour | Lakeshore This area of Grand Haven has a number of streets off Grand Avenue which leads back to the lake. On these quiet cul-de-sacs stand many cool mid-century modern homes built by local architect partners John VanderMeiden and Michael Koteles and also by Kristianas Grants. These are private residences and private property not open to the public. Beacon Boulevard, Grand Haven’s main thoroughfare, was cut through the city of Grand Haven in the 1950s to connect U.S. 31 north to Muskegon and south of the drawbridge to Holland. Check out these MCM Beacon Boulevard structures. View: Chevrolet sign (1701 S. Beacon Boulevard) 1960s. This visible industry symbol features the iconic Chevrolet “bowtie” brand developed in 1913 by company co-founder William Durant. In 2019 after being granted landmark status by the city, the historic sign was taken down, checked for structural integrity, refurbished, and fitted with new neon tubes by Postema Signs & Graphics. https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/611abb55213a2239cd472af1/53d7ce29-df1f-4199-8ab4-6b3a2de2e1a3/coralgorig.jpg Tour Day 2021 - Driving Tour | Lakeshore Downtown Saugatuck at Coral Gables This site is located on 2.5 blocks of waterfront. Originally built in 1906 by the Leindecker family, Tom Johnson purchased the Old Crow Bar and Hotel Saugatuck from Dale Crow in 1958. He built the MCM addition and renamed the complex Coral Gables, Hotel Saugatuck. https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/611abb55213a2239cd472af1/c9c7499a-5a2a-43a4-b6c3-1ff85261e0a3/lakeranchresort.jpg Tour Day 2021 - Driving Tour | Lakeshore Lake Ranch Resort | 2226 Ottawa Beach Road Open through mid-October, the resort overlooks Lake Macatawa. It was established in 1952. True to its original motel design, some units have a view of the lake and the elevated pool still has the 1950s windows that allow underwater viewing. https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/611abb55213a2239cd472af1/2a5ea865-752d-4b21-b01a-0db1d9e7649d/stanstacos.jpg Tour Day 2021 - Driving Tour | Lakeshore Stan’s Tacos | 21 Beacon Boulevard Originally built in 1968, this taco stand is located in a newly repurposed modern building. This building with its distinctive roofline was formerly the Citizens Bank. Inside Stan’s Tacos is a large wall mural by Sotir Davidhi (Mural by Design) featuring an aerial view of local Grand Haven landmarks. The owner is Meritage and the restaurant has several locations in metropolitan Grand Rapids. The restaurant was temporarily closed so check before heading that way. https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/611abb55213a2239cd472af1/3d904fd1-8d3d-414e-9bae-f7e126f78259/center+for+arts.jpg Tour Day 2021 - Driving Tour | Lakeshore Saugatuck Center for the Arts | 400 Culver The arts center was built in the 1950s. In 2003 the SCA converted the 32,000 square foot abandoned Lloyd J. Harriss Pie Company factory into a stunning art center. The community-based center has both indoor and outdoor exhibit, event, and meeting spaces. https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/611abb55213a2239cd472af1/d136932c-7938-418c-8b7a-ccc8e76bba8f/ottbeachinn.jpg Tour Day 2021 - Driving Tour | Lakeshore Ottawa Beach Inn | 2155 Ottawa Beach Road Along the Ottawa Beach Road, you can stop for a meal or drinks at the restaurant, which was constructed in 1972. It's located near the Holland State Park. https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/611abb55213a2239cd472af1/ccec9e41-d0b6-4032-a81a-a15e999fb243/StFdeSales.jpg Tour Day 2021 - Driving Tour | Lakeshore St. Francis de Sales Catholic Church | 2929 McCracken, Muskegon Head North on US 31 to Muskegon for a chance to view this MCM church. It was built in 1967 and designed by architect Marcel Breurer. The structure features a gray concrete facade designed as a trapezoidal shape that is narrow at the base and widens 75 feet in height. Photo Coutesy of rossograph. https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/611abb55213a2239cd472af1/20be2aac-b8a8-4280-b185-ed4bb8896219/readers.jpg Tour Day 2021 - Driving Tour | Lakeshore Readers World | 194 S River Street Before you leave Holland, browse the shelves for your favorite books at this local bookshop. It opened in 1967 and was once a pharmacy. https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/611abb55213a2239cd472af1/b9f98d85-620b-4e0b-a4e4-15b014d1aaa6/ray%27s.jpg Tour Day 2021 - Driving Tour | Lakeshore Rays Drive-In | 20 N. Beacon Boulevard You can’t miss the sign on Beacon for Rays. Built in 1960, stop for a quick meal in this old-style burger joint. Ray Harz opened Ray's Drive-In offering “beefburgers”, fries, milkshakes, shrimp and fish. https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/611abb55213a2239cd472af1/8716f327-61e5-4af6-b093-d41587142787/bluestar.jpg Tour Day 2021 - Driving Tour | Lakeshore Blue Star Cafe & Ice Cream Shop | 141 Blue Star Highway, Saugatuck Order your favorite flavors at this this sweet roadside stand featuring a distinctive rounded moderne roof, outdoor patio and retro interior. https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/611abb55213a2239cd472af1/1c4b71d5-9fb8-47d2-b8b2-f49ceaef6393/dairydayz.jpg Tour Day 2021 - Driving Tour | Lakeshore Dairy Dayz | 6471 Blue Star Highway Built in 1950, this creamery is a local favorite. https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/611abb55213a2239cd472af1/fcd6d096-81ea-4959-8b6f-42562ddb1d99/Pennyroyal.jpg Tour Day 2021 - Driving Tour | Lakeshore Pennyroyal | 3319 Blue Star Highway This restaurant was built in 1960. It debuted in a converted MCM building, and is named for the historic mint plant once used as a staple in the early Native American healing tradition. https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/611abb55213a2239cd472af1/b188c51b-0c17-4c28-aa23-eecf9536f99d/saugbrewpav.jpg Tour Day 2021 - Driving Tour | Lakeshore Saugatuck Brewing | 2948 Blue Star Highway, Saugatuck Enjoy a beer inside or oudoors at this craft brewery. Opened in 2005, the other side of the building is a converted 1950s factory complex. https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/611abb55213a2239cd472af1/9e3d045a-1284-4760-8473-db87ed645841/saugpavantiques.jpg Tour Day 2021 - Driving Tour | Lakeshore Saugatuck Antique Pavilion | 2948 Blue Star Highway, Douglas The Saugatuck Antique Pavilion is located in the former 1950s Hanson Manufacturing Company factory building. From 1976 to 2013 it was home to Haworth Furniture manufacturing. Look for mid-century retro design objects and furniture and antiques from other eras. https://www.docomomo-mi.org/tourday/driving-tour-3-kalamazoo monthly 0.5 2022-10-03 https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/611abb55213a2239cd472af1/90430bc6-4919-4b1b-be02-f86abab8c2aa/Carvereppstein+interior.jpg Tour Day 2021 - Driving Tour | Kalamazoo The Eppstein House | The Acres Neighborhood How many people can say they’ve slept in a home designed by Frank Lloyd Wright? If you book a stay at this FLW-designed home, you'll be able to say you did. The Eppstein House is located in a neighborhood full of Modern homes, in a neighborhood known as The Acres--and is available to rent on airbnb! Photo Courtesy: Tim Hills/Trystcraft https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/611abb55213a2239cd472af1/7973a0ec-c1e2-4e52-81db-6e9666e76f5f/mall.jpg Tour Day 2021 - Driving Tour | Kalamazoo South Kalamazoo Mall | Burdick Street This shopping complex was designed by architect and “father of the shopping mall” Victor Gruen in 1959. It was the first outdoor pedestrian mall in the United States, designed to combat the automobile-induced decay of downtown main streets. Grab a bite to eat and do some shopping all in one convenient location. https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/611abb55213a2239cd472af1/411ba498-c835-462e-8b71-9b386e86cb3e/turtle.jpg Tour Day 2021 - Driving Tour | Kalamazoo Turtle Sculpture | South Kalamazoo Mall Check out the concrete turtle play sculpture designed by Jim Miller-Melberg on the South Kalamazoo Mall, near Lana’s Boutique. Miller-Melberg’s mid-century play sculptures continue to delight children (and adults!) all over the world. https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/611abb55213a2239cd472af1/377d53f9-74c2-4122-9b91-60cf26b6a13b/artmuseum.jpg Tour Day 2021 - Driving Tour | Kalamazoo Kalamazoo Institute of Arts | 314 S. Park Street This museum was designed in 1961 by Skidmore, Owings, & Merrill (SOM). The design was based on a Mies van der Rohe concept. October is a busy month at the KIA with numerous exhibits--a perfect time to visit! https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/611abb55213a2239cd472af1/bb12c57a-a981-4170-a0f5-3fcaa836409b/meyer.jpg Tour Day 2021 - Driving Tour | Kalamazoo The Acres + Parkwyn Village Neighborhoods A group of scientists from the Upjohn pharmaceutical company appreciated Frank Lloyd Wright’s vision for a utopian planned community, which he termed “Usonia.” The group split into two and now Southwest Michigan is home to 2 of the 3 Usonian communities designed by Wright in the late 1940s. The Acres (Hawthorne Drive, Galesburg) is located just east of Kalamazoo and Parkwyn Village (Parkwyn Drive, Kalamazoo) is in the City of Kalamazoo proper. Norman Carver, Jr., a self-described “Wrightian” architect native to Kalamazoo, also designed homes in both neighborhoods. Image courtesy: Tim Hills/Trystcraft https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/611abb55213a2239cd472af1/fc502e84-d727-45eb-bc68-006a81915ea1/naturecenter.jpg Tour Day 2021 - Driving Tour | Kalamazoo Kalamazoo Nature Center | 7000 N. Westnedge Ave. Take a hike around the 1,100 miles of trails at this popular attraction. Be sure to stop and admire Alden B. Dow’s 1961 domed design for the main interpretive building. Image Courtesy: Alden B. Dow Archives https://www.docomomo-mi.org/tourday/grandrapids monthly 0.5 2022-10-03 https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/611abb55213a2239cd472af1/5c9530d5-4a25-4868-998b-644211ab0085/ACHotel.jpg Tour Day 2021 - Driving Tour | Grand Rapids AC Hotel | 50 Monroe Ave NW The modern interior of the AC Hotel includes a library with custom-designed Eames lounge chairs. The building was once part of the 19th-century Grand Rapids Refrigerator Company complex. The three buildings were recently separated and the original brick facade was revealed and repaired by the Rockford Construction Company. https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/611abb55213a2239cd472af1/5c75b02e-3479-4442-a790-2db13d317b7f/MetalArts.jpg Tour Day 2021 - Driving Tour | Grand Rapids Metal Arts Studio | 978 Cherry St SE Shop for custom-designed jewelry at the studio, built in 1957. It's a former Old Kent Bank Branch building. The restoration undid a renovation that had imposed a windowless facade over the original design. In the last 20 years, Cherry Street has become a hub of bars, eateries, and shopping. https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/611abb55213a2239cd472af1/25f1254e-b7d8-4fad-b034-91718548aa37/CliqueLanes.jpg Tour Day 2021 - Driving Tour | Grand Rapids Across the river is Clique Lanes | 533 Stocking Ave NE This complex, built in 1953, is a 16-lane bi-level lane bowling center-- one of only a handful of double-decker bowling lanes in Michigan. It was named one of the top 10 bowling centers in the state, and although it has a retro feel, it features updated tech throughout. https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/611abb55213a2239cd472af1/6f440c4e-0494-4010-a0f0-321e121df725/LCPizza.jpg Tour Day 2021 - Driving Tour | Grand Rapids Little Caesars Pizza | 1200 Wealthy St SE This building was constructed in 1925. https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/611abb55213a2239cd472af1/adef4c8f-eb1a-4279-87ec-d3f3295c4a5e/MItitleKentCTY.jpg Tour Day 2021 - Driving Tour | Grand Rapids Kent County Court Offices | 320 Ottawa Ave. NW Formerly known as the Michigan Title Building, this structure was built in 1965. https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/611abb55213a2239cd472af1/23b22fc5-3788-463d-8a33-96dec2078908/MortonHotel.jpg Tour Day 2021 - Driving Tour | Grand Rapids Morton Hotel | 55 Ionia Ave NW The historic 1923 Morton House reopened in 2021 as a dog-friendly hotel and features “Bauhaus-inspired” interiors that were designed by Gensler. The original building was designed by famed Chicago architects Holabird & Roche. https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/611abb55213a2239cd472af1/09f3d4c0-2c92-49fe-8c99-cc8e4319d952/YogaBoland.jpg Tour Day 2021 - Driving Tour | Grand Rapids Boland Building | 1331 Lake Dr. SE 1 Join a hot Yoga class in the multi-level MCM 957 constructed by the Boland Building Company as an office building. It is located in the heart of the historic Eastown neighborhood, home to many popular restaurants and shops. https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/611abb55213a2239cd472af1/e0024b44-a063-4a43-8cc6-b09843d3f71f/Fanatorium.jpg Tour Day 2021 - Driving Tour | Grand Rapids The Fanatorium Building | 40 Jefferson SE Built in 1949, a bowling arena is now the Catholic Charities Offices. Here Marian Ladewig, nationally known as the “Queen of Bowling” trained and played nearly everyday during her career. The building was renovated in 2000 by Cornerstone Architects. https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/611abb55213a2239cd472af1/322cf628-6494-4cf5-8f0b-e0f11f65e8e7/HancockRest.jpg Tour Day 2021 - Driving Tour | Grand Rapids Hancock | 1157 Wealthy St SE This restaurant was built in 1954. https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/611abb55213a2239cd472af1/880ff2a3-21e9-4ca6-9233-f33f59cd72f0/STOfficeBldg.jpg Tour Day 2021 - Driving Tour | Grand Rapids State Office Building | 350 Ottawa Ave. NW This high-rise was built in 1976. The architects were Daverman Associates. The State Office Building was built within the same timeframe as the Michigan Title Office. https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/611abb55213a2239cd472af1/270e09a2-371b-4035-827f-e7774e711882/Commons.jpg Tour Day 2021 - Driving Tour | Grand Rapids The Commons | 547 Cherry St SE Suite C Restaurant Known as Oakwood Manor when it was constructed in 1923, these were considered elegant apartments. The Commons was established in 2018 in the lower level of the building. The restaurant offers a “throwback twist on American classic comfort food’ with a 1970s vibe featuring MCM furniture + accessories. https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/611abb55213a2239cd472af1/9581bd8c-655f-494c-8880-1b760e746e04/Moderne.jpg Tour Day 2021 - Driving Tour | Grand Rapids DTLR/VIlla | 4 E. Fulton Shop downtown in the 1949 restored Moderne building. The building designed by Architect Wilifred McLaughlin was constructed for the Davenport Institute, a business college founded in 1866 as Grand Rapids Business College. It eventually became Davenport University. The building was vacant from 1998 and in 2011 was open for the display of the ArtPrize/SiteLab exhibit. In 2013 it was restored by architects Tower Pinkster and earned Platinum level LEED certification. https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/611abb55213a2239cd472af1/43dc2955-812e-488d-aa57-7e9bc93612cb/LafontseeGall.jpg Tour Day 2021 - Driving Tour | Grand Rapids Lafontsee Gallery | 833 Lake Dr SE Enjoy the current exhibits, have a painting or print framed or shop at the popular gift boutique, built in 1963. The two-story building constructed by Russell Donker Engineering was known by city residents for years as the Lake Drive Medical Building. https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/611abb55213a2239cd472af1/7dcb39c3-eba2-4dd9-b306-6a060e7d1a1b/NorthfieldLanes.jpg Tour Day 2021 - Driving Tour | Grand Rapids Northfield Lanes | 2222 Plainfield Ave NE The bowling lanes opened around 1947. The bowling center has 16 lanes, billiards tables and a sports bar. Marion Ladewig, who was named Female Bowler of the Year nine times between 1940 and 1963, was part-owner for many years. https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/611abb55213a2239cd472af1/0cbe80fd-449a-4851-b7e6-a29922efe7a5/LeeBirch.jpg Tour Day 2021 - Driving Tour | Grand Rapids Lee & Birch | 759 Wealthy St SE This boutique was built in 1936. https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/611abb55213a2239cd472af1/638f0f49-f1e6-444b-83f6-814e7248826f/SOMCityhall.jpg Tour Day 2021 - Driving Tour | Grand Rapids Grand Rapids City Hall | 200 Monroe NW + Kent County Administration Building | 300 Monroe NW The SOM-designed building stands at ten stories, while the admin building is three stories. Both were built in 1969. The NW side of the buildings look out onto Vandenberg Plaza and a popular piece of public art made by artist Alexander Calder. https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/611abb55213a2239cd472af1/3958ca69-7bfa-430b-8c88-1899901f7c6c/TempleE.jpg Tour Day 2021 - Driving Tour | Grand Rapids Temple Emanuel | 1715 E. Fulton A midcentury masterpiece designed by architect Eric Mendelsohn 1952-1955. Temple Emanuel sits at a slight angle to the street. The full-length clerestory windows on the second level are separated by a vertical element creating the illusion of wings - one reference being to a bird in flight. The windows flood the interior with light. The yellow brick and white trim facade is approached via a deep covered walkway. An original sculpture by Carl Albert separates the two sets of glazed double doors under the deep projecting entry roof. The interior features a recently restored 1000 square foot mural created by painter Lucienne Bloch Dimitroff, protégé of Diego Rivera, decorated with important symbols of the faith. Beautiful burnished wood walls are movable. https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/611abb55213a2239cd472af1/52295e98-077c-4d52-a92b-c05c3e7b74c1/Lucys.jpg Tour Day 2021 - Driving Tour | Grand Rapids Lucy’s Cafe | 1747 Plainfield Ave NE Down the street from Northfield Lanes is Lucy's Cafe. Built in 1958, it was originally constructed in three phases (1958-1963) as a Daane’s Food Market. It became D’Amicos Food Market in 1978 when Rose D’Amico purchased the building after winning the lottery according to an article in the Grand Rapids Press. This Plainfield institution closed finally in 2011 and this building in the Grand Rapids Creston Neighborhood stood vacant. In 2015 Larry Zeiser and Brian Giampapa invested over a $1 Million in the renovation that converted the market into a popular breakfast and lunch restaurant in the one-story building and a bistro that later became an event venue in the adjacent two-story building. https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/611abb55213a2239cd472af1/1c39cef0-db49-4ce1-bbfb-74b3befe2735/Royals.jpg Tour Day 2021 - Driving Tour | Grand Rapids Royals | 701 Wealthy St SE This eatery was once a Standard Oil Station, and was established in 1955. https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/611abb55213a2239cd472af1/26e0a74a-bdc4-4436-8e70-8b17a10aab47/PostO.jpg Tour Day 2021 - Driving Tour | Grand Rapids Post Office Buy stamps at the ultra-modernist U.S. Post Office 1962 designed by J. &. G. Daverman. It was in this new post office, a product of Grand Rapids urban renewal, that the innovative new zip code sorting program was unveiled. Mail a postcard there about your Travel and Leisure MCM tour. https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/611abb55213a2239cd472af1/61268a8f-e4a5-4b56-b55e-8e7e0e22267f/CakaBakery.jpg Tour Day 2021 - Driving Tour | Grand Rapids Cakabakery | 919 E Fulton Stop for something sweet at the bakery, built in 1958. The modern two-story office building with glass curtain wall and floating stairway was built by contractor John E. Vandenberg. https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/611abb55213a2239cd472af1/be39aff1-475d-4e76-8588-0edaca196991/WoodlandAir.jpg Tour Day 2021 - Driving Tour | Grand Rapids Woodland Airstream | 5190 Plainfield Ave. This site was originally the Woodland Trailer Center. Built in 1966, it was one of the first buildings in the nation with an indoor showroom and a service facility specifically designed to sell and service travel trailers and campers. They sold the airstream trailers or caravans that became highly popular with their distinctive rounded polished aluminum style. Woodland AIrstream’s glass fronted sales/service area was designed in the early 1960s as the dealer’s modern main showroom by award-winning Grand Rapids church architect Edgar Firant. Today it is the Woodland Airstream and there you can buy a new or vintage airstream at one of the oldest continuously operated airstream dealerships in the country. https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/611abb55213a2239cd472af1/e50e28c9-c36f-47b6-a58d-8da2e07472ff/Donkey.jpg Tour Day 2021 - Driving Tour | Grand Rapids Donkey Taqueria | 665 Wealthy St. SE This eatery was originally built in 1935. https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/611abb55213a2239cd472af1/1d2f0555-a2b2-4267-9a69-eef57a7a6710/LGVStabile.jpg Tour Day 2021 - Driving Tour | Grand Rapids Vandenberg Plaza Vandenberg Plaza is home to the monumental bright red Alexander Calder sculpture “La Grande Vitesse,” the city symbol commonly referred to as “the Calder.” https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/611abb55213a2239cd472af1/62f962ad-81da-498c-8557-0c49af13e484/UnionChaseBank.jpg Tour Day 2021 - Driving Tour | Grand Rapids Union Bank Building | 300 Ottawa NW This building also has a great view of the Calder sculpture, and overlooks the plaza. Built in 1966, it was designed by Carson, Lundin, Shaw with associate architect David Post. https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/611abb55213a2239cd472af1/aead4aa0-d1ed-4cf7-ba6f-e2a4d4cfa117/PlantShop.jpg Tour Day 2021 - Driving Tour | Grand Rapids Plant Shop (1056 Wealthy St SE The building that houses this botanical boutique was constructed in 1928. https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/611abb55213a2239cd472af1/189535dd-a667-4a83-a013-69afa46c3ebb/DayGym.jpg Tour Day 2021 - Driving Tour | Grand Rapids 8th Day Gym | 125 Market This early 1960s MCM building with its distinctive folded plate roof was built for Ronda Tire, a facility designed to retread and sell tires. The architect was E. John Knapp AIA  of O’Bryon & Knapp who later became an expert in veterinarian hospital design in Wisconsin and died in Jefferson City, Kansas at the age of 100.