***Prior to the start of the Historic Properties Management Plan, the National Register status of most structures had not been determined. See tables in the landscape packages for a listing of current and recommended National Register status.

Resources italicized and in bold type are included in the Historic Properties Management Plan. The remaining resources have been identified in other approved plans. Resources alphabetized in each category.

Priority I -- Evaluated as Meeting the National level of significance:

· Manitou Passage Maritime Landscape - The Manitou Passage Maritime Landscape is a concentration of maritime related historic sites, geographic features and native habitats with few modern intrusions. It portrays the historic landscape features related to the Great Lakes transportation system more completely than any site on the Great Lakes, and is one of a few remaining in the nation. Identified in the report Inventory of Maritime Resources of the Manitou Passage Underwater Preserve by Michigan State University, Center for Maritime & Underwater Resources Management, Ken Vrana, 1995. Supported by a site evaluation by Kevin Foster, National Park Service Maritime Historian and concurrence from the Michigan SHPO.

Resources Include:
Sleeping Bear Point Life-Saving Station
Glen Haven Village
South Manitou Island Lighthouse and Coast Guard Station and Village
North Manitou Island Cottage Row (contributing elements include)

Katie Shepherd Hotel

Wing Cottage

Blossom Cottage

Fiske Cottage

Bournique Cottage

· North Manitou Island Life-Saving Service Station Complex - National Historic Landmark, 1998.

· Port Oneida Rural Historic Landscape - The Priority Team revisited expert evaluations in the report Farming at the Water's Edge, Alanen & Tischler & McEnaney, 1995. Because this landscape district is in public ownership and protected from development, the district will become even more significant each year as other agricultural landscapes are lost to development.

Resources Include: (all National Register of Historic Places contributing elements)

Priority II - Evaluated as Meeting the State level of significance

· Boekeloo Wilderness Landscape - Lakefront development is destroying similar sites throughout the state. It is one of the few remaining upper Michigan cabins that still maintains its original backcountry environment.

· D.H. Day Campground and Log Cabin Landscape - Identified in a field survey by Michigan DNR to inventory historic state campground structures. A letter was submitted from Michigan State Historic Preservation Officer, June 4, 1998. This cabin was found to be the oldest surviving structure in good condition on a well-maintained original site.

· North Manitou Sawmill Complex - Only known steam powered sawmill on an original site in the state of Michigan. Contains original sawmill components. The steam engine has been removed from the island and has been restored. It is in the possession of the Buckley Steam Engine Society. The structure has higher level of significance alone than associated within the Manitou Island Association Historic Landscape.

· South Manitou Island Rural Historic Landscape - The farm district is important due to the production of Rosen Rye, a unique variety, as reported in Coming Through with Rye, Alanen & Tischler & Williams, 1996. The landscape also represents the immigration and settlement pattern of the state.

Resources Include:

George Conrad Hutzler farmstead

School House

August Beck farmstead

George Johann Hutzler Farmstead and Pig Barn

Priority III - Evaluated as Meeting the Local level of significance - (High Integrity)

· Bufka Farmstead - Locally significant farm. Unique in the fact that its farmstead structures are intact and complete. Stronger component alone than evaluated within its larger landscape context.

· Ken-Tuck-U-Inn Historic Landscape - One of five remaining locally significant roadhouses near Crystal Lake. The intact site includes a designed landscape that includes rock gardens and an allee.

· Manitou Island Association Historic Landscape - Locally significant agricultural and recreational development on North Manitou Island, as identified in the draft report Tending the Comfortable Wilderness, Alanen & Tischler & MacDonald, in progress.

· Tweedle/Treat Rural Historic Landscape - Locally significant agricultural district with four farmsteads and a one room schoolhouse on their original sites.

Priority IV - Evaluated as Meeting the Local level of significance - (Moderate Integrity)

· Bufka/Kropp/ Eitzen Rural Historic Landscape - Cultural landscape district is not complete or easily identifiable. Two of the three farmsteads are incomplete or have modern intrusions included within their landscape.

· Shalda Log Cabin Structure - The 1850s log cabin structure is one of the oldest structures in the park. Its original purpose and use is unknown, yet it is a good example of pioneer construction.

Priority V - Evaluated as Meeting the Local level of significance - (Low Integrity)

· Esch House Structure - Locally significant house that lacks the secondary farmstead structures that would make a complete agricultural complex. Site also includes modern intrusions.

· North Manitou Island Swenson/Westside Barn Structure - Locally significant barn that lacks the additional structures that make a complete agricultural complex.

· South Manitou Island Henry Haas House - Locally significant house that lacks additional structures and site with integrity to make a complete agricultural complex.

· South Manitou Island Theodore Beck House- Locally significant house that lacks additional structures and site with integrity to make a complete agricultural complex.

Last Updated: 07DEC1999
Http://www.nps.gov/slbe/hp_app1.htm
Author: T.M.Baker