Elk Rapids Area Historical Society

07/10/2020

The Wisconsin Sierra Club is working with tribes, environmental and community groups to shut down Enbridge Line 5 in Wisconsin. This week more than 500 people watched a virtual WI DNR hearing where almost all 79 people testifying called for denial of wetlands and waterways permits and the shut down of Line 5. See this excellent opinion from Elizabeth Ward, the John Muir Chapter Director in Wisconsin: https://wisconsinexaminer.com/2020/07/01/shut-down-line-5-its-too-risky/

06/25/2020

“This is what this heat wave is doing: It makes much more fuel available to burn, not just vegetation, but the soil as well."

08/21/2016

Paradise Pines Motel to be preserved. New owner plans to renovate the existing 12 cabins built around 1940. Good news for Elk Rapids history buffs.

09/01/2012

Please join us for our Thursday, Sept. 20 program "Somewhere in Time" - A Photographic Journey through the 19th Century with photographer Leonard Walle. Admission is only $5.

07/25/2012

Coming in August: Ladies of the Lights exhibit and program on August 16. Check out all the great work being done to convert this former 1901 Methodist Church church into a historical museum.

06/24/2012

Home of the Elk Rapids Area Historical Society...please come visit our new museum in progress.

06/13/2012

Historic Dexter & Noble Company safe being moved from the Town Hall to the Elk Rapids Historical Museum. This is one of the last vestiges of the Dexter & Noble Company in Elk Rapids.

06/01/2012

Please join us on Thursday, June 21 for an incredible program at 7 pm at 301 Traverse St.

05/03/2012

Remnants of the Dexter & Noble Company Dock still remain over 100 years since it was constructed. At one time, this was the busiest place in Elk Rapids with ships coming and going.

04/21/2012

Our 2012 program series kicked off on April 19 with Nan Taylor from the Michigan Historic Preservation Network. We learned much more about why it's so important to preserve historic buildings in Elk Rapids. The next program will be held on Thursday, May 17 and is about the Bay View area just north of Petoskey where 360 cottages are on the National Register of Historic Places.

02/25/2012

Hughes House built 1868 in Elk Rapids/On National Register

02/21/2012

Winter Progrm coming up Thursday, Feb. 23 at 7 pm. "Water Under the Bridge" will feature Terry Wooten and the Elders Project. Please join us. $5 donation requested.

01/28/2012

Our board is working hard to schedule events in 2012. Also to develop a new strategic plan and create awareness of ERAHS. A complete inventory of our museum collection is nearing completion.

01/08/2012

Island House Bridge and River around 1900.

12/10/2011

Historic Paradise Pines Cabins are scheduled to be torn down. The cabins were built in the early 1940s by Lyle Paradise. They operated non-stop until just a month ago when they were vacated. We've been told this beautiful area will become a new senior housing project.

11/28/2011

Coming Soon in December. A MUST SEE event.

11/19/2011

"Treasures from the Holidays" will include 75 nativity scenes from a private collector in Traverse City. This major event will begin on Friday, Dec. 2. Admission is $5.00 for adults and free for children under 12. This is an exhibit you won't want to miss. Go to elkrapidshistory.org for more details and dates when the museum will be open.

11/18/2011

Our December event will feature a major display of nativity scenes from a collector in Traverse City and from many parts of the world. Please go to elkrapidshistory.org to check out this very special event.

11/08/2011

We have a great program coming up on Thurs. Nov. 17 with Chris Doyal of the Grand Traverse Bay Underwater Preserve. This will feature some spectacular underwater photography of shipwrecks and the Bay. The program begins at 7 pm at our new home 301 Traverse St. former Methodist Church. See you there.

11/01/2011

Downtown Elk Rapids around 1910

10/04/2011

Getting ready for our first Annual Meeting at our new location at 301 Traverse St. the former Methodist Church on Thursday, Oct. 20. This will include a potluck dinner beginning at 6 pm along with a program on presidential memorabilia. Please join us...just bring a dish to pass.

10/02/2011

Historic Stained Glass Windows at the Elk Rapids Historical Museum

10/02/2011

Oldest home in Elk Rapids from 1850s

10/02/2011

Elk Rapids Cinema built in 1940

09/13/2011

September brings an important event at 301 Traverse St. The 110th anniversary of the old Methodist Church building on Saturday, Sept. 24. We will celebrate with an open house from 1-4. Come join us for tours of the building and for an update on the progress we've made converting the church to a museum.

07/26/2011

Watch for us at Wed. Evenings on River St. and in the Harbor Days Parade. Please join our efforts to convert the beautiful, old Methodist Church into a historical museum. Go to elkrapidshistory.org for more information.

07/11/2011

Our next program will feature a Civil War expert and will be held at 7 pm on Thursday, July 21 at our new location at the former Methodist Church at 301 Traverse St. in Elk Rapids. The title of the program is "Sarge." Come see us at this beautiful, 1901 yellow brick church.

06/05/2011

Methodist Church in 1920

06/04/2011

06/04/2011

Dedication of Cairn in 1938

06/04/2011

The Elk Rapids Area Historical Society will be moving from its present location in the basement of the Old Township Hall to the former Elk Rapids Methodist Church located at 301 Traverse St.