Preliminary Historic District Study Committee Report, West End Historic District, City of Mackinac Island, Michigan, 2011

From introduction: "On June 30, 2010, Mackinac Island City Council appointed a study committee to study a downtown historic district. The study area was defined as follows: the downtown district of Mackinac Island bounded by Market Street from Fort Street to Main Street; Main Street from Fort Street to the school; Mahoney Avenue from Main Street to Cadotte Avenue; Cadotte Avenue from Mahoney Avenue to Market Street; the entire cross streets between those streets listed above and all properties on both sides of the above mentioned streets... The proposed West End Historic District is located at the southwestern end of Mackinac Island, beginning at the western edge of Windermere (formerly Biddle) Point property and extending westward to the grounds of the Grand Hotel. The district consists of the western portion of the village of Mackinac Island, which was developed beginning in the early nineteenth century as the village spread beyond its original boundaries. The district is roughly triangular in shape. Lake Huron borders the district on the south. Huron (Main) Street (photo 1) follows the lakeshore.1 A boardwalk between Huron Street and the lake has been at its current location since at least the 1920s. Cadotte Avenue (photo 2), roughly parallel to Huron Street, bounds the district on the north. Market Street (photo 3) and Mahoney Street (photo 4) are the two cross streets. Toward the east end of the district, Bourisaw Lane (photo 5) extends a short distance inland from Huron Street. The West End Historic District is not as densely developed as the adjoining Market and Main (Huron) Historic District; it has fewer streets and more open space. West End is almost wholly residential. Excepting a few outbuildings, the only non-residential contributing buildings are a commercial stable, a church, and a school. A restaurant on Cadotte Avenue was built ca. 1970. On the lakeshore, a library, residence, and pumping station were built in the 1980s." Project funding was provided in part by a 2010 Historic Preservation Fund grant to the City of Mackinac Island (project number MI-10-037) administered by the Michigan State Historic Preservation Office (grant number 26-10-21929) and the State, Tribal, and Local Plans and Grants Division, National Park Service, U.S. Department of the Interior.

Preliminary Historic District Study Committee Report, West End Historic District, City of Mackinac Island, Michigan, 2011

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