Raising the Roof: A History of the Buildings and Architecture in the Saugatuck and Douglas Area

Revised Edition

James Schmiechen

Saugatuck-Douglas Historical Society

Contents

• ACKNOWLEDGMENTS
• INTRODUCTION

• CHAPTER ONE
• Pioneer Builders and Buildings: From Log House to Greek Revival, 1830–1865

• CHAPTER TWO
• Building with Style in Boom Times, 1865–1885

• CHAPTER THREE
• Home Grown Wealth: Fruit Growers, Merchants, and Ships Captains Show Their Stuff, 1880–1900

• CHAPTER FOUR
• Building for Leisure, Health, and Morality, 1880–1920

• CHAPTER FIVE
• Inventing the Peaceful Village, 1920–1940

• CHAPTER SIX
• Buildings for the Automobile and Television Age, 1950–1970

• CHAPTER SEVEN
• Suburban versus Traditional: Looking Forward and Thinking Backward, 1880–Present

• ENDNOTES
• IMAGE CREDITS
• INDEX