Check Out This Mackinac Island Cottage!

I’ve spent the week working on the June issue of Northern Home & Cottage. It’s our Classic Cottage issue and it took some juggling to make it come together, but it has been worth all the work. One of the stories is about Anne Cottage (pictured above), a 32-room cottage/mansion on Mackinac Island’s Main Street. It’s one of those places that you can’t help trying to peek at through the gate as you’re walking by. The owner of Anne Cottage was incredibly generous about opening up the home to our photographer.

Anne Cottage is cool enough on its own, but the history of the property it sits on is fascinating—I won’t give it away, but suffice it to say that I spent a glorious afternoon immersed in research on 19th century literature as I was writing the story. To find out the details, you’ll have to pick up the June issue of Traverse—Northern Home & Cottage is inside.

I can’t sign off without telling you that we are also featuring a Bay View cottage—one of those Victorian head turners off U.S. 31 north of Petoskey. I have to confess that working on this issue has been like playing Barbie Dream House, only Up North style!

Tags: bay view, mackinac island, northern home & cottage

5 Comments

Comment by Kathleen Tedsen on April 16, 2009 at 2:10pm: Elizabeth, this cottage is incredible! Calling it a cottage is rather a gross understatement (lol). We're fascinated by historical details on locations. I'll look forward to reading the June issue.

Kathleen

Comment by Elizabeth Edwards on April 16, 2009 at 2:17pm: Kathleen,

The owner just wrote and told me that when it was built in 1899 it was called a "stately cottage." He figures that after all the additions it should be called a "stately cottage mansion." I guess I'd agree! Thanks for writing.

Comment by Elizabeth Edwards on April 17, 2009 at 3:43pm: I just got off the phone with the owner Anne Cottage. He told me a Hollywood director is coming to Mackinac Island in May to film at Anne Cottage. And I'm invited to the filming! I'll keep MyNorth posted.

Comment by Janice Ryan Young on April 21, 2009 at 12:50pm: Hey Lis, I guess I will have to take out a subscription to see your article. Sounds like it will be a good read. See you in July.

Comment by Elizabeth Edwards on April 21, 2009 at 12:58pm: Hey Janice,

It's super easy to subscribe--just click on subscribe at the very top of the page (above the MyNorth banner) ... great to hear from you. Yes, definitely see you in July. Lis

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