Near Hickory Corners in Kalamazoo County, Michigan — The American Midwest (Great Lakes)

W.K. Kellogg House

Registered Michigan Historic Site

Photographed By Duane Hall, September 17, 2013

1. W.K. Kellogg House Marker

Inscription. Click to hear the inscription.

W.K. Kellogg (1860-1951) founded the Toasted Corn Flake Company of Battle Creek in 1906. In 1925, Kellogg and his second wife, Dr. Carrie Staines, a physician at the Battle Creek Sanitarium, commissioned Benjamin and Benjamin of Grand Rapids to design a summer house here. Their picturesque estate included this Neo-Tudor manor house, a windmill, a greenhouse, a stable, a boathouse, a combined guest house, garage and chauffeur's residence and a caretaker's house. Marshall Field and Company of Chicago decorated the interior. From 1944 to 1950 the estate served as a rehabilitation center for the Percy Jones Army Hospital in Battle Creek. In 1952 the W.K. Kellogg Foundation gave the property to Michigan State College (now Michigan State University), which developed it as the Kellogg Gull Lake Biological Station.

Erected 1991 by Bureau of History, Michigan Department of State. (Marker Number S605A.)

Topics. This historical marker is listed in these topic lists: Architecture • Industry & Commerce • Science & Medicine. A significant historical year for this entry is 1906.

Location. 42°

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24.341′ N, 85° 24.111′ W. Marker is near Hickory Corners, Michigan, in Kalamazoo County. Marker can be reached from E. Gull Lake Drive north of E. B Avenue, on the left when traveling north. Marker is located at the Academic Center / Conference Center / Kellogg Manor House unit of the Michigan State University W.K. Kellogg Biological Station. Touch for map. Marker is at or near this postal address: 3700 E Gull Lake Drive, Hickory Corners MI 49060, United States of America. Touch for directions.

Other nearby markers. At least 8 other markers are within 6 miles of this marker, measured as the crow flies. Welcome to the W.K. Kellogg Bird Sanctuary (approx. 1.1 miles away); Thomas’ Mills (approx. 2 miles away); Community Library (approx. 3.4 miles away); Dr. Richard Kik (approx. 3.4 miles away); Richland Veterans Memorial (approx. 3.4 miles away); The First Presbyterian Church (approx. 3.4 miles away); First Religious Service in Kalamazoo County (approx. 3.4 miles away); Builders Medad, Casey, Chauncey and Darwin McKay (approx. 5½ miles away).

Also see . . . W.K. Kellogg Manor House History. From the W.K. Kellogg Biological Station website. (Submitted on September 25, 2013.)

Photographed By Duane Hall, September 17, 2013

2. W.K. Kellogg House Marker

W.K. Kellogg Manor House image. Click for full size.

Photographed By Duane Hall, September 17, 2013

3. W.K. Kellogg Manor House

Credits. This page was last revised on December 7, 2020. It was originally submitted on September 25, 2013, by Duane Hall of Abilene, Texas. This page has been viewed 585 times since then and 43 times this year. Photos: 1, 2, 3. submitted on September 25, 2013, by Duane Hall of Abilene, Texas.