Ross Township 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
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W.K. Kellogg House. Registered Michigan Historic Site. 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.
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 and series. This historical marker is listed in these topic lists: Architecture • Industry & Commerce • Science & Medicine. In addition, it is included in the Windmills series list. A significant historical year for this entry is 1906.
Location. 42° 24.341′ N,
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85° 24.111′ W. Marker is near Hickory Corners, Michigan, in Kalamazoo County. It is in Ross Township. It 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.
Regionally, this marker is in Southwest Michigan. It is also in the American Midwest and on the Great Lakes. Globally, it is in North America, the Western Hemisphere, the Western World, and the Anglosphere. Historically, it finds itself in what was once the Northwest Territory.
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
3. W.K. Kellogg Manor House
Credits. This page was last revised on July 24, 2025. It was originally submitted on September 25, 2013, by Duane Hall of Abilene, Texas. This page has been viewed 1,107 times since then and 65 times this year. Photos:1, 2, 3. submitted on September 25, 2013, by Duane Hall of Abilene, Texas.
