Conveyed to Presque Isle Co. on November 23, 1998 from United States Coast Guard U.S. General Services Administration United States Department of Interior Commissioners Allan H. Bruder — Chairman Charles A. Rhode Emil Plath Jr. . . . — — Map (db m154596) HM
The large craftsman-style bungalow that we know as the Bradley House was built in 1913-14 by carpenter and planning mill operator George Radke for his family. Radke was still finishing the trim work on the house in 1914 when he succumbed to a . . . — — Map (db m302018) HM
This structure was the first to be built in 1896. It was used to house the laborers that erected the lighthouse. After the house was complete, it was used by the workers that were contracted to do maintenance work such as boiler inspection, etc. . . . — — Map (db m122171) HM
Since 1912, the skyline south of Rogers City has been dominated by the buildings,
machinery, and storage piles of the Calcite Plant, the world's largest limestone quarry operation. The operation was founded by New York investment banker William . . . — — Map (db m278086) HM
On the left is a portion of the first housing development constructed by Michigan Limestone. Along Lake Street, the
homes were largely for management and technical personnel. The home on the left, the largest in the development, was for the . . . — — Map (db m278090) HM
An emergency steering wheel like this would have been found on steam-powered freighters operated by the Rogers City-based Bradley Transportation Line, which carried limestone from the Port of Calcite to locations throughout the Great Lakes from . . . — — Map (db m123700) HM
This two-story building was constructed in 1885 by brothers James and Ed Erskine. They ran a general store on the ground floor and lived upstairs. Over the years, it has also been a dry goods store, saloon, and clothing store. The photo shows the . . . — — Map (db m123980) HM
Evidence is sketchy about the beginning of commercial fishing at Rogers City. The "Fish Docks," shown here in this photo, believed to have been from the 1940's, shows three of the local gill net fishing boats and some of the "sheds," some of which . . . — — Map (db m302114) HM
Forty Mile Point Lighthouse
During the late 1800s, the U.S. Lighthouse Board created a system of coastal lights along Lake Huron's Michigan shore so that mariners would always be within sight of at least one.
With a light south of Forty . . . — — Map (db m221642) HM
The Village of Rogers, now Rogers City, was founded by a group of five men from Detroit who wanted to go into the timber business and establish a community to support it. The leader of the group was a German immigrant by the name of Albert . . . — — Map (db m278072) HM
This building was constructed in 1878 for Frederick Denny Larke and his wife Augusta. Larke was one of the founders of Rogers City, and an unparalleled advocate of community development. Originally a general store, it was converted to a drug store . . . — — Map (db m123692) HM
The Glawe (Glove) School was established in the 1880s. It was built on Ocqueoc Road in Ocqueoc Township. On land that was donated by Christian Glawe.
The school was in continuous use until 1960. After that it was used for church functions until . . . — — Map (db m122182) HM
This is the oldest surviving commercial building in Rogers City. It was built in 1873 to house Herman Hoeft & Son's general store, the second store in the fledgling Village. The Hoefts were in competition with the “company store” . . . — — Map (db m123695) HM
Rogers City's first hotel stood on this site. The International Hotel opened in 1872, only three years after the first settlers arrived here. It was owned by Captain Joseph Valentin, Sr. and his wife Catherine. Valentin was in charge of the U.S. . . . — — Map (db m278025) HM
The maritime professionals who sail the ships on the Great Lakes are celebrating the 100th anniversary of their fraternal organization, the I. M. S. A. whose purpose is stated in the Association's constitution, "The purpose of this association's . . . — — Map (db m121891) HM
Our nation honors her sons and daughters
who answered the call to defend a country
they never knew and a people they never met.
Raymond W. Tatro Carlson E. Wallace
On June 25, 1950 the North Korean army invaded
South Korea. The . . . — — Map (db m247250) HM WM
For many decades, the “Calcite Light” greeted ships entering the harbor at Rogers City's Port of Calcite, the world's largest limestone quarry. Although the early history of this light is unknown, when it was manufactured in the early . . . — — Map (db m123701) HM
The center portion of this building, with its gabled roof, was built in 1899 for Charles Osgood, proprietor of the first bank in the county—the Presque Isle County Bank. The original building is shown in this 1907 photo. Charles Osgood is on . . . — — Map (db m123693) HM
Presque Isle County was organized in 1871. The County's original courthouse was built on this site in 1872. The property was donated to the County by William Rogers, namesake of Rogers City. The community's first cemetery and a tennis court also . . . — — Map (db m123691) HM
Rogers City's art deco-style Post Office was built in 1940 at a cost of $60,365. The photo shows the building shortly after it opened in 1940. Both the exterior and interior have changed little during the intervening years.
One of the highlights . . . — — Map (db m123754) HM
Since the 1912 opening of the Calcite quarry, the world's largest limestone mine, many residents of the Rogers City area have earned their livings sailing on the freighters that deliver stone from the quarry to ports throughout the Great Lakes. . . . — — Map (db m278074) HM
One of the hallmarks of Rogers City today is it's magnificent shoreline with one of the finest marinas on the Great Lakes and includes playgrounds, the pavilion, basketball courts, boat launching and fish cleaning facilities, performance shell, . . . — — Map (db m278096) HM
This property has been placed on the National Register of Historic Places
by the United States Department of the Interior
Rogers Theater
1937 — — Map (db m278024) HM
Schooners
By the 1840s, farming had transformed the western frontier into America's breadbasket. Moving grain to national and worldwide markets required a vast number of specialized ships. In the age of sail, purpose-built canal schooners . . . — — Map (db m278080) HM
On this site stood the three-story, red brick Bertram Building shown in the photo. When it was completed in 1887, Third Street was only a rough path through the woods. F. E. Bertram, a sawmill operator and store owner, had the bricks brought in from . . . — — Map (db m123697) HM
Emil and Lizzie Poch purchased this property in 1890. The following year they had a building erected, in which they operated a hardware store. They later also sold dry goods and groceries.
In 1925, the owners of Lee's Hardware in Alpena leased . . . — — Map (db m123981) HM
This parcel of property is historically important for several reasons. The home of Frederick Denny Larke was located along the Third Street side of the lot. Larke was one of the founders of Rogers City and a successful businessman with diverse . . . — — Map (db m123982) HM
From 1897 until 2006, this corner lot at the center of Rogers City's business district was occupied by the imposing two-story, frame building shown in the photo. Originally a furniture store operated by Julius Gumm, the building was purchased in . . . — — Map (db m123699) HM
From 1910 until 1964, this site was occupied by the copper-domed Presque Isle County Savings Bank shown in the photo. Construction of the building was supervised by local lumberman and business owner Paul H. Hoeft, who had the structure placed on a . . . — — Map (db m123696) HM
The earliest building on this site seems to have been Rogers City's first flour mill, where wheat grown locally was ground into flour. That mill was destroyed by fire in the fall of 1913.
Sometime after that, David McKenzie operated an auto . . . — — Map (db m123698) HM
The Calcite Pilot House was saved and retired to Rogers City where it was installed as a tourist attraction at Harbor View overlooking the Calcite Plant. Over the years, she was visited by thousands of people. Eventually, the Pilot House was . . . — — Map (db m122335) HM
Shipwreck 250 feet
S.S. Joseph S. Fay Built 1871
Wrecked at 40 Mile Point
October 19, 1905
See 130 Ft. section of her
Starboard side on the beach. — — Map (db m122180) HM
World War I.
Bruder, Alfred
Campbell Fred
Emke Norman
Engle Attral
Fox, Albert
Mamp, Herman
Mangan Edward J.
Richmond, Leo E.
Schefke, Albert J.
Young Harold L.
World War II.
Bills, Clayton . . . — — Map (db m247247) HM
Shipwreck Alley
For more than 12,000 years, people have traveled on the Great Lakes. From Native American dugout canoes to wooden sailing craft and steel freighters, thousands of ships have made millions of voyages on the Inland Seas. The . . . — — Map (db m278079) HM
Welcome Home Brothers
Donald J Woloszyk
Frederick J Wozniak
Robert C Purgiel
Charles D Chapman
David K Bruning
John Veihl
Chester J Kozdron
Dean A Wilderspin
Floyd S McCreery
Dean W Borrousch
William B . . . — — Map (db m247253) WM
Limestone is a mineral raw material essential
in making steel, chemicals, and cement. Henry
H. Hindshaw, a geologist, established in 1908-09
the commercial value of this area's limestone
for industry. The high purity of this deposit
and the . . . — — Map (db m233738) HM
