- Date
- 1959-04
- Kind
- Disaster
- Where
- Beaver Island
- Eras
- Modern era
- Concepts
- disasterconstructiontourismcommunity
- Within
- Beaver Island
Summary
The April 1959 Beaver Beacon reports the total loss of a summer home built in 1896 and owned by Walt Wogan, and says Wogan was building a replacement motel for the summer crowd.
Evidence limits
The report is not a fire-department record, property instrument, damage assessment, or completion record for the motel.
Sources
- Reports that the first summer home built on Beaver Island, in 1896 and then owned by the late Dr. Ruth, burned to the ground as a complete loss while Walt Wogan was the present owner. It says a crowd tried to help and that Wogan was building a new motel for the summer season. It does not provide a fire report, property instrument, damage assessment, or completion record. The holding institution's portal restricts automated access; the archive holds a copy of this issue and can provide it on request.data1 · beaver-island-archive · beaver_beacon · 1959-04_Beaver-Beacon
- The held four-page issue PDF is paired with the canonical OCR source and confirms the fire and reported motel construction; it does not expand the property or fire record.data1 · beaver-island-archive · scans · beaver_beacon · issues · 1959-04_Beaver-Beacon
Added 3 August 2026. Recent changes
Cite this article
Beaver Island Archive, “Walt Wogan’s historic summer home burns and a replacement motel is planned, 1959”, https://beaverislandarchive.org/events/beaver-island-wogan-home-fire-and-motel-construction-1959/, accessed [date], citing Beaver Beacon, April 1959, “BIG BLAZE.” (and 1 further source listed on the page).
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