Posted to Beaver Island Michigan Archives (public Facebook group) by Suzanne Jule on 2025-12-11 20:49:36. Caption as posted: "The 'Main House' of High Island's House of David religious colony, which ran logging and farming operations there from 1912-1928. The HoD was based in Benton Harbor, Michigan. This photo was taken circa 1938 by a group visiting the island from the Cranbrook Institute, years after the colony had left the island. More details and photos in the link below."
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A two-story wooden house with shingle siding, a gabled roof, chimney stacks, and a broad covered porch stands behind a multi-rail fence. Windows are visible on both floors, with trees and tall grass surrounding the building.
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The catalogue caption identifies the building as the “Main House” of the House of David religious colony on High Island, which operated logging and farming operations there from 1912 to 1928. It states that the House of David was based in Benton Harbor, Michigan, and that the photograph was taken circa 1938 by a group visiting from the Cranbrook Institute, after the colony had left.
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- Original
- https://www.facebook.com/photo/?fbid=10169835498406337&set=g.1178704363851871
- Copy taken
- 2025-12-11
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| Master | JPEG | 1,393 × 929 px | 154 KB | 86ba7bd8c2fa… |
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“Posted to Beaver Island Michigan Archives (public Facebook group) by Suzanne Jule on 2025-12-11 20:49:36”. Individual posters, credited per image. Beaver Island Archive, https://beaverislandarchive.org/media/photograph/2025-12-11-10169835498406337/. copy retrieved 2025-12-11.
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