MONTROSE HISTORICAL AND PHONE

MONTROSE, MI

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Montrose Historical and Phone is a museum located in Montrose, Michigan, that showcases the history of the town and its surrounding areas. The museum is housed in the former Bell Telephone Company building and is run by the Montrose Historical Association.

The museum features displays of artifacts and photographs that illustrate the history of the town from its early settlement to the present day. Exhibits include displays on the town's agricultural heritage, early businesses and industries, schools, churches, and historic homes. There are also exhibits on the history of the telephone and telecommunications in the area.

In addition to the exhibits, the museum offers a research library with books and documents on local history, genealogy, and family histories. The museum also hosts events throughout the year, including lectures, concerts, and special exhibits.

Montrose Historical and Phone is open to the public year-round, with admission free of charge. The museum is staffed by volunteers who are knowledgeable about the town's history and are available to answer questions and provide information to visitors. The museum is a valuable resource for anyone interested in the history of Montrose and the surrounding area.

MONTROSE HISTORICAL AND PHONE is a Historical Societies, Historic Preservation in MONTROSE MI. US MID #8402600077

The museum is classed as HSC (Historical Societies, Historic Preservation). It comes under American Alliance of Museums (AAM) region: Midwest (Iowa, Illinois, Indiana, Michigan, Minnesota, Missouri, Ohio, Wisconsin).

LSRC Y102-30 - South McGrew LSRC 6352 leads MMRR grain loads from Paines southbound for CSX in Wixom.
May 20, 2023: The "Bavarian Belle" docked at Frankenmuth, Michigan We're in Frankenmuth, Michigan; the <i>Bavarian Belle</i> is boarding passengers for its 6:30 PM tour, and I'm rushing across the bridge toward the dock at the north end of the RiverPlace Shops complex before I get left behind. Built in 1981, this charming Victorian-style paddlewheel steamer plied the Mississippi for nearly 20 years before its purchase and restoration by its present owners. Nowadays, it offers pleasant 45-minute sightseeing cruises along the Cass River to summer-season visitors to Michigan's "Little Bavaria".
May 19, 2023: Zehnder's and the Bavarian Inn, Frankenmuth, Michigan Facing each other across Main Street at the south end of downtown Frankenmuth, Michigan are Zehnder's <i>(left background)</i> and the Bavarian Inn <i>(right foreground)</i>, two longstanding titans of the local hospitality industry that each represent discrete chapters in the storied saga of the Zehnder family, who more than any other was responsible for putting the town on the tourist map as Michigan's "Little Bavaria". It all started in 1929, when family patriarch William Zehnder, Sr. purchased the erstwhile Exchange Hotel and renamed it after himself - but it was across the street at the Bavarian Inn (our dinner destination for tonight) where the essential ingredients of today's Frankenmuth tourist experience were born. After a few formative years spent working at Zehnder's under the tutelage of his father and his uncle Ernie, it was William, Jr. who struck out on his own in 1950 with his purchase not only of the old Fischer Hotel across the street, but also the secret recipe for golden fried chicken that had earned previous owner Elmer Fischer considerable renown. Although chicken dinners remained Fischer's biggest draw, business was initially slow - the effect, experts said, of two essentially identical competing businesses operating in the same small town - and Zehnder soon found himself deeply in debt. Rather than throw in the towel, however, he took a gamble on the idea that a larger market was out there, and hatched a plan to help remake Frankenmuth as a regional tourist destination, playing up the Bavarian ancestry of the majority of the townsfolk. In 1958, Zehnder enlisted Chicago-based designer Robert Lederer to help remodel the place in an eye-catching mock-Alpine motif, and upon its reopening, the newly rechristened Bavarian Inn successfully set the town on the trend that endures to this day. The operation has since expanded to the scale of a full-fledged resort, but if all you're after is a family-style meal of fried chicken and/or hearty Teutonic comfort food, the original Inn (or, for that matter, the original Zehnder's across the street, with whom it's engaged in a good-natured rivalry) still serves it up in style.
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MONTROSE HISTORICAL AND PHONE
144 HICKORY ST
MONTROSE
MI
48457

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MID # 8402600077
Name MONTROSE HISTORICAL AND PHONE
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Classification Historical Societies, Historic Preservation, , Midwest
Federal Employer Identification Number (EIN)
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LAT/LONG 43.177088, -83.890895
CODES FIPS State Code: 26
FIPS County Code: 049
US Census Tract: 012602
US Census Block: 1028