FLUSHING AREA HISTORICAL SOCIETY

FLUSHING, MI

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The Flushing Area Historical Society is a non-profit organization located in Flushing, Michigan. Its mission is to preserve, promote, and educate the public about the history of the Flushing area. The society was founded in 1971 and has been actively involved in preserving historic buildings, artifacts and documents that relate to the history of the region.

The society operates the Flushing Depot Museum, which is housed in the original Grand Trunk Western Railroad Depot that was built in 1884. The museum features exhibits that highlight the history of Flushing and the railroad industry. There are also displays of antique tools, furniture, clothing, and other artifacts that were used by the early settlers of the area.

In addition to the museum, the Flushing Area Historical Society organizes various events throughout the year such as walking tours, lectures, and special exhibits. The society also offers research services for those interested in genealogy or local history.

Membership in the Flushing Area Historical Society is open to anyone interested in the preservation and promotion of local history. Memberships help support the society's programs, exhibits, and efforts to preserve the history of the Flushing area for future generations.

FLUSHING AREA HISTORICAL SOCIETY is a Historical Societies, Historic Preservation in FLUSHING MI. US MID #8402600334

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). Total revenue from most recent IRS 990 Form: $ 48,000 from tax period 201212 (YYYYMM).

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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 &quot;Little Bavaria&quot;. 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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FLUSHING AREA HISTORICAL SOCIETY
PO BOX 390
FLUSHING
MI
48433-0390

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MID #	8402600334
Name	FLUSHING AREA HISTORICAL SOCIETY
Alternate Name
Classification	Historical Societies, Historic Preservation, , Midwest
Federal Employer Identification Number (EIN)	237371948
NTEECC	A82
Tax period of the latest return filed (YYYYMM)	201212
INCOME	48,000
REVENUE	48,000
LAT/LONG	43.072499, -83.84286
CODES	FIPS State Code: 26 FIPS County Code: 049 US Census Tract: 010603 US Census Block: 2003