The Daily Stamp — Thursday, August 20, 2026

A white clapboard church with a square tower and open belfry topped by a weathervane, standing behind a picket fence on Mackinac Island around 1900, with a wooded hillside and a large hotel building behind it.

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The Oldest Church Building Still Standing in Michigan Went Up on Mackinac Island in 1829. One Word in That Claim Is Doing a Lot of Work.

Mission Church on Mackinac Island was finished in 1829 and is Michigan's oldest surviving church building. The island has an older congregation, Ste. Anne's, but it…

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History & Culture · 3 minA Copper Town Hired Two Men Out of Louis Sullivan’s Chicago Office to Build Its Hotel in 1899. One of Them Went On to Build Frank Lloyd Wright’s Masterpieces.
News · 4 minM-185 Was Billed as the Only Highway in America With No Car Accidents.
Outdoors & Travel · 3 minA Lumberman Bought This Forest to Cut It Down in 1895. He Looked at It and Changed His Mind.

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