05/23/2007

Governor’s Summer Residence Opens for Free Tours June 6

Mackinac Island, Mich. — Mackinac State Historic Parks (MSHP) announces the summer schedule for free tours of the Governor’s Summer Residence on Mackinac Island. The historic 1902 structure will be open to the public on Wednesdays from 9:30 to 11:30 a.m. starting June 6 and extending through August 29.

The Governor’s Summer Residence, which is located at the intersection of Fort Street and Huron Road on a bluff overlooking the island’s downtown, has served as a summer home for Michigan’s governors and their families since 1944.

Mackinac State Historic Parks is a family of living history museums and nature parks in northern Michigan’s Straits of Mackinac and is an agency within the Michigan Department of History, Arts and Libraries. Its sites—which are accredited by the American Association of Museums—include Fort Mackinac, Mackinac Island State Park, and Historic Downtown on Mackinac Island, and Colonial Michilimackinac, Historic Mill Creek, and Old Mackinac Point Lighthouse in Mackinaw City. Visitor information is available at 231-436-4100 or on the web at www.MackinacParks.com.