| 526 North Huron Avenue Mackinaw City, MI 49701 Application Old Mackinac Point Lighthouse Wedding Application PDF Mail completed applications and fee to: Scott Witsman Mackinac State Historic Parks Box 873, Mackinaw City, MI 49701 |
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Fee
$500 for a maximum time of two hours.
The fee includes:
- Exclusive use of Old Mackinac Point Lighthouse
- Up to two hours of the same day for decorating, rehearsal, wedding ceremony, pictures, and clean-up.
- Services of a Mackinac State Historic Parks representative
Reservations
- Reservations should be made as soon as possible. They are made on a first come/first paid basis.
- Reservations must be scheduled at least 14 days in advance.
- Payment is required with application to hold the date.
- Reserve your date with Scott Witsman before sending the application and payment by contacting him at 231-436-4100.
Old Mackinac Point Lighthouse fees are subject to change in 2014.
Schedule
Weddings may be scheduled at Old Mackinac Point Lighthouse:
May 6 - June 7, 2013; and August 18 - October 13, 2013
Wedding may begin between the hours of 5:00 p.m. - 6:00 p.m. daily.
June 8 - August 17, 2013
Wedding may begin between the hours of 6:00 p.m. – 8:00 p.m. daily.
Clergy
No clergy is provided. You must make arrangements with clergy on your own. If you don’t have a minister in mind already, view this clergy list.
Refund Policy
- $200.00 is non-refundable under any circumstances.
- $300.00 is refundable if a cancellation is received in writing 61 days or more prior to the reserved date.
- $150.00 is refundable if a cancellation is received in writing 31-60 days prior to the reserved date.
- There is no refund for cancellations made 30 days or less prior to the reserved date.
Rehearsal Requests
Contact Scott Witsman to schedule a rehearsal time.
We will try to accommodate rehearsal requests on days leadin up to your wedding day
Guidelines
- If you wish to view the church in consideration of your wedding plans, please contact Scott Witsman to schedule a visit. These visits can take place between 9:00 a.m. – 4:00 p.m.
- When planning a wedding, keep in mind that the Old Mackinac Point Lighthouse is a historic, original building. Great care must be taken to protect this structure.
- No candles are permitted within the lighthouse due to fire hazard.
- There is no dressing room at the lighthouse.
- There are no restrooms inside the lighthouse or fog signal building. Restrooms are located 100 yards from the lighthouse.
- There are no lights on the grounds of the lighthouse.
- No pew bows, no tape and no tacks of any type may be used to install decorations.
- No alcoholic beverages are permitted.
- Old Mackinac Point Lighthouse is not heated or air conditioned.
- No rice, birdseed, or similar material may be scattered inside or around the lighthouse.
- If floral arrangements are part of your wedding décor, flowers may arrive no earlier than 45 minutes prior to ceremony time.
- If you have scheduled musicians, soloist, and/or an organist, they are to arrive no earlier than 45 minutes prior to ceremony time. If you are working with a wedding planner, insure that they are aware of this time frame.
- It is the responsibility of the wedding party to designate an individual to remove flowers, wedding decorations, and other items immediately following the ceremony. Otherwise the items will be removed and discarded by park staff one hour after the wedding. We are unable to store any items before or after the ceremony.
- Parking for your wedding guests must be in the parking lot of Colonial Michilimackinac's Visitor's Center (located underneath the south end of the Mackinac Bridge approach) or within the limited parking area of the lighthouse.
| History On the National Register of Historic Places For 65 years, four generations of lighthouse keepers and their families lived at Old Mackinac Point Lighthouse and helped to ensure the safety of vessels in the Straits of Mackinac. Established in 1889, the stations fog signal went into operation in 1890 and the lighthouse was completed in 1892. The lights on the newly completed Mackinac Bridge made the lighthouse unnecessary, and it was decommissioned in 1957. The Mackinac Island State Park Commission purchased the property in 1960 and incorporated it into surrounding Michilimackinac State Park. It served as the gallery building for Michilimackinac Maritime Park form 1972 to 1990. Restoration of the property to its circa 1910 appearance has been underway since 2000 and the lighthouse reopened to the public in 2004. |
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Contact
Scott Witsman
Mackinac State Historic Parks
Group Tour and Special Events Coordinator
(231) 436-4100
Box 873, Mackinaw City, MI 49701
witsmans@michigan.gov
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