Dougherty Mission House News
The Peter Dougherty Society group of volunteers at the 1842 Dougherty Mission House have been busy preparing for the 2023 Tour Season. We welcomed home Maria Dougherty’s spinning wheel on loan from the Leelanau Historical Society in Leland. Maria would have used this during the 1840s and early 1850s in the Dougherty Mission House before taking it to Omena. Elizabeth Adams, Engagement and Collections Manager for the Museum brought it home. She credits her interest in history to her time as an archeological dig intern at the Dougherty Mission House. We appreciate Laura Johnson’s spinning wheel expertise on this project.
New visiting displays will feature Inns of OMP. Featured will be the Old Mission Inn, The Pines and Neahtawanta Inn. JoAnn Cole, Tom Dalluge and Chris Rieser have created the display with the help of the Inns’ families. The Dougherty Mission House was a Inn until 1916.
The Garden Committee has the Three Sisters, sweet grass and medicinal plants demonstration gardens, planting beds and the yard ready for visitors. They have pulled and bagged 11 large bags of garlic mustard. The Committee led by Master Gardener Connie Sargent included Susan Castleman, Janet Kidd, Anita Klein, Carolyn Taylor with help from Dennis Hansen. The Tuesday Crew has completed various projects. Butch Moring, created a new transportable display for the section of beam from the House foundation the Odawa and Chippewa who built the Dougherty House harvested in 1842 that dates the age of the tree. The rest of the Committee includes Marty Klein, Brad Lyman, Rudy Rudolph and Chris Rieser. The volunteers who cleaned the House, outbuildings and contents were Gregory Buchan, Laura Johnson, Jim McWilliams, Connie Sargent, David Taylor, Dennis and Barb Hansen.
June will see three visits from Road Scholars. Thanks go to Ginger Schultz, Mission Point Lighthouse Manager for the contact. Paint Grand Traverse will visit the Dougherty House once again from 3 to 6 pm on June 22nd. Come see and interact with the artists while they capture the beauty of this National Register of Historic Places site. Traverse City Newcomers and a group from Cadillac will also visit. If you wish to arrange a group tour, please email Doughertyoldmission@yahoo.com We’d love to welcome you.
June 25th will be a special day on OMP. It is the traditional Log Cabin Day. The Dougherty Mission House will join the Old Mission Peninsula Historical Society’s Hessler Log Cabin and Mission Point Lighthouse volunteers in welcoming visitors that day. Admission to the Dougherty House and outbuildings will be free. Come see where Old Mission Peninsula earned its name. Walk on floors put down in 1842 by Chief Agosa’s Odawa and Chippewa Tribe. See the Lane Bedroom where Captain John Lane, the Lighthouse Keeper died in 1906 in his daughter’s home and Inn. The Dougherty House has been a Presbyterian Mission House, Rushmore Farm, Rushmore Inn, family home and summer resort, antique shop and now a Museum restored by your volunteer neighbors and friends in your backyard.
The Cole Pavilion made possible by donations in memory of Bill Cole will be dedicated at 4pm that same day. Come greet JoAnn Cole and her family. There will be speakers and ice cream honoring Bill and JoAnn for all their hard work saving, restoring and sharing the Dougherty Mission House for our community and beyond. The Tuesday Crew and Gary Pope have built a fitting and attractive pavilion at the request of the Cole Family. Pavilion Committee members who put together informational materials are Joan Bonney, Jim Hall, Anita Klein, Marty Klein and JoAnn Cole.
Please consider volunteering you time or making a donation to this historic House where two cultures came together in friendship in your backyard. Visit here for tour hours.
New visiting displays will feature Inns of OMP. Featured will be the Old Mission Inn, The Pines and Neahtawanta Inn. JoAnn Cole, Tom Dalluge and Chris Rieser have created the display with the help of the Inns’ families. The Dougherty Mission House was a Inn until 1916.
The Garden Committee has the Three Sisters, sweet grass and medicinal plants demonstration gardens, planting beds and the yard ready for visitors. They have pulled and bagged 11 large bags of garlic mustard. The Committee led by Master Gardener Connie Sargent included Susan Castleman, Janet Kidd, Anita Klein, Carolyn Taylor with help from Dennis Hansen. The Tuesday Crew has completed various projects. Butch Moring, created a new transportable display for the section of beam from the House foundation the Odawa and Chippewa who built the Dougherty House harvested in 1842 that dates the age of the tree. The rest of the Committee includes Marty Klein, Brad Lyman, Rudy Rudolph and Chris Rieser. The volunteers who cleaned the House, outbuildings and contents were Gregory Buchan, Laura Johnson, Jim McWilliams, Connie Sargent, David Taylor, Dennis and Barb Hansen.
June will see three visits from Road Scholars. Thanks go to Ginger Schultz, Mission Point Lighthouse Manager for the contact. Paint Grand Traverse will visit the Dougherty House once again from 3 to 6 pm on June 22nd. Come see and interact with the artists while they capture the beauty of this National Register of Historic Places site. Traverse City Newcomers and a group from Cadillac will also visit. If you wish to arrange a group tour, please email Doughertyoldmission@yahoo.com We’d love to welcome you.
June 25th will be a special day on OMP. It is the traditional Log Cabin Day. The Dougherty Mission House will join the Old Mission Peninsula Historical Society’s Hessler Log Cabin and Mission Point Lighthouse volunteers in welcoming visitors that day. Admission to the Dougherty House and outbuildings will be free. Come see where Old Mission Peninsula earned its name. Walk on floors put down in 1842 by Chief Agosa’s Odawa and Chippewa Tribe. See the Lane Bedroom where Captain John Lane, the Lighthouse Keeper died in 1906 in his daughter’s home and Inn. The Dougherty House has been a Presbyterian Mission House, Rushmore Farm, Rushmore Inn, family home and summer resort, antique shop and now a Museum restored by your volunteer neighbors and friends in your backyard.
The Cole Pavilion made possible by donations in memory of Bill Cole will be dedicated at 4pm that same day. Come greet JoAnn Cole and her family. There will be speakers and ice cream honoring Bill and JoAnn for all their hard work saving, restoring and sharing the Dougherty Mission House for our community and beyond. The Tuesday Crew and Gary Pope have built a fitting and attractive pavilion at the request of the Cole Family. Pavilion Committee members who put together informational materials are Joan Bonney, Jim Hall, Anita Klein, Marty Klein and JoAnn Cole.
Please consider volunteering you time or making a donation to this historic House where two cultures came together in friendship in your backyard. Visit here for tour hours.