Under Re-Construction
M-22 to Forth Street
1 - Thompson's Gas Station and Diner
This building is on the northeast corner of Lake Street and Sixth Street.
1 - Same Building Later: Texaco Gas Station
This is a northeast view of the same building shown above years later. This photo was taken around 1956 when the building was a Texaco Gas Station.
2 - Frederick's Service Station
3 - The Matteson Store
This is the Charles P. Matteson General Merchandise store located at the northwest corner of Lake Street and M22. The building still exists on the site.
4 - Matteson Manor
Built by the Matteson brothers, Matteson Manor was a fine hotel known for the excellent meals served in its dining room. After the hotel closed, it stood vacant for many years. The building was purchased in 2000 and demolished because of its age and years of neglect.
5 - Ted Lang’s Station, ca 1920
One of the first stations where the horseless carriage could “fill up”. Ted Lang sold Sinclair Gas on this corner.
6 -Fred A. Wareham Store and Macabee Hall.
7 - Irwin's Blacksmith Shop
8 - Private House
9 - J. Shira Ice Cream Parlor and across the Street Ed Skiera Pool Hall
10 - The Beaver Store
This building was on the south side of Lake Street between Fifth and Fourth Streets. Built in 1900, it changed hands several times and finally burned.
11 - The Band Stand
This is the intersection of Lake and Fourth Streets. Note the platform " The Band Stand" in the lower left next to the wide path that was Fourth Street. The house on the southwest corner is the Boss house. The Lutheran Church is in the distance.
12 - Arcadia School
Built in 1910, this became the school for all public school K-12 students in Arcadia. The building was closed in 1964. It stood vacant until it was demolished in 1977.
Forth Street to Second Street
13 - Arcadia Meat Market
(Girvin Meat Market)
This building was on the south side of Lake Street about half way between Fourth and Third Streets.
14 - William H. Ebert General Merchandise
The vacant lot adjacent to the museum at the corner of Lake and Third was the site of the Ebert General Store. Owned and operated by William and Arthur Ebert, the store carried a complete line of mens' and ladies' clothing, shoes, dry goods, and general merchandise. The second floor of the building was used as a meeting place for the Masonic Lodge
15 - The Arcadia House
16 - Schafer and Son Market,
This building was originally built to be an ice cream parlor by Orrie Lyons with bricks made in the cement block factory once located on Oak Street. It was best known as the Schafer and Son Meat Market. In 1966, Lyle Schafer moved the business to M22 and Lake St. The building stood empty for many years until it was purchased in 1990. It was a temporary home of the
17 - Post Office and Drug Store
The drug store (on the right) was built by Donat J. Martineau. After his death in 1924, his brother Albert inherited the business. For a time, the building had the only telephone in Arcadia; Albert personally delivered telephone and Western Union messages. Utility bills were paid here, hunting and fishing licenses were issued here, and Greyhound Bus passengers arriv
17 -Drug Store and Arcadia State Savings Bank
Martineau's Drug Store is on the right. The building attached on the left of the drug store was used for the Arcadia State Savings Bank, 1918
The bank was owned and operated by Harvey Grund until the crash of 1929. It still has the original walk-in vault. In later years it served as the U.S. Post Office.
Second Street to Lake Michigan
18 - Foster House 1912
First known as the Foster House, it consisted of two large buildings constructed for use as a lumberjack boarding house. One building was for sleeping and dining, the other a dance hall, saloon, and a small bank. Carl Pickert operated the Foster House Saloon and purchased the hotel from Louis Foerster about 1920.
18 - Louis Foerster Hotel, 1898
The Pickert Hotel buildings were demolished in 1930. Pickert Park was dedicated in the summer of 1955 as a part of Arcadia’s 75th Anniversary Celebration.
19 - Starke-Hasse House, 1881
This big white house was built by Henry Starke as his personal residence. It often accommodated guests, travelers, and employees in need of housing. The basement served as Arcadia’s first general store. It is said that at one time the 3rd story was an unfinished dormitory that housed as many as 17 lumberjacks. After Mr. Starke’s death in 1898, his widow Maria (Behr
20 - The Company Store
– circa 1910, was owned by the Starke Lumber Company and was situated at the end of Lake Street.
21 - The Factory
About 1880, the Starke Land and Lumber Company operated a sawmill on this site. After the sawmill burned in 1906, the company converted its lumbering operation to the Arcadia Furniture Company in order to better use the remaining hardwood forest. They produced low to medium priced bedroom furniture made chiefly from hard maple.
21 -In addition they owned and operated a general store and a railroad at this location. The cement block building in front of you was originally the Mirror Works for the furniture company, here skilled workmen produced the mirrors for the bedroom suites as well as a few custom made mirrors. The Furniture Company was in business until 1952. It was the town’s largest employer and sustained the lo