Hessler's "Mansion"
Joseph and Mary Hessler built this pine and hemlock log cabin in 1854-1856 on Mission Point Peninsula. According to information given at Mission Point Lighthouse Museum, the Hesslers being non-citizens could not own the property on which the cabin was built. They became citizens in 1859, and their final deed was signed by Abraham Lincoln in 1861.
It may not look like much, but I am sure it seemed like a cozy mansion to the Hesslers on cold Northern Michigan nights in the wilderness.
Hessler's "Mansion"
Joseph and Mary Hessler built this pine and hemlock log cabin in 1854-1856 on Mission Point Peninsula. According to information given at Mission Point Lighthouse Museum, the Hesslers being non-citizens could not own the property on which the cabin was built. They became citizens in 1859, and their final deed was signed by Abraham Lincoln in 1861.
It may not look like much, but I am sure it seemed like a cozy mansion to the Hesslers on cold Northern Michigan nights in the wilderness.