- Date
- 1983
- Kind
- Construction
- Where
- Beaver Island
- Eras
- Modern era
- Concepts
- constructioneconomyinfrastructurecommunication
- Within
- Beaver Island
Summary
The August 1983 Beaver Beacon introduced a Building News feature reporting new and ongoing homes, a LaFreniere’s Gift Shop addition, Print Shop foundation work, two new gas pumps, and Island Airways additions at Welke’s Airport.
Evidence limits
These are newspaper observations and announcements, not a permit register, construction ledger, deed set, or completion inspection.
Sources
- Reports new or ongoing homes along the west shore and south of McCauley Point; a two-story addition to LaFreniere's Gift Shop for a planned hardware store; a new foundation under the back of the Print Shop; two gas pumps added to the car-rental/taxi business; and a new Island Airways pole barn and waiting room at Welke's Airport. It includes a rumored home value but does not provide permits, plans, deeds, contractor records, or completion inspections. The holding institution's portal restricts automated access; the archive holds a copy of this issue and can provide it on request.data1 · beaver-island-archive · beaver_beacon · 1983-08_Beaver-Beacon
- The held eleven-page August issue PDF is paired with the canonical OCR source and confirms the Building News feature.data1 · beaver-island-archive · scans · beaver_beacon · issues · 1983-08_Beaver-Beacon
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Cite this article
Beaver Island Archive, “Beaver Beacon reports new buildings and improvements on Beaver Island, 1983”, https://beaverislandarchive.org/events/beaver-island-building-news-1983/, accessed [date], citing “Building News,” Beaver Beacon, August 1983. (and 1 further source listed on the page).
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