Name: Beaver Island Lodge reports major remodeling and a six-unit expansion, 1986
Start: 1986-04
End: 1986-04
Location: Beaver Island

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Event

Date: 1986-04
Kind: Construction
Where: Beaver Island
Eras: Modern era
Concepts: commerceeconomypropertyinfrastructurecommunitycommunication
Within: Beaver Island

Summary

Beaver Island Lodge reported major remodeling in April 1986, including a rebuilt dining room, added seating, and six new top-floor units that would bring the reported total to 15. The units were offered in condominium format while the Baileys retained the restaurant-bar.

Evidence limits

This is a progress and sales notice, not a building permit, construction inspection, condominium declaration, deed, or completed-project record.

Sources

Beaver Island Lodge Expansion, Beaver Beacon, April 1986.
Reports major remodeling, a rebuilt dining room and added seating, six new top-floor units bringing the reported total to 15, and condominium-format unit offerings, while the Baileys retained the restaurant-bar and planned rental management for the hotel. It is a progress and sales notice, not a building permit, construction inspection, condominium declaration, deed, or completed-project record. The holding institution's portal restricts automated access; the archive holds a copy of this issue and can provide it on request.
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Beaver Beacon, April 1986, held issue PDF, source scan.
The held seventeen-page April issue PDF is paired with the canonical OCR source and confirms the Lodge expansion report.
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Beaver Island Archive, “Beaver Island Lodge reports major remodeling and a six-unit expansion, 1986”, https://beaverislandarchive.org/events/beaver-island-lodge-expansion-1986/, accessed [date], citing Beaver Island Lodge Expansion, Beaver Beacon, April 1986. (and 1 further source listed on the page).

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