- Dates
- 1961-03 – 1961-04
- Kind
- Construction
- Where
- Beaver Island
- Along road
- Main Street
- Eras
- Modern era
- Concepts
- heritagecommunityeconomytourism
- Within
- Beaver Island
Summary
The April 1961 issue describes a visible “face-lifting” of Beaver Island’s Main Street: widening between King Strang Dock and the Killarney Inn and preparation of a harbor-side fence using cedar posts.
The same notice records demolition of an old ice house and the Carroll-Shoemaker farm barn. It preserves contemporary change to the built landscape without claiming that every part of the work was complete.
Sources
- Reports that Main Street was being widened from King Strang Dock toward the Killarney Inn, with Raymond Lewis furnishing cedar posts for a harbor-side fence. It also reports demolition of the old ice house at Henry Allen’s dock and the Carroll-Shoemaker farm barn; these are newspaper descriptions, not a municipal project file or measured survey.data1 · beaver-island-archive · beaver_beacon · 1961-04_Beaver-Beacon
- The held six-page issue scan is paired with the OCR source and confirms the published notice or report; it does not expand the source-specific identity, event, or outcome claims.data1 · beaver-island-archive · scans · beaver_beacon · issues · 1961-04_Beaver-Beacon
Added 1 August 2026 · revised 3 August 2026. Recent changes
Cite this article
Beaver Island Archive, “Beaver Island begins a Main Street face-lifting project, 1961”, https://beaverislandarchive.org/events/beaver-island-main-street-face-lifting-1961/, accessed [date], citing Beaver Beacon, April 1961, “Around the Island.” (and 1 further source listed on the page).
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