Lake Grove Road
Resort Township, Emmet County

Designation and Designation Date

• State Register, listed February 21, 1975
• National Historic Landmark, listed November 24, 1968
• National Register, listed November 24, 1968

Associated Person(s)

• Ernest Hemingway

Significant Date(s), Notes

• 1899, cottage built by Hemingway's father

Significance Statement

It was here that Ernest Hemingway spent most of his summers until the age of 21, and where he learned to hunt and fish and to first write serious fiction.

For information about any of the programs described on this site, write the Michigan State Historic Preservation Office, Michigan Historical Center, P.O. Box 30740, 702 W. Kalamazoo St., Lansing, MI 48909-8240, or call us at (517) 373-1630.