Collection Item - Saugatuck-Douglas History Center

Stoughton Hall

Photograph

DescriptionPorch of a semi-collapsed wooden building with the caption "Stoughton Hall built in 1909 - wrecked by a tornado in 1956." This image was featured as History Mystery # with the solution: This is Stoughton Hall which was located on a very high dune at the middle of Camp Gray (now the Presbyterian Camp). It was damaged by the disastrous April 3, 1956 tornado. Also included is a photo of the building prior to the tornado.

Entry/Object ID

2023.10.342

Photograph Details

Type of Photograph

Digital scan

Subject Person or Organization

Presbyterian Camp/Camp Gray/Forward Movement Park 1899-2014

Context

In 1956, a tornado grazed Camp Gray, then leveled the Oval Beach refreshment house and Kalamazoo lighthouse before wreaking havoc to the northeast. The storm destroyed property in Laketown Township before killing nineteen people in the Zeeland area.

Collection

Weather, extreme1897 Forward Movement Park, Gray and Presbyterian Camps -2014

Cataloged By

Winthers, Sally

Acquisition

Accession

2023.10

Acquisition Method

Found in Collection

Notes

These photos were published by Jack Sheridan for Commercial Record "History Mystery" features.

Location

* Untyped Location

Digital data in CatalogIt

General Notes

Note

These image(s) were copied from the SDHC photo blog [or the Jack Sheridan drive if that was a superior version] in preparation for updating the SDHC website in 2023.

Create Date

11/04/2023

Update Date

07/01/2024