Saugatuck Lodges key
Object/Artifact
Single metal key attached with a ring to a brown plastic key fob. The heavy-duty fob is oval shaped and imprinted with the text: Please Return Postage Guaranteed Saugatuck Lodges Box 279 Saugatuck, MI. 49453. Back of fob has manufacture's imprint, W.W. Wilcox Mfg. Co. Chicago. Metal key imprinted with National Key RU4/Cole National U.S.A.
Note from donor says the key was from July 1990.
2022.53.01
Saugatuck Lodges Motel was on the Blue Star Highway. It had a reputation for being being gay friendly and offering "Weed Patch Parties" in a stand of white pines behind the lodge. According to Cynthia Sorensen, the Saugatuck Lodges was located at 3291 Blue Star Hwy, Saugatuck, MI 49453. The site was "Bloomin' on the Blue Star" a garden center and as of 2022 is Ivy House Event Center.
1960 Gay/LGBTQ+ culture1930+ Tourism, lodging, hotels and B&Bs
199 Keys, Fobs & Keyrings
Sec 6E Shelf S2
Saugatuck Motor Lodges
07/12/2022
08/12/2024