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Dressing Rooms Sign, Oval Beach

Object/Artifact
Wooden directional sign, cut into the shape of an arrow, painted white with hand-lettered black text. The sign is two-sided and has three holes for hanging. The sign was rescued by Peter Elliot.
Dressing Rooms Sign, Oval Beach picture number 1
Dressing Rooms Sign, Oval Beach picture number 2 Oval washout 1986.jpg 2.5MB; Beach Damage: High water in Lake Michigan has severely damaged City of Saugatuck's Oval Beach and is threatening beach house. Army Corps of Engineers officials have warned that Lake Michigan level could reach record highs this year, worsening erosion problem that is threatening many shoreline homes. State House this week approved proposed extension of disaster declaration, enabling some Michigan counties, including Allegan, Van Buren and Berrien, to receive money to pay for erosion and flood-related damages. March 1986

2025.29.01

According to the donor, the sign was from the 1950s Oval Beach House that was demolished around 1986 after beach erosion undermined the building and the parking lot nearby. High Lake Michigan water levels washed out many building foundations in the mid 1980s.

Signs1930+ Tourism, activites, tours and attractionsWeather, extreme

Winthers, Sally

2025.29

Brockington, Cathy (Boyce)

Donation, unconditional

11-1/2 in

1/2 in

96 in

Long signs corner

Good

The white paint on the side of the sign without the "Men Women" text is detaching from the wood backing. Some paint has flaked off completely.

Saugatuck Beach HouseElliot, Peter Meredith ?-2016

07/19/2025

07/20/2025