27. Village Hall

Location: 86 West Center Street, Douglas
Date: Built 1875, with left half added in 1902.

Dutcher Lodge, which served as Douglas City Hall until 2025 and the Douglas Masons No. 193 Hall until 1990.

In its simple, Shaker-like classical form, Dutcher Lodge was the most important building in the daily life of early Douglas. As the home of both the Masonic Lodge and the Village Council it was, in effect, the male power center of the village as well as the place for the Saturday night dance, meetings, theatrical performances and community socials. It was named after the mill owner Thomas Benton Dutcher, the lodge’s first Worshipful Master. Until 1969, the Douglas firefighting equipment was housed on the lower level. In 1985, the structure was officially listed on the Michigan Register of Historic Sites. In 2025, the building was sold to a private developers David Isljamovski and silent partner Joseph J. Wise.