Larry from the Taymoyth Twp Historic Association gave me a tour of the historic St Pauls Episcopal Mission Church on Seymour Road. The church was built in 1874 by Scottish, Irish and English Immigrants. When we walked inside the historic church I noticed was the all the holes in the wooden floor about the diameter of a silver
I came across this old photo of the Wolverine Theater on Hamilton Street. The building is still there although it’s no longer a Theater and the marquee and awning are gone. It opened in 1911 on 118 South Hamilton with Vaudeville shows performing on its stage. A few years later it was converted to show movies in 1913.
I went past Forest Lawn cemetery and I had to stop and check out the old chapel since it’s been a while since I took a pic of it. Sadly there are some stones around the base that have fallen out. I have never been inside this grand old chapel but the outside is beautiful and it’s
I was out roaming the back roads around Taymouth Township and I came across this old shack and fallen down barn. I can’t imagine what it must have been like back in the old days. When you had to chop wood for heat and if you needed to go to the bathroom in
There is an old damaged airplane propeller in front of the Lake Linden city hall in the Keweenaw Peninsula that has a connection to Saginaw. I gave a presentation last month at the castle museum and one of the photos I showed was the magnificent city hall in the town of Lake Linden. The propeller is
Saginaw is stuck in Old Man Winter’s grip as a blast of arctic air comes down out of the north keeping us in a long cold spell. I got to wondering what was the coldest day on record in Saginaw’s history. According to Intellacast HERE it got down to a bone-chilling -17 degrees in February of 1959. I’m
I was at the Castle Museum the other day and I went through the Uniformity exhibit looking at all the uniforms they have on display. It was fascinating to see the old nurses and police uniforms. they also had a lot of uniforms from locals schools on display but the one that struck me was a
Workers are in the process of demolishing the old Tri-City Airport terminal. Yeah I know it’s called MBS, but I am used to calling it Tri-City Airport and still do. I have flown out of this terminal a few times and have been to the Sky Room for a wedding reception. I remember when the
Besides doing Pure Saginaw I also do another website called Lost In Michigan HERE. I a few months ago I published a book with some of my favorite locations and stories from around Michigan. I will be selling my new book at Charlin’s Book Nook on Saturday, December 23rd in Frankenmuth at the River Place
I came across this old photo of a sign for Bronner’s on the old clock tower building. The triangle shape building stood on Genesee in front of the Feige building. growing up in Saginaw it’s always been a tradition to go out to Bronner’s and then get a chicken dinner. P.S. I have seen that
