Peter L. Brisbine House

Peter L. Brisbine House is a Michigan historical marker in Indian River, Cheboygan County, dedicated 1992.

7332 Argonaut Trail, Indian River

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This elegant Queen Anne summer house was built around 1897 by attorney Peter L. Brisbine as part of the exclusive Argonaut Club resort. The house was one of the most substantial on “Pittsburgh Landing,” the area owned by wealthy Pittsburgh, Pennsylvania, industrialists who constituted the Argonaut Club. Brisbine’s ownership ceased in 1907, and the house subsequently belonged to many owners. The graceful spire that once topped the turret is gone, but the delicate scrollwork survives.

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Historical maps covering this location

1873 · Michigan. (David Rumsey Map Collection, Stanford Libraries)
1874 · Colton's Michigan (1874) (Barry Lawrence Ruderman Map Collection, Stanford Libraries)
1897 · Southern Michigan. (David Rumsey Map Collection, Stanford Libraries)
1903 · 108. Influenza Michigan. (David Rumsey Map Collection, Stanford Libraries)
1907 · Map of the original swamp areas of the lower peninsula of Michigan. : 1907. Compiled from… (University of Michigan Library)

Southern Michigan, 1897, covering the location of Peter L. Brisbine House, with a pin at the marker's coordinates — Southern Michigan, 1897, covering this location. David Rumsey Map Collection, Stanford Libraries. The pin is ours, placed from the marker's coordinates.

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