Windeye: Architecturals & Antiques
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| Fancy stuff: Houghton's Windeye Antiques |
Fabulous stained glass windows, lamps, fretwork, and unusual furniture pieces, mostly from the Copper Country's glory days and the Arts & Crafts era. If you're familiar with southeastern Michigan antiques and this reminds you of Reynold Lowe's Materials Unlimited in Ypsilanti or the late Ned Duke's Royal Oak gallery, it's no wonder. Owner Jack Morris supplied them with many pieces, wholesale. He was Ned's main supplier, he says and Ned's stained glass was dazzling, as patrons of his first venture, Mr. Flood's Party tavern in Ann Arbor, remember.
Here in this distinctive downtown building, near his Keweenaw home, Jack has assembled the cream of the crop, he says, the most interesting things, to give customers an idea of the scope and quality of his stock. Art Nouveau is his personal favorite, as befitting someone who studied both art and biology (at Western Michigan University). He began buying antiques, stained glass windows, unusual doors up here in the 1970s, when many old buildings in Calumet were uninhabited, and wholesaling them to other dealers. He still travels ten days a month, selling and buying in a five-state loop. His partner Sherry Lamoreaux minds the store. 
113 Shelden, next to Backroom and parking ramp. Enter in rear; drive is by parking ramp. Handicap access: call. Summer hours thru color season: Tues-Fri 3-6, Sat 1-5. Longer summer hours. Also open by chance.
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POINTS OF INTEREST
Keweenaw Brewing Company. A wonderfully comfortable place to taste good fresh-brewed beers ... more
Portage Lake Lift Bridge. A local landmark iss the world's heaviest lift bridge, permitting giant freighters to cross the peninsula ... more
Windeye: Architecturals & Antiques. Fabulous stained glass windows, lamps, unusual furniture, much of it from the Copper Country's boom times when mining managers built big fancy homes ... more
Houghton Waterfront Path and Park. Along a 4 1/2 mile paved path are fishing platforms, kayak access, the new library with beautiful views, and Dee Stadium, home of a huge summer history display and a mini-museum about Houghton's pioneering hockey history. ... more
Nara Nature Park and Houghton-Chassell bike trail. A mile-long boardwalk with fishing benches is a highlight of this 10-mile-long path past shops and through wetlands ... more
Seaman Mineral Museum. One of the country's finest collections of U.P., Michigan, and world-wide minerals, artfully displayed and interpreted by professional geologists. ... more
USDA Forest Service Rhizotron. Through large underground windows see the root systems and insects of northern forest ... more
Michigan Technological University. One of the country's better technological universities provides a dramatic entryway to Hougton and lots of exceptional winter activities. Ice sculptures for the MTU Winter Carnival are worth a trip! ... more
MTU Archives/Copper Country Historical Collection. Lots of interesting old photos and loads of historical documents from a fascinating region ... more
Keweenaw Gem & Gift. Gemologist and geologist owners provide expert perspective on Copper Country rockhounding, agates, copper, greenstones, datolite, and more. ... more
Houghton Wi-fi Hotspots. Portage Lake District Library downtown by the waterfront (on map) has free wi-fi & public computers for $1/hour.
Cyberia Café has wi-fi. 524 Shelden at Isle Royale, ...
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Hunt's Map Guide to the Upper Peninsula
13 detailed U.P. maps
Full color, on sturdy, water-resistant paper
Folds out to 12x38
Only $6.95
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