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Bay View
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★ National Historic Landmark

Bay View

Also known as Bay View Association

One of 37 National Historic Landmarks in Michiganthe highest tier of the National Register
Queen AnneListed 1972Bear Creek Township
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Many listed buildings are private homes. Please enjoy them from the street.

About

About the district

Bay View was added to the National Register of Historic Places on Mar 16, 1972. It was named a National Historic Landmark on Dec 23, 1987, one of 37 in Michigan. The Register lists it for its town planning, landscape design, education and architecture, at the national level. It describes its style as Queen Anne, as it does for 191 other Michigan listings. The district takes in 440 historic buildings. The listing covers 337.8 acres.

What it isPopulated place in Emmet County, Michigan. From Wikidata (CC0). Read about it on Wikipedia ↗

PDFRead the original nominationThe form that put it on the Register, with its history, photos and a map · 26 MB · National Archives↗
Through the years

1972 to today

  1. 1972Added to the National Register of Historic Places
  2. 1987Named a National Historic Landmark
  3. 2026On the Register for 54 years
Visit

Finding Bay View

Northeast of Petoskey on US 31, in Bear Creek Township, MI

Directions

No other Register listing is within a short walk. The nearest are under Around it.

Around it

38 more Register listings within 2 miles

★ National Historic Landmark · D district · B building · S site. Each opens its own page.

BGeorge and Eugene Markle HouseQueen Anne1 miBG. W. Olin HouseBungalow1 miBJ. B. Allen HousePrairie Style1.1 miDEast Mitchell Street Historic DistrictQueen Anne1.1 miBStout HouseColonial Revival1.2 miDPetoskey Downtown Historic District (Additional Documentation)Spanish Mission Style1.2 miBGerhard Fochtman HouseQueen Anne1.4 miBTrinity Evangelical ChurchClassical Revival1.4 miBPetoskey Grocery Company BuildingQueen Anne1.4 miBSeventh Day Adventist ChurchQueen Anne1.4 miBMeyer Fryman HouseBungalow1.4 miBChesapeake & Ohio Railway StationBuilt 18921.4 miBPetoskey Public Works Utility BuildingModerne1.4 miBPhillip Rehkopf HouseQueen Anne1.5 miBZion Evangelical Lutheran ChurchVictorian1.5 miBGeorge McManus HouseColonial Revival1.5 miBJacob VanZolenburg HouseQueen Anne1.5 miStWest Mitchell Street BridgeStructure1.5 mi
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BFrank Schapler HouseBungalow1.5 miStMineral Well ParkStructure1.5 miBFourth Ward Polling PlaceClassical Revival1.6 miBJohn Nyman HouseBungalow1.6 miBIsaac Bartram HouseQueen Anne1.6 miBJ. M. Wells HouseQueen Anne1.6 miBI. N. Debenham HouseQueen Anne1.7 miBBert and John Hobbins HouseColonial Revival1.7 miBShafer's Grocery and ResidenceBuilding1.7 miBElias Meyers HouseQueen Anne1.7 miBW. S. Carmichael HouseQueen Anne1.7 miBJacob Miller HouseQueen Anne1.7 miBGeorge Schantz House and StoreBuilding1.7 miBFrank Lesher HouseVictorian1.8 miBA. Malin HouseQueen Anne1.8 miBHosman and Wheeler Meat MarketItalianate1.8 miBSt. Francis Solanus MissionBuilding1.8 miBJohn Kabler HouseBungalow1.9 miBSarah Pennington HouseQueen Anne2 miBGrace Methodist Episcopal ChurchBuilding2 mi

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Questions about Bay View

Is Bay View on the National Register of Historic Places?

Yes. It was added on Mar 16, 1972 (Register number 72000613).

Is Bay View a National Historic Landmark?

Yes, since Dec 23, 1987. Michigan has 37 National Historic Landmarks.

Can you visit Bay View?

Our record doesn’t say whether it is open to visitors. Many listed buildings are private, so it may only be seen from the street.

Where can I read the history of Bay View?

In its National Register nomination, the form that put it on the Register: a 26 MB PDF at the National Archives, linked on this page.

Sources: National Park Service, National Register of Historic Places (05/22/2026) · National Archives catalog record 25339264 · Wikidata. Map tiles © OpenStreetMap contributors.