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THOMAS & LAURA GALE COTTAGES (1897/1909 - S.088,
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THOMAS GALE COTTAGE (1897)
SUMMER COTTAGES FLOOR PLANS & ELEVATIONS
MRS. THOMAS
GALE SUMMER COTTAGE #1
MRS. THOMAS GALE
SUMMER COTTAGE #2 MRS. THOMAS GALE SUMMER COTTAGE #3
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Date:
1897
Title:
Thomas H. Gale Cottage, Whitehall, Michigan First Floor Plan
1897/2023 (1897 - S.088).
Description: Designed in 1897 by Frank Lloyd
Wright. Plans for the Thomas Gale Cottage have not survived in
the Frank Lloyd Wright Foundation archives. But the floor plan
is similar to the plans of the three Mrs. Thomas Gale cottages,
with modifications and slightly larger in size. 24' x 38'
compared to 21' x 36', for a total square foot (both floors) of
1,584 SF compared to 1,323 SF.
The cottage was designed as a summer cottage, and was not
originally occupied year round. Designed by Frank Lloyd Wright
in 1897, five years after he designed the Gale house. The house
has been altered greatly and does not appear to retain many of
the original design elements of the original.
The front of the cottages faced the lake, so the main entrance
was at the back of the cottage and entered into the kitchen. To
the left was a maid’s room. Straight ahead was the living room
with a centrally located fireplace. To the left of the
fireplace, stairs led to the second level. From the living room
doors opened to a porch. Upstairs were four bedrooms. There was
no provision for a bathroom. The lower level was originally 912
square feet including the front porch, the upper 672 for a total
of 1584 square feet.
In
2023, the Thomas Gale Cottage was placed on the market and
existing floor plans were created by Greenridge Realty White
Lake. We adapted these plans and shaded additions to the cottage
since 1897. Courtesy Greenridge Realty.
See additional details...
Size:
7 x 10 B&W photograph.
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Date:
1897
Title:
Thomas H. Gale Cottage, Whitehall, Michigan Second Floor Plan
1897/2023 (1897 - S.088).
Description: Designed in 1897 by Frank Lloyd
Wright. Plans for the Thomas Gale Cottage have not survived in
the Frank Lloyd Wright Foundation archives. But the floor plan
is similar to the plans of the three Mrs. Thomas Gale cottages,
with modifications and slightly larger in size. 24' x 38'
compared to 21' x 36', for a total square foot (both floors) of
1,584 SF compared to 1,323 SF.
The cottage was designed as a summer cottage, and was not
originally occupied year round. Designed by Frank Lloyd Wright
in 1897, five years after he designed the Gale house. The house
has been altered greatly and does not appear to retain many of
the original design elements of the original.
The front of the cottages faced the lake, so the main entrance
was at the back of the cottage and entered into the kitchen. To
the left was a maid’s room. Straight ahead was the living room
with a centrally located fireplace. To the left of the
fireplace, stairs led to the second level. A bathroom and firth
bedroom have been added to the second level. The lower level was
originally 912 square feet including the front porch, the upper
672 for a total of 1584 square feet.
In 2023, the Thomas Gale Cottage was placed on the market and
existing floor plans were created by Greenridge Realty White
Lake. We adapted these plans and shaded additions to the cottage
since 1897. Courtesy Greenridge Realty.
See additional details...
Size:
7 x 10 B&W photograph.
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Date:
1905
Title:
1) Mrs. Thomas Gale Summer Cottages, Whitehall, Michigan, First
Floor Plan 1905 (1909 - S.088.1-3).
Description: First floor plan for three Mrs.
Thomas Gale Summer Cottages. FLLW Foundation #521.01. Designed
in 1905 by Frank Lloyd Wright. The Gale family were early
clients of Frank Lloyd Wright. Brothers
Thomas Gale Residence, Oak Park
(1892 S.016),
Walter Gale Residence, Oak Park
(1893 - S.020), Thomas Gale Summer Cottage, Whitehall, Michigan
(1897 - S.088), Mrs. Thomas Gale Three Summer
Cottages (1909 - S.088:1-3), and the
Mrs. Thomas Gale Residence,
Oak Park (1909 - S.098).
The three rental
cottages used the same floor plans. These cottages were designed
as summer cottages, and were not originally occupied year round.
Originally dated 1905, the Frank Lloyd Wright Foundation updated
the cottages to 1909 after additional records were found. This
is also an early use of the unit system which Frank Lloyd Wright
consistently used in his later designs.
The front of the cottages faced the lake, so the main entrance
was at the back of the cottage and entered into the kitchen. To
the right was a maid’s room. Straight ahead was the living room
with a centrally located fireplace. To the right of the
fireplace, stairs led to the second level. From the living room
doors opened to a porch. Upstairs were four bedrooms. There was
no provision for a bathroom. The lower level was 756 square
feet, the upper 567 for a total of 1323 square feet.
Note: The Frank Lloyd Wright Foundation dated the original plans
“0521,” indicating 1905, but the three cottages were not built
until 1909. This could possibly indicate that Thomas Gale
actually initiated the project, but due to ill health, and his
untimely death, the project was put on hold until Laura Gale
resurrected the project.
Text top right: “Mrs. Thomas Gale, White Lake, Michigan. Summer
Cottage.” Text lower right: “Frank Lloyd Wright, Oak Park,
Illinois.” Text lower left: “0521.01.” Text bottom center:
“First Story Plan.” Courtesy of The Frank Lloyd Wright
Foundation Archives, Avery Architectural Library, Columbia
University. See additional details...
Size:
8 x 10 B&W photograph.
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Date:
1905
Title:
2) Mrs. Thomas Gale Summer Cottages, Whitehall, Michigan, Second
Floor Plan 1905 (1909 - S.088.1-3).
Description: Second floor plan for three Mrs.
Thomas Gale Summer Cottages. FLLW Foundation #521.05. Designed
in 1905 by Frank Lloyd Wright. The Gale family were early
clients of Frank Lloyd Wright. Brothers
Thomas Gale Residence, Oak Park
(1892 S.016),
Walter Gale Residence, Oak Park
(1893 - S.020), Thomas Gale Summer Cottage, Whitehall, Michigan
(1897 - S.088), Mrs. Thomas Gale Three Summer
Cottages (1909 - S.088:1-3), and the
Mrs. Thomas Gale Residence,
Oak Park (1909 - S.098).
The three rental
cottages used the same floor plans. These cottages were designed
as summer cottages, and were not originally occupied year round.
Originally dated 1905, the Frank Lloyd Wright Foundation updated
the cottages to 1909 after additional records were found. This
is also an early use of the unit system which Frank Lloyd Wright
consistently used in his later designs.
The front of the cottages faced the lake, so the main entrance
was at the back of the cottage and entered into the kitchen. To
the right was a maid’s room. Straight ahead was the living room
with a centrally located fireplace. To the right of the
fireplace, stairs led to the second level. From the living room
doors opened to a porch. Upstairs were four bedrooms. There was
no provision for a bathroom. The lower level was 756 square
feet, the upper 567 for a total of 1323 square feet.
Note: The Frank Lloyd Wright Foundation dated the original plans
“0521,” indicating 1905, but the three cottages were not built
until 1909. This could possibly indicate that Thomas Gale
actually initiated the project, but due to ill health, and his
untimely death, the project was put on hold until Laura Gale
resurrected the project.
Text lower left: “First Story Plan.” “0521.05.” Courtesy of The
Frank Lloyd Wright Foundation Archives, Avery Architectural
Library, Columbia University. See
additional details...
Size:
8 x 10 B&W photograph
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Date:
1905
Title:
3) Mrs. Thomas Gale Summer Cottages, Whitehall, Michigan, Front
Elevation1905 (1909 - S.088.1-3).
Description: Front elevation for three Mrs.
Thomas Gale Summer Cottages. FLLW Foundation #521.02. Designed
in 1905 by Frank Lloyd Wright. The Gale family were early
clients of Frank Lloyd Wright. Brothers
Thomas Gale Residence, Oak Park
(1892 S.016),
Walter Gale Residence, Oak Park
(1893 - S.020), Thomas Gale Summer Cottage, Whitehall, Michigan
(1897 - S.088), Mrs. Thomas Gale Three Summer
Cottages (1909 - S.088:1-3), and the
Mrs. Thomas Gale Residence,
Oak Park (1909 - S.098).
The three rental
cottages used the same floor plans. These cottages were designed
as summer cottages, and were not originally occupied year round.
Originally dated 1905, the Frank Lloyd Wright Foundation updated
the cottages to 1909 after additional records were found. This
is also an early use of the unit system which Frank Lloyd Wright
consistently used in his later designs.
The front of the cottages faced the lake, so the main entrance
was at the back of the cottage and entered into the kitchen.
Horizontal bans of windows dominated the first and second floors
of the front elevation. Two rectangular short piers,
approximately 2.5' x 5', possibly planter boxes, projected from
the front elevation on either corner. The lower level was 756
square feet, the upper 567 for a total of 1323 square feet.
Note: The Frank Lloyd Wright Foundation dated the original plans
“0521,” indicating 1905, but the three cottages were not built
until 1909. This could possibly indicate that Thomas Gale
actually initiated the project, but due to ill health, and his
untimely death, the project was put on hold until Laura Gale
resurrected the project.
Text lower left: “Front Elevation.” “0521.02.” Courtesy of The
Frank Lloyd Wright Foundation Archives, Avery Architectural
Library, Columbia University. See
additional details...
Size:
8 x 10 B&W photograph.
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Date:
1905
Title:
4) Mrs. Thomas Gale Summer Cottages,
Whitehall, Michigan, Side Elevation1905 (1909 - S.088.1-3).
Description:
Side elevation for three Mrs. Thomas Gale
Summer Cottages. FLLW Foundation #521.03. Designed in 1905 by
Frank Lloyd Wright. The Gale family were early clients of Frank
Lloyd Wright. Brothers
Thomas Gale Residence, Oak Park
(1892 S.016),
Walter Gale Residence, Oak Park
(1893 - S.020), Thomas Gale Summer Cottage, Whitehall, Michigan
(1897 - S.088), Mrs. Thomas Gale Three Summer
Cottages (1909 - S.088:1-3), and the
Mrs. Thomas Gale Residence,
Oak Park (1909 - S.098).
The three rental cottages used the same floor plans. These
cottages were designed as summer cottages, and were not
originally occupied year round. Originally dated 1905, the Frank
Lloyd Wright Foundation updated the cottages to 1909 after
additional records were found. This is also an early use of the
unit system which Frank Lloyd Wright consistently used in his
later designs.
The front
of the cottages faced the lake, so the main entrance was at the
back of the cottage and entered into the kitchen. Doors from the
livinbg room opened to a 9' x 21' covered porch with slate
floors. Two rectangular short piers, approximately 2.5' x 5',
possibly planter boxes, projected from the front elevation on
either corner. The lower level was 756 square feet, the upper
567 for a total of 1323 square feet.
Note: The Frank Lloyd Wright Foundation dated the original plans
“0521,” indicating 1905, but the three cottages were not built
until 1909. This could possibly indicate that Thomas Gale
actually initiated the project, but due to ill health, and his
untimely death, the project was put on hold until Laura Gale
resurrected the project.
Text lower left: “Side Elevation.” “0521.03.” Courtesy of The
Frank Lloyd Wright Foundation Archives, Avery Architectural
Library, Columbia University. See
additional details...
Size:
8 x 10 B&W photograph.
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Date:
Circa 1970
Title:
Mrs. Thomas Gale Summer Cottages, Whitehall, Michigan, Circa
Early 1970s (1909 - S.088.1-3).
Description: Undated local newspaper article
detailing the Mrs. Thomas Gale Summer Cottages.
Frank Lloyd
Wright Designed Five (Six) Cottages at White Lake. By John A.
Chisholm
Whitehall - Few
White Lakers today are aware of the fact this area can boast
five of the earliest works of the late world famous architect,
Frank Lloyd Wright.
The five, three of which retain the
Wright concept, are in the Birch Brook Subdivision on South
Shore Drive. These three have remained as summer homes. The
other two have been remodeled and altered into year-around
dwellings.
Three summer
homes belong to the Arthur Potter family, Miss Ann Peterson of
Chicago, and her late sister, Helen Peterson, and Todd Lunsford,
of North Muskegon.
Made
into permanent homes have been the dwellings of the Wilfred
Myrmel family and the late OF. G. R. Lundquist. The latter
recently was purchased by Mr. and Mrs. Rudy Cooper, of the
Whiethall District schools faculty.
As related by Arthur Potter, whose parents, Mr. and Mrs. Arthur
C. Potter owned the former Bonne Vista summer resort nearby, the
White Lake community came by these examples of Wright's
architectural ideas through the friendship of Oak Park, Ill.,
summer residents at the turn of the century.The friends were Mr.
and Mrs. Thomas Gale. They had a summer cottage at Birch Brook.
When Mr. Gale died, ownership of what now is the Birch Brook
Subdivision passed to his widow.
The cottage was rented about 1905, to Mr. and Mrs. Frank I.
Ellis. They invited their son and his wife, and his wife's
parents, Mr, and Mrs. Davis, to visit them.
The Davises fell in love with White Lake. Mrs. Gale said that,
if they would sign a three-year lease, she would build a cottage
and rent it to them. She had her friend, the young architect,
Frank Lloyd Wright, design it. The Davises were Chicago
merchants.
The design
was registered in 1906, but the cottage was not built until
1909. This is the cottage now owned by the Arthur Potters. The
Davises ultimately bought the cottage from Mrs. Gale. He died
soon afterward, and the cottage passed to a daughter, Margaret
Davis Ellis, and her husband.
A close friendship developed through the years between Mrs.
Ellis and Arthur Potter. She had been born on Aug. 16 in the
1860's, Mr. Potter said. He was born on Aug. 16, 1930 and this
coincidence resulted in the friendship.
Mrs. Ellis came to White Lake summers until 1955 when she was
injured in a fall and was unable to continue the practice.
Mr. Potter acquired the cottage in 1969. It had been unoccupied
through the years, and required extensive repairs, but Mr.
Potter has taken care to preserve the Wright construction
features.
The cottage is
of two stories with flat, slightly sloping roof and wide eves.
In both stories continuous windows belt the living quarters
forward of the kitchen and bathroom.
The 4-by-4's providing the framework for the siding extend from
the sills to the roof.
The building is rustic inside with stained walls outside.
There are four bedrooms upstairs. French doors separate the
living room from the porch.
Frank Lloyd Wright was born in
Richland Center, Wis., June 8, 1860. He began his career in
Chicago, in 1903. He struck out into unorthodox forms of
residential architecture, suited to new structural methods and
materials.
He became
world famous for his concept of "organic architecture,"
emphasizing the harmonizing of buildings with users and
environment...
Size:
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Date:
Circa 1970
Title:
Mrs. Thomas Gale Summer Cottage #2, Whitehall, Michigan, Circa
Early 1970s (1909 - S.088-2).
Description: View
of the back of the cottage after it was lowered onto the new
foundation. The Potters became owners of Cottage #2 in 1969, and
proceeded the restoration which included a foundation. The
kitchen was extended off the back of the house. A porch is
visible on the right. Board and batten siding is being restored.
Hand written note: “Steve prefers to keep his feet on the
ground.”
The front of
the cottages faced the lake, so the main entrance was at the
back of the cottage and entered into the kitchen. To the right
was a maid’s room. Straight ahead was the living room with a
centrally located fireplace. To the right of the fireplace,
stairs led to the second level. From the living room doors
opened to a porch. Upstairs were four bedrooms. There was no
provision for a bathroom. Courtesy of the Potter Family.
Size:
5 x 5 Color copy photograph.
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Date:
Circa 1970
Title:
Mrs. Thomas Gale Summer Cottage #2, Whitehall, Michigan, Circa
Early 1970s (1909 - S.088-2).
Description: View of the back of the cottage
after restoration was completed. The Potters became owners of
Cottage #2 in 1969, and proceeded the restoration which included
a foundation. The kitchen was extended off the back of the
house. A porch is visible on the right. Board and batten siding
was restored.
The front
of the cottages faced the lake, so the main entrance was at the
back of the cottage and entered into the kitchen. To the right
was a maid’s room. Straight ahead was the living room with a
centrally located fireplace. To the right of the fireplace,
stairs led to the second level. From the living room doors
opened to a porch. Upstairs were four bedrooms. There was no
provision for a bathroom. Courtesy of the Potter Family.
Size:
5 x 5 Color copy photograph.
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Date:
1986
Title:
1) Mrs. Thomas Gale Summer Cottage #1, Whitehall, Michigan, 1986
(1909 - S.088-1).
Description: View of the front of the cottage
from the Northwest. Designed by Frank Lloyd Wright in 1909. The
front of the cottage faced the lake, so the main entrance was at
the back of the cottage and entered into the kitchen. Originally
to the right was a maid’s room. Straight ahead was the living
room with a centrally located fireplace. To the right of the
fireplace, stairs led to the second level. From the living room
doors opened to a porch. Upstairs were four bedrooms. Originally
there was no provision for a bathroom. Photographed by Donald
Zimmer. Courtesy of the Nova Southeastern University, Fort
Lauderdale, Florida. See additional
information...
Size:
10 x 6.75 Color photograph.
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Date:
1986
Title:
2) Mrs. Thomas Gale Summer Cottage #1, Whitehall, Michigan, 1986
(1909 - S.088-1).
Description: View of the side of the cottage from
the West. Designed by Frank Lloyd Wright in 1909. The front of
the cottage faced the lake, so the main entrance was at the back
of the cottage and entered into the kitchen. Originally to the
right was a maid’s room. Straight ahead was the living room with
a centrally located fireplace. To the right of the fireplace,
stairs led to the second level. From the living room doors
opened to a porch. Upstairs were four bedrooms. Originally there
was no provision for a bathroom. Photographed by Donald Zimmer.
Courtesy of the Nova Southeastern University, Fort Lauderdale,
Florida. See additional information...
Size:
10 x 6.75 Color photograph.
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Date:
1986
Title:
3) Mrs. Thomas Gale Summer Cottage #1, Whitehall, Michigan, 1986
(1909 - S.088-1).
Description: View of the back of the cottage from
the South. Designed by Frank Lloyd Wright in 1909. The front of
the cottage faced the lake, so the main entrance was at the back
of the cottage and entered into the kitchen. Originally to the
right was a maid’s room. Straight ahead was the living room with
a centrally located fireplace. To the right of the fireplace,
stairs led to the second level. From the living room doors
opened to a porch. Upstairs were four bedrooms. Originally there
was no provision for a bathroom. Photographed by Donald Zimmer.
Courtesy of the Nova Southeastern University, Fort Lauderdale,
Florida. See additional information...
Size:
10 x 6.75 Color photograph.
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Date:
1986
Title:
1) Mrs. Thomas Gale Summer Cottage #2, Whitehall, Michigan, 1986
(1909 - S.088-2).
Description: View of the back of the cottage from
the Southwest. Designed by Frank Lloyd Wright in 1909. The
Potters became owners of Cottage #2 in 1969, and proceeded the
restoration in the early 1970s which included a foundation. The
kitchen was extended off the back of the house. An uncovered
porch was porch was to the right.
Between the early 1970s and when this photograph was taken in 1986, the
porch on the far right was enclosed, and the board and batten siding was
replaced with vertical siding. The front of the cottage faced the lake, so
the main entrance was at the back of the cottage and entered
into the kitchen. Originally to the right was a maid’s room.
Straight ahead was the living room with a centrally located
fireplace. To the right of the fireplace, stairs led to the
second level. From the living room doors opened to a porch.
Upstairs were four bedrooms. Originally there was no provision
for a bathroom. Photographed by Donald Zimmer. Courtesy of the
Nova Southeastern University, Fort Lauderdale, Florida.
See additional information...
Size:
10 x 6.75 Color photograph.
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1986.143.0823 |
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Date:
1986
Title:
2) Mrs. Thomas Gale Summer Cottage #2, Whitehall, Michigan, 1986
(1909 - S.088-2).
Description: View of the back of
the cottage from the South. Designed by Frank Lloyd Wright in
1909. The Potters became owners of Cottage #2 in 1969, and
proceeded the restoration in the early 1970s which included a
foundation. The kitchen was extended off the back of the house.
An uncovered porch was porch was to the right.
Between the
early 1970s and when this photograph was taken in 1986, the porch on the far
right was enclosed, and the board and batten siding was replaced with
vertical siding. The front of the cottage faced the lake, so the main
entrance was at the back of the cottage and entered into the
kitchen. Originally to the right was a maid’s room. Straight
ahead was the living room with a centrally located fireplace. To
the right of the fireplace, stairs led to the second level. From
the living room doors opened to a porch. Upstairs were four
bedrooms. Originally there was no provision for a bathroom.
Photographed by Donald Zimmer. Courtesy of the Nova Southeastern
University, Fort Lauderdale, Florida.
See additional information...
Size:
10 x 6.75 Color photograph.
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Date:
2021
Title:
Thomas H. Gale Cottage, Whitehall, Michigan 2021 (1897 - S.088).
Description: Set of 13 exterior photographs of
the Thomas Gale Summer Cottage. Designed in 1897 by Frank Lloyd
Wright. The Gale family were early clients of Frank Lloyd
Wright. Brothers
Thomas Gale Residence, Oak Park
(1892 S.016),
Walter Gale Residence, Oak Park
(1893 - S.020), Thomas Gale Summer Cottage, Whitehall, Michigan
(1897 - S.088), Mrs. Thomas Gale Three Summer
Cottages (1909 - S.088:1-3), and the
Mrs. Thomas Gale Residence,
Oak Park (1909 - S.098). Plans for the
Thomas Gale Cottage have not survived in the Frank Lloyd Wright
Foundation archives. But the floor plan is similar to the plans
of the three Mrs. Thomas Gale cottages, with...
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Size:
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Date:
2021
Title:
Mrs. Thomas Gale Summer Cottage #1, Whitehall, Michigan, 2021
(1909 - S.088-1).
Description:
Set of 31 exterior photographs of the Mrs. Thomas Gale Summer
Cottage 1. Designed in 1909 by Frank Lloyd Wright. The Gale
family were early clients of Frank Lloyd Wright. Brothers
Thomas Gale Residence, Oak Park
(1892 S.016),
Walter Gale Residence, Oak Park
(1893 - S.020), Thomas Gale Summer Cottage, Whitehall, Michigan
(1897 - S.088), Mrs. Thomas Gale Three Summer
Cottages (1909 - S.088:1-3), and the
Mrs. Thomas Gale Residence,
Oak Park (1909 - S.098). The three rental cottages used
the same floor plans. These cottages were designed as summer
cottages, and were not originally occupied year round.
Originally dated 1905, the Frank Lloyd Wright Foundation...
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Date:
2021
Title:
Mrs. Thomas Gale Summer Cottage #2, Whitehall, Michigan, 2021
(1909 - S.088-2).
Description: Set of 24 exterior
and interior photographs of the Mrs. Thomas Gale Summer Cottage
2. Designed in 1909 by Frank Lloyd Wright. The Gale family were
early clients of Frank Lloyd Wright. Brothers
Thomas Gale Residence, Oak Park
(1892 S.016),
Walter Gale Residence, Oak Park
(1893 - S.020), Thomas Gale Summer Cottage, Whitehall, Michigan
(1897 - S.088), Mrs. Thomas Gale Three Summer
Cottages (1909 - S.088:1-3), and the
Mrs. Thomas Gale Residence,
Oak Park (1909 - S.098).
The
three rental cottages used the same floor plans. These cottages
were designed as summer cottages, and were not originally
occupied year round... Continue...
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Date:
2021
Title:
Mrs. Thomas Gale Summer Cottage #3, Whitehall, Michigan, 2021
(1909 - S.088-3).
Description: Set of 8 exterior photographs of the
Mrs. Thomas Gale Summer Cottage 3. Designed in 1909 by Frank
Lloyd Wright. The Gale family were early clients of Frank Lloyd
Wright. Brothers
Thomas Gale Residence, Oak Park
(1892 S.016),
Walter Gale Residence, Oak Park
(1893 - S.020), Thomas Gale Summer Cottage, Whitehall, Michigan
(1897 - S.088), Mrs. Thomas Gale Three Summer
Cottages (1909 - S.088:1-3), and the
Mrs. Thomas Gale Residence,
Oak Park (1909 - S.098).
The three rental cottages used the same floor plans. These
cottages were designed as summer cottages, and were not
originally occupied year round... Continue...
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Thomas H. Gale Cottage, Whitehall, Michigan First Floor Plan
1897/2023 (1897 - S.088).
Designed in 1897 by Frank Lloyd
Wright. Plans for the Thomas Gale Cottage have not survived in
the Frank Lloyd Wright Foundation archives. But the floor plan
is similar to the plans of the three Mrs. Thomas Gale cottages,
with modifications and slightly larger in size. 24' x 38'
compared to 21' x 36', for a total square foot (both floors) of
1,584 SF compared to 1,323 SF.
The front of the cottages faced the lake, so the main entrance
was at the back of the cottage and entered into the kitchen. To
the left was a maid’s room. Straight ahead was the living room
with a centrally located fireplace. To the left of the
fireplace, stairs led to the second level. From the living room
doors opened to a porch. Upstairs were four bedrooms. There was
no provision for a bathroom. The lower level was originally 912
square feet including the front porch, the upper 672 for a total
of 1584 square feet. In 2023, the Thomas Gale Cottage was placed
on the market and existing floor plans were created by
Greenridge Realty White Lake. We adapted these plans and
shaded additions to the cottage since 1897. (S#0026.12.0923) |
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Thomas H. Gale Cottage, Whitehall, Michigan Second Floor Plan
1897/2023 (1897 - S.088).
Designed in 1897 by Frank Lloyd
Wright. Plans for the Thomas Gale Cottage have not survived in
the Frank Lloyd Wright Foundation archives. But the floor plan
is similar to the plans of the three Mrs. Thomas Gale cottages,
with modifications and slightly larger in size. 24' x 38'
compared to 21' x 36', for a total square foot (both floors) of
1,584 SF compared to 1,323 SF. The front of the cottages faced the lake, so the main entrance
was at the back of the cottage and entered into the kitchen. To
the left was a maid’s room. Straight ahead was the living room
with a centrally located fireplace. To the left of the
fireplace, stairs led to the second level. A bathroom and firth
bedroom have been added to the second level. The lower level was
originally 912 square feet including the front porch, the upper
672 for a total of 1584 square feet. In 2023, the Thomas Gale Cottage was placed on the market and
existing floor plans were created by Greenridge Realty White
Lake. We adapted these plans and shaded additions to the cottage
since 1897. (S#0026.13.0923) |
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THOMAS GALE SUMMER COTTAGE (2021) |
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Thomas
H. Gale Cottage, Whitehall, Michigan 2021 (1897 - S.088).
Set of 13 exterior photographs of the Thomas Gale Summer
Cottage. Designed in 1897 by Frank Lloyd Wright.
The Gale family were early clients of Frank Lloyd Wright.
Brothers
Thomas Gale Residence, Oak Park
(1892 S.016),
Walter Gale Residence, Oak Park
(1893 - S.020), Thomas Gale Summer Cottage, Whitehall, Michigan
(1897 - S.088), Mrs. Thomas Gale Three Summer
Cottages (1909 - S.088:1-3), and the
Mrs. Thomas Gale Residence,
Oak Park (1909 - S.098).
Plans for the Thomas Gale Cottage have not survived in the
Frank Lloyd Wright Foundation archives. But the floor plan
is similar to the plans of the three Mrs. Thomas Gale
cottages, with modifications and slightly larger in size.
24' x 38' compared to 21' x 36', for a total square foot
(both floors) of 1,584 SF compared to 1,323 SF.
The cottage was designed as a summer cottage, and was not
originally occupied year round. Designed by Frank Lloyd
Wright in 1897, five years after he designed the Gale house.
The house has been altered greatly and does not appear to
retain many of the original design elements of the original.
The front of the
cottages faced the lake, so the main entrance is at the back
of the cottage and entered into the kitchen. To the right
was a maid’s room. Straight ahead was the living room with a
centrally located fireplace. To the left of the fireplace,
stairs led to the second level. From the living room
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opened to a porch. Upstairs were four bedrooms. There was no provision for a bathroom.
The lower level was originally 912 square feet including the
front porch, the upper 672 for a total of 1584 square feet.
Thomas
H. Gale (August 20, 1866 - March 20, 1907), was in the Real
Estate and Mortgage business. Laura Robeson Gale (April 17,
1869 - August 25, 1943). The Muskegon County Historic
Resource Survey, State of Michigan reported that Thomas Gale
and his friend Walter Gerts, established the Birch Brook
Subdivision in Whitehall in 1896. Of the seventeen cottages
in the subdivision six were designed by Frank Lloyd Wright.
The two men had married sisters and both lived in Oak Park,
Illinois.
In an
article published in a local Michigan newspaper, from the
early 70s (not dated), Arthur Potter (Cottage #2) recorded
some of the local history. Mr. and Mrs. Thomas Gale had a
summer cottage at Birch Brook (built in 1897). When Mr. Gale
died, ownership of what now is the Birch Brook Subdivision
passed to his wife Gale.
Set of 13 exterior photographs of the Thomas Gale Cottage,
photographed by Douglas M. Steiner on September 20, 2021.
Our intent is to record the details that create the totality
of the design, creating a complete picture, as-well-as the
present condition of the home. In an effort to expedite
adding these photographs to this website, we have dispensed
with a description for each photograph. Original 23 X 15
high res digital images.
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Whitehall, Michigan, 2021 (1897 - S.088). 23 x 15 high
res digital image photographed by Douglas M. Steiner on
September 20, 2021. Copyright 2023, Douglas M. Steiner.
(ST#2021.42.0823-1) |
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| 2) Thomas Gale Summer Cottage,
Whitehall, Michigan, 2021 (1897 - S.088). 23 x 15 high
res digital image photographed by Douglas M. Steiner on
September 20, 2021. Copyright 2023, Douglas M. Steiner.
(ST#2021.42.0823-2) |
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| 3) Thomas Gale Summer Cottage,
Whitehall, Michigan, 2021 (1897 - S.088). 23 x 15 high
res digital image photographed by Douglas M. Steiner on
September 20, 2021. Copyright 2023, Douglas M. Steiner.
(ST#2021.42.0823-3) |
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| 4) Thomas Gale Summer Cottage,
Whitehall, Michigan, 2021 (1897 - S.088). 23 x 15 high
res digital image photographed by Douglas M. Steiner on
September 20, 2021. Copyright 2023, Douglas M. Steiner.
(ST#2021.42.0823-4) |
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| 5) Thomas Gale Summer Cottage,
Whitehall, Michigan, 2021 (1897 - S.088). 23 x 15 high
res digital image photographed by Douglas M. Steiner on
September 20, 2021. Copyright 2023, Douglas M. Steiner.
(ST#2021.42.0823-5) |
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| 6) Thomas Gale Summer Cottage,
Whitehall, Michigan, 2021 (1897 - S.088). 23 x 15 high
res digital image photographed by Douglas M. Steiner on
September 20, 2021. Copyright 2023, Douglas M. Steiner.
(ST#2021.42.0823-6) |
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| 7) Thomas Gale Summer Cottage,
Whitehall, Michigan, 2021 (1897 - S.088). 23 x 15 high
res digital image photographed by Douglas M. Steiner on
September 20, 2021. Copyright 2023, Douglas M. Steiner.
(ST#2021.42.0823-7) |
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| 8) Thomas Gale Summer Cottage,
Whitehall, Michigan, 2021 (1897 - S.088). 23 x 15 high
res digital image photographed by Douglas M. Steiner on
September 20, 2021. Copyright 2023, Douglas M. Steiner.
(ST#2021.42.0823-8) |
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| 9) Thomas Gale Summer Cottage,
Whitehall, Michigan, 2021 (1897 - S.088). 23 x 15 high
res digital image photographed by Douglas M. Steiner on
September 20, 2021. Copyright 2023, Douglas M. Steiner.
(ST#2021.42.0823-9) |
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| 10) Thomas Gale Summer Cottage,
Whitehall, Michigan, 2021 (1897 - S.088). 23 x 15 high
res digital image photographed by Douglas M. Steiner on
September 20, 2021. Copyright 2023, Douglas M. Steiner.
(ST#2021.42.0823-10) |
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| 11) Thomas Gale Summer Cottage,
Whitehall, Michigan, 2021 (1897 - S.088). 23 x 15 high
res digital image photographed by Douglas M. Steiner on
September 20, 2021. Copyright 2023, Douglas M. Steiner.
(ST#2021.42.0823-11) |
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| 12) Thomas Gale Summer Cottage,
Whitehall, Michigan, 2021 (1897 - S.088). 23 x 15 high
res digital image photographed by Douglas M. Steiner on
September 20, 2021. Copyright 2023, Douglas M. Steiner.
(ST#2021.42.0823-12) |
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| 13) Thomas Gale Summer Cottage,
Whitehall, Michigan, 2021 (1897 - S.088). 23 x 15 high
res digital image photographed by Douglas M. Steiner on
September 20, 2021. Copyright 2023, Douglas M. Steiner.
(ST#2021.42.0823-13) |
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MRS. GALE SUMMER COTTAGES: FLOOR PLANS &
ELEVATIONS |
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FIRST FLOOR PLAN
SECOND FLOOR PLAN
FRONT ELEVATION
SIDE ELEVATION |
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COTTAGE FIRST FLOOR PLAN |
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1) Mrs. Thomas Gale Summer
Cottages, Whitehall, Michigan, First Floor Plan 1905 (1909 -
S.088.1-3). First floor plan for three Mrs. Thomas Gale
Summer Cottages. FLLW Foundation #521.01. The three rental
cottages used the same floor plans. These cottages were
designed as summer cottages, and were not originally
occupied year round. Originally dated 1905, the Frank Lloyd
Wright Foundation updated the cottages to 1909 after
additional records were found. This is also an early use of
the unit system which Frank Lloyd Wright consistently used
in his later designs.
The front of the cottages faced the lake, so the main
entrance was at the back of the cottage and entered into the
kitchen. To the right was a maid’s room. Straight ahead was
the living room with a centrally located fireplace. To the
right of the fireplace, stairs led to the second level. From
the living room doors opened to a porch. Upstairs were four
bedrooms. There was no provision for a bathroom. The lower
level was 756 square feet, the upper 567 for a total of 1323
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Gale Summer Cottages, Whitehall, Michigan, First Floor Plan
1905 (1909 - S.088.1-3). |
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COTTAGE SECOND FLOOR PLAN |
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1) Mrs. Thomas Gale Summer
Cottages, Whitehall, Michigan, Second Floor Plan 1905 (1909
- S.088.1-3). Second floor plan for three Mrs. Thomas Gale
Summer Cottages. FLLW Foundation #521.05. The three rental
cottages used the same floor plans. These cottages were
designed as summer cottages, and were not originally
occupied year round. Originally dated 1905, the Frank Lloyd
Wright Foundation updated the cottages to 1909 after
additional records were found. This is also an early use of
the unit system which Frank Lloyd Wright consistently used
in his later designs.
The front of the cottages faced the lake, so the main
entrance was at the back of the cottage and entered into the
kitchen. To the right was a maid’s room. Straight ahead was
the living room with a centrally located fireplace. To the
right of the fireplace, stairs led to the second level. From
the living room doors opened to a porch. Upstairs were four
bedrooms. There was no provision for a bathroom. The lower
level was 756 square feet, the upper 567 for a total of 1323
square feet. |
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1) Mrs. Thomas Gale Summer
Cottages, Whitehall, Michigan, Front Elevation1905 (1909 -
S.088.1-3). Front elevation for three Mrs. Thomas Gale
Summer Cottages. FLLW Foundation #521.02. Designed in 1905
by Frank Lloyd Wright. The three rental cottages used the
same floor plans. These cottages were designed as summer
cottages, and were not originally occupied year round.
Originally dated 1905, the Frank Lloyd Wright Foundation
updated the cottages to 1909 after additional records were
found. This is also an early use of the unit system which
Frank Lloyd Wright consistently used in his later designs.
The front of the cottages faced the lake, so the main
entrance was at the back of the cottage and entered into the
kitchen. Horizontal bans of windows dominated the first and
second floors of the front elevation. Two rectangular short
piers, approximately 2.5' x 5', possibly planter boxes,
projected from the front elevation on either corner. |
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1) Mrs. Thomas Gale Summer
Cottages, Whitehall, Michigan, Side Elevation1905 (1909 -
S.088.1-3). Side elevation for three Mrs. Thomas Gale Summer
Cottages. FLLW Foundation #521.03. The three rental cottages
used the same floor plans. These cottages were designed as
summer cottages, and were not originally occupied year
round. Originally dated 1905, the Frank Lloyd Wright
Foundation updated the cottages to 1909 after additional
records were found. This is also an early use of the unit
system which Frank Lloyd Wright consistently used in his
later designs. The front of the cottages faced the lake, so
the main entrance was at the back of the cottage and entered
into the kitchen. Doors from the livinbg room opened to a 9'
x 21' covered porch with slate floors. Two rectangular short
piers, approximately 2.5' x 5', possibly planter boxes,
projected from the front elevation on either corner. |
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MRS. THOMAS GALE SUMMER COTTAGE #1 (1909 - S.088.1) |
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GALE SUMMER COTTAGE #1 (1986) |
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1) Mrs. Thomas Gale Summer Cottage
#1, Whitehall, Michigan, 1986 (1909 - S.088-1). View of the
front of the cottage from the Northwest. Designed by Frank
Lloyd Wright in 1909. The front of the cottage faced the
lake, so the main entrance was at the back of the cottage
and entered into the kitchen. Originally to the right was a
maid’s room. Straight ahead was the living room with a
centrally located fireplace. To the right of the fireplace,
stairs led to the second level. From the living room doors
opened to a porch. Upstairs were four bedrooms. Originally
there was no provision for a bathroom. Photographed by
Donald Zimmer. (ST#1986.145.0823) |
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2) Mrs. Thomas Gale Summer Cottage
#1, Whitehall, Michigan, 1986 (1909 - S.088-1). View of the
side of the cottage from the West. Designed by Frank Lloyd
Wright in 1909. The front of the cottage faced the lake, so
the main entrance was at the back of the cottage and entered
into the kitchen. Originally to the right was a maid’s room.
Straight ahead was the living room with a centrally located
fireplace. To the right of the fireplace, stairs led to the
second level. From the living room doors opened to a porch.
Upstairs were four bedrooms. Originally there was no
provision for a bathroom. Photographed by Donald Zimmer.
(ST#1986.146.0823) |
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3) Mrs. Thomas Gale Summer Cottage
#1, Whitehall, Michigan, 1986 (1909 - S.088-1). View of the
back of the cottage from the South. Designed by Frank Lloyd
Wright in 1909. The front of the cottage faced the lake, so
the main entrance was at the back of the cottage and entered
into the kitchen. Originally to the right was a maid’s room.
Straight ahead was the living room with a centrally located
fireplace. To the right of the fireplace, stairs led to the
second level. From the living room doors opened to a porch.
Upstairs were four bedrooms. Originally there was no
provision for a bathroom. Photographed by Donald Zimmer.
(ST#1986.147.0823) |
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GALE SUMMER COTTAGE #1 (2021) |
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Mrs. Thomas Gale Summer Cottage #1,
Whitehall, Michigan, 2021 (1909 - S.088-1). Set of 31
exterior photographs of the Mrs. Thomas Gale Summer Cottage
1. Designed in 1909 by Frank Lloyd Wright. The Gale family
were early clients of Frank Lloyd Wright. Brothers
Thomas Gale Residence, Oak Park
(1892 S.016),
Walter Gale Residence, Oak Park
(1893 - S.020), Thomas Gale Summer Cottage, Whitehall, Michigan
(1897 - S.088), Mrs. Thomas Gale Three Summer
Cottages (1909 - S.088:1-3), and the
Mrs. Thomas Gale Residence,
Oak Park (1909 - S.098).
The three rental cottages used the same floor plans. These
cottages were designed as summer cottages, and were not
originally occupied year round. Originally dated 1905, the
Frank Lloyd Wright Foundation updated the cottages to 1909
after additional records were found. This is also an early
use of the unit system which Frank Lloyd Wright consistently
used in his later designs.
Of the three cottages, this cottage retains more of the
exterior design elements than #2 and #3. Board and batten
siding, covered front porch, doors dividing the living room
from the front porch, possibly original windows (that still
open outward), and two rectangular short piers, projecting
from the front elevation on either corner.
The front of the cottages faced the lake, so the main
entrance is at the back of the cottage and entered into the
kitchen. To the right was a maid’s room. Straight ahead was
the living room with a centrally located fireplace. To the
right of the fireplace, stairs led to the second level. From
the living room doors opened to a porch. Upstairs were four
bedrooms. There was no provision for a bathroom. The lower
level was 756 square feet, the upper 567 for a total of 1323
square feet.
Thomas
H. Gale (August 20, 1866 - March 20, 1907), was in the Real
Estate and Mortgage business. Laura Robeson Gale (April 17,
1869 - August 25, 1943). The Muskegon County Historic
Resource Survey, State of Michigan reported that Thomas Gale
and his friend Walter Gerts, established the Birch Brook
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Subdivision in Whitehall in
1896. Of the seventeen cottages in the subdivision six were
designed by Frank Lloyd Wright. The two men had married
sisters and both lived in Oak Park, Illinois.
In an article published in a local Michigan newspaper, from
the early 70s (not dated), Arthur Potter (Cottage #2)
recorded some of the local history. Mr. and Mrs. Thomas Gale
had a summer cottage at Birch Brook (built in 1897). When
Mr. Gale died, ownership of what now is the Birch Brook
Subdivision passed to his wife Gale. The cottage was rented
about 1905, to Mr. and Mrs. Frank I. Ellis. They invited
their son and his wife, and his wife's parents, Mr, and Mrs.
Davis, to visit them. The Davises fell in love with White
Lake. Mrs. Gale said that, if they would sign a three-year
lease, she would build a cottage and rent it to them. She
had her friend, the young architect, Frank Lloyd Wright,
design it. The design was registered in 1906, but the
cottage was not built until 1909. This is the cottage now
owned by the Arthur Potters (Cottage #2)
Note: The Frank Lloyd Wright Foundation dated the original
plans “0521,” indicating 1905, but the three cottages were
not built until 1909. This could possibly indicate that
Thomas Gale actually initiated the project, but due to ill
health, and his untimely death, the project was put on hold
until Laura Gale resurrected the project.
Over the past 110 plus years, a foundation was added, it was
upgraded to a year round residence, the first floor was
partially extended in the back, a bathroom added, the front
porch enclosed (with screens only), and a one story addition
added to the West side.
Set of 31 exterior photographs of the Mrs. Thomas Gale
Summer Cottage 1, photographed by Douglas M. Steiner on
September 20, 2021. Our intent is to record the details that
create the totality of the design, creating a complete
picture, as-well-as the present condition of the home. In an
effort to expedite adding these photographs to this website,
we have dispensed with a description for each photograph.
Original 23 X 15 high res digital images.
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| 1) Mrs. Thomas Gale Summer Cottage
#1, Whitehall, Michigan, 2021 (1909 - S.088.1). 23 x 15 high
res digital image photographed by Douglas M. Steiner on
September 20, 2021. Copyright 2023, Douglas M. Steiner.
(ST#2021.41.0823-1) |
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| 2) Mrs. Thomas Gale Summer Cottage
#1, Whitehall, Michigan, 2021 (1909 - S.088.1). 23 x 15 high
res digital image photographed by Douglas M. Steiner on
September 20, 2021. Copyright 2023, Douglas M. Steiner.
(ST#2021.41.0823-2) |
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| 3) Mrs. Thomas Gale Summer Cottage
#1, Whitehall, Michigan, 2021 (1909 - S.088.1). 23 x 15 high
res digital image photographed by Douglas M. Steiner on
September 20, 2021. Copyright 2023, Douglas M. Steiner.
(ST#2021.41.0823-3) |
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| 4) Mrs. Thomas Gale Summer Cottage
#1, Whitehall, Michigan, 2021 (1909 - S.088.1). 23 x 15 high
res digital image photographed by Douglas M. Steiner on
September 20, 2021. Copyright 2023, Douglas M. Steiner.
(ST#2021.41.0823-4) |
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| 5) Mrs. Thomas Gale Summer Cottage
#1, Whitehall, Michigan, 2021 (1909 - S.088.1). 23 x 15 high
res digital image photographed by Douglas M. Steiner on
September 20, 2021. Copyright 2023, Douglas M. Steiner.
(ST#2021.41.0823-5) |
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| 6) Mrs. Thomas Gale Summer Cottage
#1, Whitehall, Michigan, 2021 (1909 - S.088.1). 23 x 15 high
res digital image photographed by Douglas M. Steiner on
September 20, 2021. Copyright 2023, Douglas M. Steiner.
(ST#2021.41.0823-6) |
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| 7) Mrs. Thomas Gale Summer Cottage
#1, Whitehall, Michigan, 2021 (1909 - S.088.1). 23 x 15 high
res digital image photographed by Douglas M. Steiner on
September 20, 2021. Copyright 2023, Douglas M. Steiner.
(ST#2021.41.0823-7) |
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| 8) Mrs. Thomas Gale Summer Cottage
#1, Whitehall, Michigan, 2021 (1909 - S.088.1). 23 x 15 high
res digital image photographed by Douglas M. Steiner on
September 20, 2021. Copyright 2023, Douglas M. Steiner.
(ST#2021.41.0823-8) |
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| 9) Mrs. Thomas Gale Summer Cottage
#1, Whitehall, Michigan, 2021 (1909 - S.088.1). 23 x 15 high
res digital image photographed by Douglas M. Steiner on
September 20, 2021. Copyright 2023, Douglas M. Steiner.
(ST#2021.41.0823-9) |
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| 10) Mrs. Thomas Gale Summer Cottage
#1, Whitehall, Michigan, 2021 (1909 - S.088.1). 23 x 15 high
res digital image photographed by Douglas M. Steiner on
September 20, 2021. Copyright 2023, Douglas M. Steiner.
(ST#2021.41.0823-10) |
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| 11) Mrs. Thomas Gale Summer Cottage
#1, Whitehall, Michigan, 2021 (1909 - S.088.1). 23 x 15 high
res digital image photographed by Douglas M. Steiner on
September 20, 2021. Copyright 2023, Douglas M. Steiner.
(ST#2021.41.0823-11) |
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| 12) Mrs. Thomas Gale Summer Cottage
#1, Whitehall, Michigan, 2021 (1909 - S.088.1). 23 x 15 high
res digital image photographed by Douglas M. Steiner on
September 20, 2021. Copyright 2023, Douglas M. Steiner.
(ST#2021.41.0823-12) |
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| 13) Mrs. Thomas Gale Summer Cottage
#1, Whitehall, Michigan, 2021 (1909 - S.088.1). 23 x 15 high
res digital image photographed by Douglas M. Steiner on
September 20, 2021. Copyright 2023, Douglas M. Steiner.
(ST#2021.41.0823-13) |
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| 14) Mrs. Thomas Gale Summer Cottage
#1, Whitehall, Michigan, 2021 (1909 - S.088.1). 23 x 15 high
res digital image photographed by Douglas M. Steiner on
September 20, 2021. Copyright 2023, Douglas M. Steiner.
(ST#2021.41.0823-14) |
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| 15) Mrs. Thomas Gale Summer Cottage
#1, Whitehall, Michigan, 2021 (1909 - S.088.1). 23 x 15 high
res digital image photographed by Douglas M. Steiner on
September 20, 2021. Copyright 2023, Douglas M. Steiner.
(ST#2021.41.0823-15) |
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| 16) Mrs. Thomas Gale Summer Cottage
#1, Whitehall, Michigan, 2021 (1909 - S.088.1). 23 x 15 high
res digital image photographed by Douglas M. Steiner on
September 20, 2021. Copyright 2023, Douglas M. Steiner.
(ST#2021.41.0823-16) |
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| 17) Mrs. Thomas Gale Summer Cottage
#1, Whitehall, Michigan, 2021 (1909 - S.088.1). 23 x 15 high
res digital image photographed by Douglas M. Steiner on
September 20, 2021. Copyright 2023, Douglas M. Steiner.
(ST#2021.41.0823-17) |
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| 18) Mrs. Thomas Gale Summer Cottage
#1, Whitehall, Michigan, 2021 (1909 - S.088.1). 23 x 15 high
res digital image photographed by Douglas M. Steiner on
September 20, 2021. Copyright 2023, Douglas M. Steiner.
(ST#2021.41.0823-18) |
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| 19) Mrs. Thomas Gale Summer Cottage
#1, Whitehall, Michigan, 2021 (1909 - S.088.1). 23 x 15 high
res digital image photographed by Douglas M. Steiner on
September 20, 2021. Copyright 2023, Douglas M. Steiner.
(ST#2021.41.0823-19) |
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| 20) Mrs. Thomas Gale Summer Cottage
#1, Whitehall, Michigan, 2021 (1909 - S.088.1). 23 x 15 high
res digital image photographed by Douglas M. Steiner on
September 20, 2021. Copyright 2023, Douglas M. Steiner.
(ST#2021.41.0823-20) |
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| 21) Mrs. Thomas Gale Summer Cottage
#1, Whitehall, Michigan, 2021 (1909 - S.088.1). 23 x 15 high
res digital image photographed by Douglas M. Steiner on
September 20, 2021. Copyright 2023, Douglas M. Steiner.
(ST#2021.41.0823-21) |
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| 22) Mrs. Thomas Gale Summer Cottage
#1, Whitehall, Michigan, 2021 (1909 - S.088.1). 23 x 15 high
res digital image photographed by Douglas M. Steiner on
September 20, 2021. Copyright 2023, Douglas M. Steiner.
(ST#2021.41.0823-22) |
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| 23) Mrs. Thomas Gale Summer Cottage
#1, Whitehall, Michigan, 2021 (1909 - S.088.1). 23 x 15 high
res digital image photographed by Douglas M. Steiner on
September 20, 2021. Copyright 2023, Douglas M. Steiner.
(ST#2021.41.0823-23) |
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| 24) Mrs. Thomas Gale Summer Cottage
#1, Whitehall, Michigan, 2021 (1909 - S.088.1). 23 x 15 high
res digital image photographed by Douglas M. Steiner on
September 20, 2021. Copyright 2023, Douglas M. Steiner.
(ST#2021.41.0823-24) |
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| 25) Mrs. Thomas Gale Summer Cottage
#1, Whitehall, Michigan, 2021 (1909 - S.088.1). 23 x 15 high
res digital image photographed by Douglas M. Steiner on
September 20, 2021. Copyright 2023, Douglas M. Steiner.
(ST#2021.41.0823-25) |
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| 26) Mrs. Thomas Gale Summer Cottage
#1, Whitehall, Michigan, 2021 (1909 - S.088.1). 23 x 15 high
res digital image photographed by Douglas M. Steiner on
September 20, 2021. Copyright 2023, Douglas M. Steiner.
(ST#2021.41.0823-26) |
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| 27) Mrs. Thomas Gale Summer Cottage
#1, Whitehall, Michigan, 2021 (1909 - S.088.1). 23 x 15 high
res digital image photographed by Douglas M. Steiner on
September 20, 2021. Copyright 2023, Douglas M. Steiner.
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| 28) Mrs. Thomas Gale Summer Cottage
#1, Whitehall, Michigan, 2021 (1909 - S.088.1). 23 x 15 high
res digital image photographed by Douglas M. Steiner on
September 20, 2021. Copyright 2023, Douglas M. Steiner.
(ST#2021.41.0823-28) |
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| 29) Mrs. Thomas Gale Summer Cottage
#1, Whitehall, Michigan, 2021 (1909 - S.088.1). 23 x 15 high
res digital image photographed by Douglas M. Steiner on
September 20, 2021. Copyright 2023, Douglas M. Steiner.
(ST#2021.41.0823-29) |
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| 30) Mrs. Thomas Gale Summer Cottage
#1, Whitehall, Michigan, 2021 (1909 - S.088.1). 23 x 15 high
res digital image photographed by Douglas M. Steiner on
September 20, 2021. Copyright 2023, Douglas M. Steiner.
(ST#2021.41.0823-30) |
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| 31) Mrs. Thomas Gale Summer Cottage
#1, Whitehall, Michigan, 2021 (1909 - S.088.1). 23 x 15 high
res digital image photographed by Douglas M. Steiner on
September 20, 2021. Copyright 2023, Douglas M. Steiner.
(ST#2021.41.0823-31) |
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MRS. THOMAS GALE SUMMER COTTAGE #2 (1909 - S.088.2) |
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GALE SUMMER COTTAGE #2 (1986) |
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1) Mrs. Thomas Gale Summer Cottage
#2, Whitehall, Michigan, 1986 (1909 - S.088-2). View of the
back of the cottage from the Southwest. Designed by Frank
Lloyd Wright in 1909. The Potters became owners of Cottage
#2 in 1969, and proceeded the restoration in the early 1970s
which included a foundation. The kitchen was extended off
the back of the house. An uncovered porch was porch was to
the right.
Between the early 1970s and when this photograph was taken in 1986, the
porch on the far right was enclosed, and the board and batten siding was
replaced with vertical siding. The front of the cottage faced the lake, so
the main entrance was at the back of the cottage and entered
into the kitchen. Originally to the right was a maid’s room.
Straight ahead was the living room with a centrally located
fireplace. To the right of the fireplace, stairs led to the
second level. From the living room doors opened to a porch.
Upstairs were four bedrooms. Originally there was no
provision for a bathroom. Photographed by Donald Zimmer.
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2) Mrs. Thomas Gale Summer Cottage #2,
Whitehall, Michigan, 1986 (1909 - S.088-2). View of the back
of the cottage from the South. Designed by Frank Lloyd
Wright in 1909. The Potters became owners of Cottage #2 in
1969, and proceeded the restoration in the early 1970s which
included a foundation. The kitchen was extended off the back
of the house. An uncovered porch was porch was to the right. Between the
early 1970s and when this photograph was taken in 1986, the porch on the far
right was enclosed, and the board and batten siding was replaced with
vertical siding. The front of the cottage faced the lake, so the main
entrance was at the back of the cottage and entered into the
kitchen. Originally to the right was a maid’s room. Straight
ahead was the living room with a centrally located
fireplace. To the right of the fireplace, stairs led to the
second level. From the living room doors opened to a porch.
Upstairs were four bedrooms. Originally there was no
provision for a bathroom. Photographed by Donald Zimmer.
(ST#1986.144.0823) |
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GALE SUMMER COTTAGE #2 (2021) |
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Mrs. Thomas Gale Summer
Cottage #2, Whitehall, Michigan, 2021 (1909 - S.088.2). Set
of 24 exterior and interior photographs of the Mrs. Thomas
Gale Summer Cottage 2. Designed in 1909 by Frank Lloyd
Wright. The
Gale family were early clients of Frank Lloyd Wright.
Brothers
Thomas Gale Residence, Oak Park
(1892 S.016),
Walter Gale Residence, Oak Park
(1893 - S.020), Thomas Gale Summer Cottage, Whitehall, Michigan
(1897 - S.088), Mrs. Thomas Gale Three Summer
Cottages (1909 - S.088:1-3), and the
Mrs. Thomas Gale Residence,
Oak Park (1909 - S.098).
The three
rental cottages used the same floor plans. These cottages
were designed as summer cottages, and were not originally
occupied year round. Originally dated 1905, the Frank Lloyd
Wright Foundation updated the cottages to 1909 after
additional records were found. This is also an early used of
the unit system which Frank Lloyd Wright consistently used
in his later designs.
The front of the cottages faced the lake, so the main
entrance was at the back of the cottage and entered into the
kitchen. To the right was a maid’s room. Straight ahead was
the living room with a centrally located fireplace. To the
right of the fireplace, stairs led to the second level. From
the living room doors opened to a porch. Upstairs were four
bedrooms. There was no provision for a bathroom. The lower
level was 756 square feet, the upper 567 for a total of 1323
square feet.
Thomas
H. Gale (August 20, 1866 - March 20, 1907), was in the Real
Estate and Mortgage business. Laura Robeson Gale (April 17,
1869 - August 25, 1943). The Muskegon County Historic
Resource Survey, State of Michigan reported that Thomas Gale
and his friend Walter Gerts, established the Birch Brook
Subdivision in Whitehall in 1896. Of the seventeen cottages
in the subdivision six were designed by Frank Lloyd Wright.
The two men had married sisters and both lived in Oak Park,
Illinois.
In an
article published in a local Michigan newspaper, from the
early 70s (not dated), Arthur Potter past recored some of
the local history. Mr. and Mrs. Thomas Gale had a summer
cottage at Birch Brook (built in 1897).
When Mr. Gale died, ownership of what now is the Birch Brook
Subdivision passed to his wife Gale. The cottage was rented
about 1905, to Mr. and Mrs. Frank I. Ellis. They invited
their son and his wife, and his wife's parents,
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Mr, and Mrs. Davis, to
visit them. The Davises fell in love with White Lake. Mrs.
Gale said that, if they would sign a three-year lease, she
would build a cottage and rent it to them. She had her
friend, the young architect, Frank Lloyd Wright, design it.
The design was registered in 1906, but the cottage was not
built until 1909. This is the cottage now owned by the
Arthur Potters (Cottage #2). The Davises ultimately bought
the cottage from Mrs. Gale. He died soon afterward, and the
cottage passed to a daughter, Margaret Davis Ellis, and her
husband. A close friendship developed through the years
between Mrs. Ellis and Arthur Potter. She had been born on
August 16 in the 1860's, Mr. Potter said. He was born on
Aug. 16, 1930 and this coincidence resulted in the
friendship. Mrs. Ellis came to White Lake during the summers
until 1955 when she was injured in a fall and was unable to
continue the practice. Mr. Potter acquired the cottage in
1969. It had been unoccupied through the years, and required
extensive repairs, but Mr. Potter has taken care to preserve
the Wright construction features.
Note: The Frank Lloyd Wright Foundation dated the original
plans “0521,” indicating 1905, but the three cottages were
not built until 1909. This could possibly indicate that
Thomas Gale actually initiated the project, but due to ill
health, and his untimely death, the project was put on hold
until Laura Gale resurrected the project.
Over the past 110 plus years many changes have been made to
the cottage. A foundation was added, it was upgraded to a
year round residence, the first floor was extended in the
back, a bathroom added, board and batten siding replaced,
the front porch enclosed and the living room extended to
include the front porch.
Thank you goes to A. James Potter for his input and
assistance.
Set of 24 exterior and interior photographs of the Mrs.
Thomas Gale Summer Cottage 2, photographed by Douglas M.
Steiner on September 20, 2021. Our intent is to record the
details that create the totality of the design, creating a
complete picture, as-well-as the present condition of the
home. In an effort to expedite adding these photographs to
this website, we have dispensed with a description for each
photograph. Original 23 X 15 high res digital images.
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| 1) Mrs. Thomas Gale Summer Cottage
#2, Whitehall, Michigan, 2021 (1909 - S.088.2). 23 x 15 high
res digital image photographed by Douglas M. Steiner on
September 20, 2021. Copyright 2023, Douglas M. Steiner.
(ST#2021.38.0723-1) |
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| 2) Mrs. Thomas Gale Summer Cottage
#2, Whitehall, Michigan, 2021 (1909 - S.088.2). 23 x 15 high
res digital image photographed by Douglas M. Steiner on
September 20, 2021. Copyright 2023, Douglas M. Steiner.
(ST#2021.38.0723-2) |
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| 3) Mrs. Thomas Gale Summer Cottage
#2, Whitehall, Michigan, 2021 (1909 - S.088.2). 23 x 15 high
res digital image photographed by Douglas M. Steiner on
September 20, 2021. Copyright 2023, Douglas M. Steiner.
(ST#2021.38.0723-3) |
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| 4) Mrs. Thomas Gale Summer Cottage
#2, Whitehall, Michigan, 2021 (1909 - S.088.2). 23 x 15 high
res digital image photographed by Douglas M. Steiner on
September 20, 2021. Copyright 2023, Douglas M. Steiner.
(ST#2021.38.0723-4) |
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| 5) Mrs. Thomas Gale Summer Cottage
#2, Whitehall, Michigan, 2021 (1909 - S.088.2). 23 x 15 high
res digital image photographed by Douglas M. Steiner on
September 20, 2021. Copyright 2023, Douglas M. Steiner.
(ST#2021.38.0723-5) |
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| 6) Mrs. Thomas Gale Summer Cottage
#2, Whitehall, Michigan, 2021 (1909 - S.088.2). 23 x 15 high
res digital image photographed by Douglas M. Steiner on
September 20, 2021. Copyright 2023, Douglas M. Steiner.
(ST#2021.38.0723-6) |
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| 7) Mrs. Thomas Gale Summer Cottage
#2, Whitehall, Michigan, 2021 (1909 - S.088.2). 23 x 15 high
res digital image photographed by Douglas M. Steiner on
September 20, 2021. Copyright 2023, Douglas M. Steiner.
(ST#2021.38.0723-7) |
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| 8) Mrs. Thomas Gale Summer Cottage
#2, Whitehall, Michigan, 2021 (1909 - S.088.2). 23 x 15 high
res digital image photographed by Douglas M. Steiner on
September 20, 2021. Copyright 2023, Douglas M. Steiner.
(ST#2021.38.0723-8) |
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| 9) Mrs. Thomas Gale Summer Cottage
#2, Whitehall, Michigan, 2021 (1909 - S.088.2). 23 x 15 high
res digital image photographed by Douglas M. Steiner on
September 20, 2021. Copyright 2023, Douglas M. Steiner.
(ST#2021.38.0723-9) |
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| 10) Mrs. Thomas Gale Summer Cottage
#2, Whitehall, Michigan, 2021 (1909 - S.088.2). 23 x 15 high
res digital image photographed by Douglas M. Steiner on
September 20, 2021. Copyright 2023, Douglas M. Steiner.
(ST#2021.38.0723-10) |
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| 11) Mrs. Thomas Gale Summer Cottage
#2, Whitehall, Michigan, 2021 (1909 - S.088.2). 23 x 15 high
res digital image photographed by Douglas M. Steiner on
September 20, 2021. Copyright 2023, Douglas M. Steiner.
(ST#2021.38.0723-11) |
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| 12) Mrs. Thomas Gale Summer Cottage
#2, Whitehall, Michigan, 2021 (1909 - S.088.2). 23 x 15 high
res digital image photographed by Douglas M. Steiner on
September 20, 2021. Copyright 2023, Douglas M. Steiner.
(ST#2021.38.0723-12) |
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| 13) Mrs. Thomas Gale Summer Cottage
#2, Whitehall, Michigan, 2021 (1909 - S.088.2). 23 x 15 high
res digital image photographed by Douglas M. Steiner on
September 20, 2021. Copyright 2023, Douglas M. Steiner.
(ST#2021.38.0723-13) |
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| 14) Mrs. Thomas Gale Summer Cottage
#2, Whitehall, Michigan, 2021 (1909 - S.088.2). 23 x 15 high
res digital image photographed by Douglas M. Steiner on
September 20, 2021. Copyright 2023, Douglas M. Steiner.
(ST#2021.38.0723-14) |
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| 15) Mrs. Thomas Gale Summer Cottage
#2, Whitehall, Michigan, 2021 (1909 - S.088.2). 23 x 15 high
res digital image photographed by Douglas M. Steiner on
September 20, 2021. Copyright 2023, Douglas M. Steiner.
(ST#2021.38.0723-15) |
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| 16) Mrs. Thomas Gale Summer Cottage
#2, Whitehall, Michigan, 2021 (1909 - S.088.2). 23 x 15 high
res digital image photographed by Douglas M. Steiner on
September 20, 2021. Copyright 2023, Douglas M. Steiner.
(ST#2021.38.0723-16) |
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| 17) Mrs. Thomas Gale Summer Cottage
#2, Whitehall, Michigan, 2021 (1909 - S.088.2). 23 x 15 high
res digital image photographed by Douglas M. Steiner on
September 20, 2021. Copyright 2023, Douglas M. Steiner.
(ST#2021.38.0723-17) |
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| 18) Mrs. Thomas Gale Summer Cottage
#2, Whitehall, Michigan, 2021 (1909 - S.088.2). 23 x 15 high
res digital image photographed by Douglas M. Steiner on
September 20, 2021. Copyright 2023, Douglas M. Steiner.
(ST#2021.38.0723-18) |
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| 19) Mrs. Thomas Gale Summer Cottage
#2, Whitehall, Michigan, 2021 (1909 - S.088.2). 23 x 15 high
res digital image photographed by Douglas M. Steiner on
September 20, 2021. Copyright 2023, Douglas M. Steiner.
(ST#2021.38.0723-19) |
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| 20) Mrs. Thomas Gale Summer Cottage
#2, Whitehall, Michigan, 2021 (1909 - S.088.2). 23 x 15 high
res digital image photographed by Douglas M. Steiner on
September 20, 2021. Copyright 2023, Douglas M. Steiner.
(ST#2021.38.0723-20) |
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| 21) Mrs. Thomas Gale Summer Cottage
#2, Whitehall, Michigan, 2021 (1909 - S.088.2). 23 x 15 high
res digital image photographed by Douglas M. Steiner on
September 20, 2021. Copyright 2023, Douglas M. Steiner.
(ST#2021.38.0723-21) |
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| 22) Mrs. Thomas Gale Summer Cottage
#2, Whitehall, Michigan, 2021 (1909 - S.088.2). 23 x 15 high
res digital image photographed by Douglas M. Steiner on
September 20, 2021. Copyright 2023, Douglas M. Steiner.
(ST#2021.38.0723-22) |
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| 23) Mrs. Thomas Gale Summer Cottage
#2, Whitehall, Michigan, 2021 (1909 - S.088.2). 23 x 15 high
res digital image photographed by Douglas M. Steiner on
September 20, 2021. Copyright 2023, Douglas M. Steiner.
(ST#2021.38.0723-23) |
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| 24) Mrs. Thomas Gale Summer Cottage
#2, Whitehall, Michigan, 2021 (1909 - S.088.2). 23 x 15 high
res digital image photographed by Douglas M. Steiner on
September 20, 2021. Copyright 2023, Douglas M. Steiner.
(ST#2021.38.0723-24) |
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MRS. THOMAS GALE SUMMER COTTAGE #3 (1909 - S.088.3) |
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Mrs. Thomas Gale Summer
Cottage #3, Whitehall, Michigan, 2021 (1909 - S.088-3). Set
of 8 exterior photographs of the Mrs. Thomas Gale Summer
Cottage 3. Designed in 1909 by Frank Lloyd Wright.
The Gale family were early clients of Frank Lloyd Wright.
Brothers
Thomas Gale Residence, Oak Park
(1892 S.016),
Walter Gale Residence, Oak Park
(1893 - S.020), Thomas Gale Summer Cottage, Whitehall, Michigan
(1897 - S.088), Mrs. Thomas Gale Three Summer
Cottages (1909 - S.088:1-3), and the
Mrs. Thomas Gale Residence,
Oak Park (1909 - S.098).
The three rental cottages used the same floor plans. These
cottages were designed as summer cottages, and were not
originally occupied year round. Originally dated 1905, the
Frank Lloyd Wright Foundation updated the cottages to 1909
after additional records were found. This is also an early
use of the unit system which Frank Lloyd Wright consistently
used in his later designs.
The front of the cottages faced the lake, so the main
entrance was at the back of the cottage and entered into the
kitchen. To the right was a maid’s room. Straight ahead was
the living room with a centrally located fireplace. To the
right of the fireplace, stairs led to the second level. From
the living room doors opened to a porch. Upstairs were four
bedrooms. There was no provision for a bathroom. The lower
level was 756 square feet, the upper 567 for a total of
1,323 square feet.
Thomas H. Gale (August 20, 1866 - March 20, 1907), was in
the Real Estate and Mortgage business. Laura Robeson Gale
(April 17, 1869 - August 25, 1943). The Muskegon County
Historic Resource Survey, State of Michigan reported that
Thomas Gale and his friend Walter Gerts, established the
Birch Brook Subdivision in Whitehall in 1896. Of the
seventeen cottages in the subdivision six were designed by
Frank Lloyd Wright. The two men had married sisters and both
lived in Oak Park, Illinois.
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In an article published in a local Michigan newspaper, from
the early 70s (not dated), Arthur Potter (Cottage #2)
recorded some of the local history. Mr. and Mrs. Thomas Gale
had a summer cottage at Birch Brook (built in 1897). When
Mr. Gale died, ownership of what now is the Birch Brook
Subdivision passed to his wife Gale. The cottage was rented
about 1905, to Mr. and Mrs. Frank I. Ellis. They invited
their son and his wife, and his wife's parents, Mr, and Mrs.
Davis, to visit them. The Davises fell in love with White
Lake. Mrs. Gale said that, if they would sign a three-year
lease, she would build a cottage and rent it to them. She
had her friend, the young architect, Frank Lloyd Wright,
design it. The design was registered in 1906, but the
cottage was not built until 1909. This is the cottage now
owned by the Arthur Potters (Cottage #2).
Note: The Frank Lloyd Wright Foundation dated the original
plans “0521,” indicating 1905, but the three cottages were
not built until 1909. This could possibly indicate that
Thomas Gale actually initiated the project, but due to ill
health, and his untimely death, the project was put on hold
until Laura Gale resurrected the project.
Over the past 110 plus years, it appears that a foundation
was added, it was upgraded to a year round residence, a
two-story addition was added to the west elevation, the
fireplace was moved to the west side the of home, the first
floor was extended in the back, a bathroom added (most
likely), board and batten siding replaced, and the front
porch enclosed.
Set of 8 exterior photographs of the Mrs. Thomas Gale Summer
Cottage 3, photographed by Douglas M. Steiner on September
20, 2021. Our intent is to record the details that create
the totality of the design, creating a complete picture,
as-well-as the present condition of the home. In an effort
to expedite adding these photographs to this website, we
have dispensed with a description for each photograph.
Original 23 X 15 high res digital images.
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| 1) Mrs. Thomas Gale Summer Cottage
#3, Whitehall, Michigan, 2021 (1909 - S.088.3). 23 x 15 high
res digital image photographed by Douglas M. Steiner on
September 20, 2021. Copyright 2023, Douglas M. Steiner.
(ST#2021.39.0823-1) |
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| 2) Mrs. Thomas Gale Summer Cottage
#3, Whitehall, Michigan, 2021 (1909 - S.088.3). 23 x 15 high
res digital image photographed by Douglas M. Steiner on
September 20, 2021. Copyright 2023, Douglas M. Steiner.
(ST#2021.39.0823-2) |
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| 3) Mrs. Thomas Gale Summer Cottage
#3, Whitehall, Michigan, 2021 (1909 - S.088.3). 23 x 15 high
res digital image photographed by Douglas M. Steiner on
September 20, 2021. Copyright 2023, Douglas M. Steiner.
(ST#2021.39.0823-3) |
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| 4) Mrs. Thomas Gale Summer Cottage
#3, Whitehall, Michigan, 2021 (1909 - S.088.3). 23 x 15 high
res digital image photographed by Douglas M. Steiner on
September 20, 2021. Copyright 2023, Douglas M. Steiner.
(ST#2021.39.0823-4) |
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| 5) Mrs. Thomas Gale Summer Cottage
#3, Whitehall, Michigan, 2021 (1909 - S.088.3). 23 x 15 high
res digital image photographed by Douglas M. Steiner on
September 20, 2021. Copyright 2023, Douglas M. Steiner.
(ST#2021.39.0823-5) |
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| 6) Mrs. Thomas Gale Summer Cottage
#3, Whitehall, Michigan, 2021 (1909 - S.088.3). 23 x 15 high
res digital image photographed by Douglas M. Steiner on
September 20, 2021. Copyright 2023, Douglas M. Steiner.
(ST#2021.39.0823-6) |
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| 7) Mrs. Thomas Gale Summer Cottage
#3, Whitehall, Michigan, 2021 (1909 - S.088.3). 23 x 15 high
res digital image photographed by Douglas M. Steiner on
September 20, 2021. Copyright 2023, Douglas M. Steiner.
(ST#2021.39.0823-7) |
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| 8) Mrs. Thomas Gale Summer Cottage
#3, Whitehall, Michigan, 2021 (1909 - S.088.3). 23 x 15 high
res digital image photographed by Douglas M. Steiner on
September 20, 2021. Copyright 2023, Douglas M. Steiner.
(ST#2021.39.0823-8) |
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PROCEEDS FROM EVERY SALE GOES TO SUPPORT THE WRIGHT LIBRARY.
