Indian Mission

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Indian Mission
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Location590 E. Bay St.
Sebewaing, Michigan
Coordinates 43°43′33″N83°26′32″W / 43.72583°N 83.44222°W / 43.72583; -83.44222 Coordinates: 43°43′33″N83°26′32″W / 43.72583°N 83.44222°W / 43.72583; -83.44222
Arealess than one acre
Built1849
ArchitectJohn J. Auch
NRHP reference No. 72000620 [1]
Added to NRHPSeptember 22, 1972

The Indian Mission, now the Luckhard Museum, is a historic Native American Christian mission located at 590 East Bay Street in Sebewaing, Michigan. It was built in 1849 and added to the National Register of Historic Places in 1972. [1]

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History

John J. Auch was born in 1817 in Wurtemburg, Germany, and emigrated tho the United States with his parents in 1836. He studied theology, and in 1845 arrived in what is now Sebewaing as a missionary to the local Ojibwe tribe. Upon arrival, Auch constructed a log house at a site just north of Sebewaing. This proved inadequate, so in 1846 he purchased lumber from Bay City, ferried it to Sebewaing, and began constructing this mission house. The house was dedicated in 1849, and Auch used it as a combination mission and home for the next five years. [2]

After Auch moved on, the building was alternately occupied and abandoned over the course of decades. In 1954, C.F. Luckhard purchased the building and extensively restored it. Luckhard moved the structure to its present location, and used it to display his collection of pioneer-era artifacts. Luckhard also constructed a replica of the first log house build by Auch near the mission. [2]

Description

The Indian Mission is a 1 12-story rectangular frame building with a gabled roof on a low stone foundation. The building has box cornices and two brick chimneys within the walls. The windows are double-hung sash units, six over six. Adjoining the mission is a concrete structure, cast in the shape of a log building, as a replica of the first chapel built in Sebewaing in 1845. [2]

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References

  1. 1 2 "National Register Information System". National Register of Historic Places . National Park Service. July 9, 2010.
  2. 1 2 3 Carmen L. Contreras (January 1972), NATIONAL REGISTER OF HISTORIC PLACES INVENTORY - NOMINATION FORM: The Indian Mission