Co. Rd. 550 on Lake Superior shore N of Thoneys Pt., Powell Township, Marquette, Michigan. County/parish: Marquette.
Added to the National Register of Historic Places April 04, 1991. NRIS 91000330.
21 contributing buildings. 1 contributing structure.
Granot Loma is an estate located on County Road 550 north of Marquette, Michigan. It was built in the 1920s in the tradition of the Great Camps of the Adirondacks, as the summer home of American banker and business executive Louis G. Kaufman. It was listed on the National Register of Historic Places in 1991.
The estate of Granot Loma occupies 5,180 acres (2,100 ha) of woodland located along the Lake Superior shore. The lodge is said to be the "biggest log cabin in the world" and the most expensive residence in Michigan. An enormous, L-shaped structure built of logs over a steel frame and with a slate roof, the lodge includes a 60-foot (18 m) greatroom, 23 or 26 bedrooms, 13 baths, and 26 stone fireplaces. The building contains unique and irreplaceable accoutrements, such as Indian/Western scenes painted by Academy Award-winning designer Orry Kelly. A planned farming complex named Loma Farms is situated about one-half mile (800 m) from the lodge.
In 2022, Granot Loma was touted as a potential space port in Michigan's Upper Peninsula in tandem with Oscoda, Michigan's Wurtsmith Air Force Base.
(read more...)National Park Service documentation: https://catalog.archives.gov/id/25340047