Makinen, John J., Bottle House

14551 Wuoksi Ave., Kaleva, Michigan. County/parish: Manistee.

Added to the National Register of Historic Places July 09, 1987. NRIS 87000423.

1 contributing building.

Also known as:

  • Kaleva Historical Museum

From Wikipedia:

John J. Makinen Bottle House

The John J. Makinen Bottle House (also known as the Kaleva Bottle House, Kaleva Bottle House Museum, and Kaleva Historical Museum) is a house built of bottle wall construction in 1941 by John J. Makinen, Sr. It is located in Kaleva, Michigan near Manistee. Construction uses over 60,000 bottles laid on their sides with the bottoms toward the exterior.

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National Park Service documentation: https://catalog.archives.gov/id/25340009

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