SAVING BRIGADOON AN ICONIC MACKINAC ISLAND HOME RISES FROM THE ASHES AFTER A DEVASTATING FIRE. By E L I Z A B E T H E DWA R D S Photos by CHRISTINE MAGEE
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or nearly 125 years , brigadooon , a lovely cream-colored home on Main Street with a signature domed turret, has been a treasured piece of the island landscape—a setting accented with historic treasures, including dozens of other Victorian cottages, Fort Mackinac and the elegant Grand Hotel. At four stories and 20 rooms, all loaded with ornately carved oak woodwork, the Queen Anne–style Brigadoon is a veritable monument to the wealth of the man who had it built: George Arnold, founder of the Arnold Line ferry (now owned by Mackinac Island Ferry Company). In 1989, Jay and Janet Stingel purchased Brigadoon turnkey from the home’s previous owners. Though virtually the entire house was original to Arnold’s era, Brigadoon had become a bit tattered over the century. The Stingels’ loving restoration included new wiring and refinishing the beautiful woodwork and furnishings through-
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