Joyce Estate, Chippewa National Forest Road 2144, 3 miles north of Cou...
Significance: During the first three decades of the twentieth century, northern Minnesota's scenic woodland-and-lake region developed a national reputation as a vacation area. As part of this general tourist b... More
Joyce Estate, Chippewa National Forest Road 2144, 3 miles north of Cou...
Significance: During the first three decades of the twentieth century, northern Minnesota's scenic woodland-and-lake region developed a national reputation as a vacation area. As part of this general tourist b... More
Joyce Estate, Chippewa National Forest Road 2144, 3 miles north of Cou...
Significance: During the first three decades of the twentieth century, northern Minnesota's scenic woodland-and-lake region developed a national reputation as a vacation area. As part of this general tourist b... More
Joyce Estate, Chippewa National Forest Road 2144, 3 miles north of Cou...
Significance: During the first three decades of the twentieth century, northern Minnesota's scenic woodland-and-lake region developed a national reputation as a vacation area. As part of this general tourist b... More
Joyce Estate, Farmhouse, Chippewa National Forest Road 2144, 3 miles n...
Significance: As reported by the "Grand Rapids Herald Review" of 14 March 1917, initial plans for the Joyce Estate called for the construction of a "barn" and "farmhouse" before the end of the year. An early p... More
Joyce Estate, Root Cellar, Chippewa National Forest Road 2144, 3 miles...
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Joyce Estate, Greenhouse, Chippewa National Forest Road 2144, 3 miles ...
Significance: ... the Greenhouse was built in the early 1920s to provide ornamental shrubs and flowers for landscaping the grounds. David Gage Joyce's probate file, compiled in 1938, itemizes a "greenhouse" as... More
Joyce Estate, White Spruce Plantation, Chippewa National Forest Road 2...
Significance: No information is available that indicates why white spruce were planted at this location. ... Comprising a grove of about 100 mature trees, the White Spruce Plantation creates a woodsy canopy for... More
Joyce Estate, Bulb Storage Cellar, Chippewa National Forest Road 2144,...
Significance: This cellar was used to store bulbs for landscaping the estate. It was probably built about 1923, when the estate's Greenhouse was erected. ... This simple, utilitarian structure is dug into a hi... More
Joyce Estate, Metal Garage, Chippewa National Forest Road 2144, 3 mile...
Significance: ... the Metal Garage was constructed at the south end of Trout Lake "in the early 1930s," and was subsequently moved to its present location at the north end of the Caretaker's Compound. Its relo... More
Joyce Estate, Main Cabin, Chippewa National Forest Road 2144, 3 miles ...
Significance: ... the Main Cabin was constructed during the estate's first season in 1917 to serve as a central dining and socializing area for Joyce Family members and their guests. Food preparation occurred ... More
Joyce Estate, Guest Cabin, Chippewa National Forest Road 2144, 3 miles...
Significance: Located in the Main Cabin Compound immediately to the north of the Joyce Cabin, this building was constructed during the estate's first season in 1917 for the use of guests of David Gage Joyce and... More
Joyce Estate, Bathhouse, Chippewa National Forest Road 2144, 3 miles n...
Significance: ... the bathhouse was built about 1920. ... The Bathhouse is the only two-story building on the Joyce Estate. Since its construction, it has been transformed form a utilitarian bathhouse into a s... More
Joyce Estate, B. C. Cabin, Chippewa National Forest Road 2144, 3 miles...
Significance: ... this cabin was built soon after completion of the Main Cabin and the first three sleeping cabins. It is apparently one of the seven "cottages" mentioned in an article about the estate in the ... More
Joyce Estate, B. C. Cabin, Chippewa National Forest Road 2144, 3 miles...
Significance: ... this cabin was built soon after completion of the Main Cabin and the first three sleeping cabins. It is apparently one of the seven "cottages" mentioned in an article about the estate in the ... More
Joyce Estate, Barbeque Pit, Chippewa National Forest Road 2144, 3 mile...
Significance: According to former Joyce Estate caretaker Joseph Waleski, Jr., the Barbeque Pit was built "in the late 1940s." ... Constructed of heavily mortared, rubble fieldstone, the Barbeque Pit consists of... More
Joyce Estate, Joyce Cabin, Chippewa National Forest Road 2144, 3 miles...
Significance: Located in the Main Cabin Compound immediately to the north of the Main Cabin, this building was constructed during the estate's first season in 1917 for the use of David Gage Joyce and his wife B... More
Joyce Estate, Maid's Cabin, Chippewa National Forest Road 2144, 3 mile...
Significance: It presumably took a significant number of servants to maintain the "casual" lifestyle at the Joyce Estate. Given its name, the Maid's Cabin apparently housed one of more of the female staff. ...... More
Joyce Estate, Chippewa National Forest Road 2144, 3 miles north of Cou...
Significance: During the first three decades of the twentieth century, northern Minnesota's scenic woodland-and-lake region developed a national reputation as a vacation area. As part of this general tourist b... More
Joyce Estate, Chippewa National Forest Road 2144, 3 miles north of Cou...
Significance: During the first three decades of the twentieth century, northern Minnesota's scenic woodland-and-lake region developed a national reputation as a vacation area. As part of this general tourist b... More
Joyce Estate, Wood Shed, Chippewa National Forest Road 2144, 3 miles n...
Significance: The Wood Shed was apparently used to store fuel wood for the nearby Farmhouse, and perhaps fireplace wood for the sleeping cottages in the Main Cabin Compound. Its construction date is unknown. .... More
Joyce Estate, Oil House, Chippewa National Forest Road 2144, 3 miles n...
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Joyce Estate, Garden, Chippewa National Forest Road 2144, 3 miles nort...
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Joyce Estate, Mary Louise Cabin, Chippewa National Forest Road 2144, 3...
Significance: ... this building was completed shortly after the construction of the Main Cabin and the initial three sleeping cabins. It apparently is one of the seven "cottages" mentioned in the "Grand Rapids... More
Joyce Estate, Guest Cabin, Chippewa National Forest Road 2144, 3 miles...
Significance: Located in the Main Cabin Compound immediately to the north of the Joyce Cabin, this building was constructed during the estate's first season in 1917 for the use of guests of David Gage Joyce and... More
Joyce Estate, Laundry, Chippewa National Forest Road 2144, 3 miles nor...
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Joyce Estate, New Cabin, Chippewa National Forest Road 2144, 3 miles n...
Significance: This cabin was built in the 1930s... The wood-frame structure clearly dates from the second phase of construction on the estate, after log framing was abandoned. The "New Cabin" appears by name i... More
Joyce Estate, Maid's Cabin, Chippewa National Forest Road 2144, 3 mile...
Significance: It presumably took a significant number of servants to maintain the "casual" lifestyle at the Joyce Estate. Given its name, the Maid's Cabin apparently housed one of more of the female staff. ...... More
Joyce Estate, Winter Boathouse, Chippewa National Forest Road 2144, 3 ...
Significance: ... the Winter Boathouse was constructed in the early 1920s to permit winter storage of the Joyce Family's recreational flotilla. As a published account noted in 1922, the Joyce Estate contained ... More
Joyce Estate, Root Cellar, Chippewa National Forest Road 2144, 3 miles...
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Joyce Estate, Chippewa National Forest Road 2144, 3 miles north of Cou...
Significance: During the first three decades of the twentieth century, northern Minnesota's scenic woodland-and-lake region developed a national reputation as a vacation area. As part of this general tourist b... More
Joyce Estate, Guest Cabin, Chippewa National Forest Road 2144, 3 miles...
Significance: Located in the Main Cabin Compound immediately to the north of the Joyce Cabin, this building was constructed during the estate's first season in 1917 for the use of guests of David Gage Joyce and... More
Joyce Estate, Barbeque Pit, Chippewa National Forest Road 2144, 3 mile...
Significance: According to former Joyce Estate caretaker Joseph Waleski, Jr., the Barbeque Pit was built "in the late 1940s." ... Constructed of heavily mortared, rubble fieldstone, the Barbeque Pit consists of... More
Joyce Estate, Chippewa National Forest Road 2144, 3 miles north of Cou...
Significance: During the first three decades of the twentieth century, northern Minnesota's scenic woodland-and-lake region developed a national reputation as a vacation area. As part of this general tourist b... More
Joyce Estate, Golf Clubhouse, Chippewa National Forest Road 2144, 3 mi...
Significance: ... the Golf Clubhouse was constructed about 1925, along with the neighboring nine-hole, pitch-and-putt Golf Course. The Clubhouse is mentioned in a personal property inventory of the estate comp... More
Joyce Estate, Ice House, Chippewa National Forest Road 2144, 3 miles n...
Significance: ... the Ice House dates from about 1918, shortly after the first building were erected on the estate. Ice gathered from Trout Lake in the winter cooled food and beverages during the summer, stand... More
Joyce Estate, Commemorative Marker, Chippewa National Forest Road 2144...
Significance: Located in the Main Cabin Compound (southeast) of the Main Cabin, the Commemorative Marker was erected in 1974 to celebrate the Forest Service's purchase of the former Joyce Estate for public recr... More
Joyce Estate, Utility Building No. 1, Chippewa National Forest Road 21...
Significance: The date and original function of this building are not known. Its wood-frame construction with drop siding, however, is similar to that of other buildings erected at the Joyce Estate during the ... More
Joyce Estate, Joyce Cabin, Chippewa National Forest Road 2144, 3 miles...
Significance: Located in the Main Cabin Compound immediately to the north of the Main Cabin, this building was constructed during the estate's first season in 1917 for the use of David Gage Joyce and his wife B... More
Joyce Estate, Special Cabin, Chippewa National Forest Road 2144, 3 mil...
Significance: ... the building was sited in a secluded part of the estate so that it could be a "special cabin" for "someone who wanted to be alone." Waleski states that it was "never used." Waleski also asse... More
Joyce Estate, Butler's Cabin, Chippewa National Forest Road 2144, 3 mi...
Significance: It presumably took a significant number of servants to maintain the "casual" lifestyle at the Joyce Estate. Given its name, the Butler's Cabin apparently housed one or more of the male staff. ...... More
Joyce Estate, Maid's Cabin, Chippewa National Forest Road 2144, 3 mile...
Significance: It presumably took a significant number of servants to maintain the "casual" lifestyle at the Joyce Estate. Given its name, the Maid's Cabin apparently housed one of more of the female staff. ...... More
Joyce Estate, Chippewa National Forest Road 2144, 3 miles north of Cou...
Significance: During the first three decades of the twentieth century, northern Minnesota's scenic woodland-and-lake region developed a national reputation as a vacation area. As part of this general tourist b... More
Joyce Estate, Main Cabin, Chippewa National Forest Road 2144, 3 miles ...
Significance: ... the Main Cabin was constructed during the estate's first season in 1917 to serve as a central dining and socializing area for Joyce Family members and their guests. Food preparation occurred ... More
Joyce Estate, Chippewa National Forest Road 2144, 3 miles north of Cou...
Significance: During the first three decades of the twentieth century, northern Minnesota's scenic woodland-and-lake region developed a national reputation as a vacation area. As part of this general tourist b... More