Turner-Dodge House & Heritage Center, Michigan, United States
4.5 (38 reviews) Wednesday: 10:00 AM - 5:00 PM Spent Ranking #10 in Ingham County Historic Sites
Unexpected but wonderfully worth it!!!!!
This is the home of Michigan pioneers who helped develop the capital city and the state. They were progressive leaders, supporters of higher education for women, abolition, liquor control, the silver standard, Saginaw mill strikers (Knights of Labor), and the development of arts and culture. It is available for tours and rentals.
Address
100 E North St, Lansing, MI 48906-4333
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Website
http://lansingmi.gov/938/Turner-Dodge-House
Working hours
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Tuesday : 10:00 AM - 5:00 PM
Wednesday : 10:00 AM - 5:00 PM
Thursday : 10:00 AM - 5:00 PM
Friday : 10:00 AM - 5:00 PM
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Current local date and time now
Wednesday, May 15, 2024, 17:01
User Ratings
4.5 based on (38 reviews)
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5maryba 5:00 PM Oct 31, 2005
Great House, Great Way to Learn about Lansing
The Turner-Dodge House is a beautifully restored house in a beautiful Heritage Garden setting along the Grand River north of Michigan's State Capitol Building about a mile on the other side of the river. It is not the typical Victorian Era historical house, but of the period following the Victorian Era. Both the Turner and the Dodge families are interesting and important pioneering families in the development of the state and Capitol City. You can walk from downtown or the City Market along the City's River Walk. Also visit Old Town with buildings from the late 1800s and turn of the century which is right there too. Good little places to eat there.
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5TexNewMex 5:00 PM Oct 12, 2020
A Wonderful Piece of History
We visited the Turner-Dodge House today and it was a great experience. The house has been very nicely restored and it is especially good that in some of the rooms there are areas of the original construction and decoration that have been left visible. The house is on a beautiful site near the river and the garden has been restored and is very pretty. The curator was so knowledgeable about the house and the families who lived there--she really made the history come alive. We applaud her efforts to make James Turner's contributions to the founding of the city of Lansing and the state of Michigan more well known. She has written a very good synopsis of his professional life and the home was full of family pictures and furniture which depicted his personal life as well as that of succeeding generations. This home is a wonderful addition to the understanding of the history of Lansing.
