Mission Church, Mackinac Island, Michigan

View of the Mission Church on Mackinac Island, Michigan. Printed on front: "Old Mission Church, Mackinac Island, Mich." Printed on back: "Old Mission Church, Mackinac Island, Mich. closely connected with the Mission House. Early in the last century, the Connecticut Missionary Society sent Rev. Wm. M. Ferry, a Presbyterian minister, here, who in 1823 established a mission school for Indian children. The Mission House was built in 1825 and the church building was completed in in 1830. Church and school flourished for only a short time and was abandoned and closed in 1837. In 1895 the property was acquired by certain visitors and residents and opened as the Union Chapel. Printed on back: "Published by G.H. Wickman, Mackinac Island, Mich. Made in U.S.A. C.T. American Art Colored. CT Co., Chicago."