East Jordan Portside Art & Historical Society

Location & Hours

Located at the Elm Pointe Estate, 01656 S M66 Hwy, 1.5 miles north of East Jordan.

Open June and September, Saturday & Sunday, 1:30 to 4:30 p.m.

Open July and August; Tuesday, Thursday, Saturday, Sunday, 1:30-4:30 p.m. or by appointment.

Visit the Museum

Visit the original museum founded in 1976 as the first established historical museum in Charlevoix County located on the Elm Pointe Estate. Seasonal displays include agriculture, artifacts from the lumbering era, trains, local industry and historic church window, many photos and records, including an 1887 Commercial House register with signatures of many well known local historical figures and much more.

The student docent program is returning for another year. Children in third through tenth grade are dressed in period costume and will be stationed around the museum to talk about the history of East Jordan. Students appear at special museum events and during the Portside Arts Fair.

After concluding your tour of the museum, step into the Cygred Riley Art Gallery with its impressive collection of Purchase Prize paintings and crafts from the annual Portside Arts Fair 1971 to the present.

Still haven't seen enough history? The Society's "It's History" Museum is located at the downtown Masonic Building (between city hall and Subway). Enter through city hall Monday-Friday, 8 a.m. to 4 p.m., and take a self-guided tour into East Jordan's entertaining past. Meet the National Smelt King, get acquainted with the Loveday Opera House and Temple Theater, look at the Hometown Pride display and more.

Admission is FREE to both museums. Donations are appreciated.

Get Involved!
The art fair and museum donations provide the financial support for the historical society.

MEMBERSHIP Yes! I would like to join the Historical Society.
	Annual Student Membership - $1.00
	Annual Family Membership - $10.00
	Annual Sustaining Membership - $25.00
	Lifetime Membership - $100.00
Name:
Mailing Address:
Telephone number:

VOLUNTEERS I am also interested in volunteering to:
	be a museum docent
	catalog and archive photos
	help re-arrange displays
	help at the Portside Arts Fair in August
	help in any way I can!

HISTORICAL SOCIETY GIFT SHOP
	“East Jordan Remembers” Book – Hardcover - $40.00
	“East Jordan Memories” Jim Annis Train signed LE color print - $40.00
	Armetale Pewter mug designed by Hazel Colburn - $10.00
	East Jordan Pictorial History booklet - $8.00
	1860-1900 East Jordan Westside (South Arm) Map by Jinny Giacomelli - $5.00
	1800s Charlevoix and surrounding area 28” x 23” B/W Litho - $5.00
	Yesteryears: A photographic journal of the Charlevoix County area (magazine supplement to the Charlevoix Courier/Petoskey News Review August 2006 - $3.50
	5 Note card set, 1930 Winter Scene of EJ & Southern Train at EJ Depot by Jim Annis, Black/White - $2.50
	EJ & Southern Train postcards - $.25
PORTSIDE ARTS FAIR GIFT SHOP
	Portside Arts Fair hats - $13.00
	Portside Arts Fair mug or water bottle - $5.00

Please print and mail with check payable to:
East Jordan Historical Society
PO Box 1355
East Jordan, MI 49727-1355