Michigan Governor's Summer Residence

Young Cottage, is a house located at the junction of Fort Hill and Huron roads on Mackinac Island, Michigan.

Young retained architect Frederick W. Perkins to design the house and hired contractor Patrick Doud to construct it.

[3] In 1944, the Mackinac Island State Park Commission purchased the home for its original cost of $15,000.

The house has hosted multiple significant overnight guests, including presidents Harry S. Truman, Gerald R. Ford, and George H. W.

[4] The governor's summer residence is a three-story, L-shaped, Arts and Crafts structure located on a bluff overlooking the Straits of Mackinac.

It has a stone foundation and full basement, with the third floor built into the wood shingled hipped roof.

The Governors House on Mackinac Island. The Governor of Michigan, while in office, can use this residence as a vacation home.