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Dryden Community Country Club–General Squier Historic Park Complex
General Squier Memorial Park is located in Michigan
General Squier Memorial Park
Location within the state of Michigan
Location4725 South Mill Road
Dryden Township, Michigan
Area80 acres (33 ha)
Built1870–1920
NRHP reference No.86001220[1]
Significant dates
Added to NRHPJune 5, 1986
Designated MSHSJune 6, 1977[2]
The mill and waterpark

The General Squier Memorial Park is a park located at 4725 South Mill Road in Dryden Township in southeastern Lapeer County, Michigan. It was designated as a Michigan Historic Site on June 6, 1977[2] and later added to the National Register of Historic Places on June 5, 1986 as the Dryden Community Country Club–General Squier Historic Park Complex.[1] The site is also known locally as the General George Squier Club or General Squier County Park.[2]

The oldest structure on the 80 acre (33 hectare) site is a three-story timber mill dating to 1871. Other structures include a large single-story structure known as Forest Hall and a cottage, both built in 1917, and a two-story wooden lookout tower and tea house built in 1920. Other structures also contribute to the site's architecture. The complex served as the summer residence of Dryden native Major General George Owen Squier (1865–1934). After retiring from active military service, Squier converted his property into Lapeer County's first (and only) privately owned park—what he referred to as a free "Country Club for Country People." When he died, the property was renamed in his honor and continues to this day as a free recreational facility, which now includes a waterpark situated next to the old mill.[2]

References

  1. ^ a b "National Register Information System". National Register of Historic Places. National Park Service. July 4, 2011.
  2. ^ a b c d State of Michigan (2009). "Dryden Community Country Club - General Squier Historic Park Complex". Retrieved June 4, 2011.


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