LAKETOWN TWP, MI (WHTC-AM/FM, June 6, 2023) –The Felt Estate is a busy place during the warmer months, booked with weddings and other events every weekend. This summer, though, a time for self-guided tours has been set aside throughout the season.
The regular self-guided tours are Monday, Tuesday, and Wednesday. The first of the new weekend self-guided tours is Sunday, June 18, from 1-4 p.m. The cost is the same as weekday tours — $15 for adults; $12 for students and senior citizens; and free to children 12 and under. Please arrive by 3 p.m. for the tour. Doors close at 4 p.m.
Other special tour dates are July 16 and Aug. 20.
The mansion is at 6597 138 th Ave. in Laketown Township.
The 25-room, three-story Felt Mansion was built in 1925 by Dorr Felt, inventor of the Comptometer, a basic adding machine. After Felt’s death, the property was purchased by the St. Augustine Seminary for a school then, in the 1970s, by the State of Michigan to use as a prison. After the prison and Michigan State Police post that was in the mansion closed in the 1990s, Laketown Township purchased the property.
