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The Tawas Life Saving Station will be lost in the near future. The land developer has plans to tear the buildings down before the end of January 2005. Not receiving enough funding to move the buildings or dismantle them the Michigan Lighthouse Conservancy will not be able to save the buildings. Private investors were also sought to purchase the property from the land developer but no agreements on a selling price could be reached.
In order to preserve the stations memory, MLC has hired UP Engineers & Architects out of Marquette Michigan to produce a complete a set of drawings for the buildings as they exist now. These copies will serve as one of the last reminders of the station. They will be kept in paper and electronic form for anyone wanting to view them in the future who researches the Tawas Station. Copies will also be offered to the National Archives and the State of Michigan Archives as well for preservation.
Unfortunately not enough time and money existed to save this station, but let it serve us as a reminder of how some people in our society let historic properties like this and some lighthouse meet the wrecking ball. Let us hope we learn our lessons so we may prevent this from happening in the future.