The Leland Women’s Civic Club’s 2024 Home Tour is set for Thursday, Aug. 8.
Four homes are featured in the tour for the benefit of Leland and St. Mary High Schools Women’s Scholarship Fund.
Featured homes include:
• The Historic Barn House, “Dybs”, 8785 N. Manitou Trl, Northport — Laura and Jim Dybevik purchased an 1800s barn on 18 wooded acres and began the transformation to home in 2008.
The barn, which was dormant for nearly 50 years, has been magnificently restored into a beautiful, light-filled home with careful attention to detail.
The 36-by-46-foot timber frame structure stands true on the original fieldstone foundation.
“The whole process has been quite an adventure,” Laura Dybevik said.
After 10 long years of work and dedication, the home was completed in 2018.
• Vineyard Farmhouse & Granary Cottage, 4940 N. Houdek Rd., Suttons Bay — Lynn and John Heekin own the house, originally built and owned by the Houdek family. The open floor plan features a chef’s kitchen, sunroom, cozy den, four bedrooms and four baths. Other features include the original staircase, dining room bench seatings, vibrant wallpaper, and colorful cabinetry. The adjacent Granary Cottage is an amazing transformation of the original granary, built in the early 1900s. The Granary was reimagined in 2021 as a charming three-bedroom, two bath cottage.
“We are so excited to have brought new life to this beautiful Leelanau property and to share it with family and friends,” John Heekin said.
• Leland Craftsman Cottage & Studio Fish — Leslie Maclin and Bill McCrory first visited Leland for an open-water swim race in the late 1980s. Their home at 610 E. Union Street was designed by area architect Sarah Bourgeois and Midlake Builders. The couple created a comfortable home which features key elements of Craftsman-style design; a lowpitched gable roof, overhanging eaves, tapered columns, divided windows and a 44-foot wide covered porch. Attention to Craftsman inspired detail is seen throughout with a curated mix of antique lighting fixtures, oldstyle oak and slate flooring and custom millwork, complemented by Stickley oak furniture, a Motawi tile fireplace and Leslie’s extensive art pottery collection.
“We feel so fortunate to have this home base for us to enjoy the bounty of the Leelanau Peninsula’s land and water,” Maclin said.
• South Shore Cottage, 2251 S. Lake Shore Dr., Lake Leelanau — Owned by Anne & Mark Woolsey, the house was designed and built by a local contractor and cabinet maker. While the exterior is reminiscent of the dark brown lodges constructed generations ago throughout the American northeast, the interior is a combination of Craftsman and Mission Style with its distinctive windows, cabinets and vertical grain fir woodwork.
The surrounding gardens — and the 1946 Chris Craft on the shoreline — complete the idyllic setting on the lake.
“We knew if we found our dream location on the lake, our family and friends would follow,” Anne Woolsey said. “As long as everyone doesn’t mind the occasional dog wandering in and out, all will be well.”
The tour is from 10 a.m. to 4 p.m. Tickets are $30 per person and are available from Haystacks and Leelanau Books in Leland; Leelanau Gifts in Lake Leelanau; The Find in Northport and Haystacks and Bay Books in Suttons Bay.
