Dune Forest Village

Dune Forest Village was an "island" retreat of the Michigan newspaper publisher Swift Lathers. It was constructed between 1939 and 1957 for the purpose of having a place to go to for a simple life away from a cosmopolitan lifestyle. It was finally removed in the 1970s to make way for a state park.

Dune Forest Village was an "island" retreat not surrounded by water, but by the sand dunes of the Lower Peninsula of Michigan in the United States. It consisted of a set of several small custom-made summer cabins and buildings at a homesteaded property in Michigan. The village consisted not only of summer resident dwellings, but also had a schoolhouse, church, general store, restaurant, and printing office. The little red schoolhouse had desks and books ready for class lessons; the church had an organ for music for the churchgoer worshipers, and the general store had 25 post office boxes. There was also a small restaurant boutique and a print shop office. The buildings were small but functional and used from time to time. One Sunday there were 32 people from Grand Rapids, Michigan that attended church services in the village chapel.

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