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Historic district, Dryden Township, since 1870

Dryden Community Country Club, General Squier Historic Park Complex

Still standing, photographed 2011

Dryden Community Country Club-General Squier Historic Park Complex, 2011 Photo: Notorious4life, public domain, via Wikimedia Commons
Opened
1870
Standing
156 years

Dryden Community Country Club, General Squier Historic Park Complex has stood on South Mill Road in Dryden Township since 1870, 156 years and counting. Who built it, what makes it special and how to see it for yourself.

On the map

What is there now

Standing

We checked building permits, sales, listings and the city's blight and demolition files on October 25, 2026. Nothing new at this address in the last two years.

The story

Dryden Community Country Club, General Squier Historic Park Complex opened in 1870, in the decades its town grew around the railroad and the mill.

It joined the National Register of Historic Places in 1986.

Go see it at 4725 South Mill Road. Photos never get the scale right.

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 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.

From Wikipedia, CC BY-SA 4.0

Timeline

  1. 1870 Built
  2. 1986 Listed on the National Register June 5, 1986
  3. 2026 Today 156 years and still standing

Where it is

4725 South Mill Road, Dryden Township

Photo credits

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  1. Dryden Community Country Club-General Squier Historic Park Complex, 2011 Photo: Notorious4life, public domain, via Wikimedia Commons
  2. Dryden Community Country Club-General Squier Historic Park Complex, 2011 Photo: Notorious4life, public domain, via Wikimedia Commons

Sources

Facts only, gathered from these sources. The story above is written by Rebuild Detroit. Every photo names its author and license where it appears.