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Our annual Summer Concert Series is here! The free concerts are July 2, 9, 16, 23 and 30 and start at 7 p.m. outside the Carriage House, 6597 138th Ave. in view of the historic Felt Mansion. Gates open at 5:30 p.m. Food and drink service begins at 6 p.m. No outside alcohol is allowed, but outside food and sealed beverage containers are permitted. Coolers and bags will be checked. No pets except registered service dogs.
Our lineup this year consists of 5 unique bands that should surely please everyone’s listening ears.
You are welcome to bring your lawn chairs, a blanket to sit, or dance with others!
July 2nd - Blue Water Ramblers
July 9th - the 6-pak
july 16th - zion lion
july 23rd - lighting matches
july 30th - kari lynch
Mansion Tours and History
The mansion will be open for free self-guided tours during the shows with donations appreciated. Doors open at 5pm for free self-guided tours.
Construction of the Mansion began in 1925 by Dorr E. Felt, inventor of the Comptometer, the first machine that could do all four math functions — add, subtract, multiply and divide. The building was finished in 1928. Felt’s wife Agnes died that year. Dorr died a year-and-a-half later. In 1949, the family sold it to The Saint Augustine Seminary, a Catholic prep school for young men. For over 10 years, the Mansion itself was housing for 30-40 boys and faculty, and the carriage house was used for classrooms. By the early 1960s and several years of growth, the Seminary built a large school on the ridge, west of the mansion, and a group of nuns lived in the mansion. It is in this larger complex that Future Pope Leo XIV spent his high school years from 1969 to 1973 at the Augustine Seminary. Enrollment in the school declined severely toward the end of the 1970s, and the State of Michigan purchased the land and converted the complex into a minimum security prison, with offices inside the Mansion. When the prison closed, the State Sold it to Laketown Township, and the property declined until our restoration story began in 2002. Be sure to step inside these walls and experience the hidden gem of West Michigan.
The Felt Estate is a non-profit organization that aims to preserve history through preservation of the Estate; protect the environment with the responsible use of the natural and built environments; and educate through tours, classes, field trips, and seminars.