GLEN LAKE MANOR MAKES A COME BACK

Restoration, plans underway at historic site

  • Owners Sue and Rob Rife are seen in front of Glen Lake Manor with their adopted dog, Jake. The former owner of The Manor, Nancy Wright, passed away in 2020, and her sister, Sue, took in her beloved dog, Jake, soon after. Enterprise photo by Meakalia Previch-Liu
    Owners Sue and Rob Rife are seen in front of Glen Lake Manor with their adopted dog, Jake. The former owner of The Manor, Nancy Wright, passed away in 2020, and her sister, Sue, took in her beloved dog, Jake, soon after. Enterprise photo by Meakalia Previch-Liu
  • The dining room at Glen Lake Manor, which served as part of the fine-dining restaurant portion of the building, has undergone renovations recently and is available to be leased as a small event space in the near future. Enterprise photo by Meakalia Previch-Liu
    The dining room at Glen Lake Manor, which served as part of the fine-dining restaurant portion of the building, has undergone renovations recently and is available to be leased as a small event space in the near future. Enterprise photo by Meakalia Previch-Liu
A historic building nestled off of little Glen Lake and neighboring Sleeping Bear Dunes National Lakeshore is making a comeback this season as restoration plans are currently underway. The notable building known by most in Glen Arbor as the Manor on Glen Lake will now be called Glen Lake Manor, a homage to the original name given by Sue and Nancy Wright’s parents when they first bought the place…

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