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North Arrow Log Homes and Timber Structures - Serving Michigan, Indiana and Ohio - "We're Building Your Dreams!" |
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Log home building has been in the Kelley family since the early 1900's. Lyle's great grandfather David Parrish began building Log camps for the timber workers, then small log homes for family members, then larger homes for the family. As people began to come north for summer vacations he began to build for the tourist.
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More homes were built and more arrows were placed pointing North. Lyle named the business after that arrow that points North and we continue with the tradition of putting an arrow in our homes that points North. (I think Grandpa Parrish would be pleased) Our arrows are all hand made, cedar shafts, with real turkey feathers and a real hand chipped stone arrowhead.
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| Great Grandpa Parrish and his sons built many beautiful log homes on Drummond Island Michigan. Drummond Island lays at the mouth of the Saint Mary's River at the north end of Lake Huron. |
His beautiful log home was conveniently located on Whitney Bay and served as a stop-over place for many travelers.
In the early 1900's it was very important to be oriented as to direction and as the family finished their home someone came up with the idea of putting an arrow through the king post truss in the living room and having that arrow point north.
Lyle started North Arrow Log Homes as a business in 1989 and since that time we have built well over 200 log homes. In 2011 Lyle stepped down as owner to sale his beloved business to long time employee Alex Rivers. Together Alex and Lyle have built 24 homes, some of those projects have been very small, 12 by 14 feet for a sauna and very large, 15,000 sq. ft. for a primary residence. |
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We have built many vacation homes as well as retirement homes. The most of our homes are 2000 to 3000 sq. ft.and are permanent residence's.
"Alex Rivers is the most talented log smith I've ever seen. That is why I have trained him and passed this North Arrow tradition to him." -Lyle Kelley
I have hired Lyle as the V.P. for the next two years. After that Lyle will then completely retire, but he will continue to offer insight for future decades to come.
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In 2006 Lyle and I started expanding are skills by building dovetail cabins and homes with lots of log accents. We love the log look, so why not offer all types of decorative logs.
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Some of these decorative logs have been, log post or pillars with log floor joist, log truss's and purlins in the roof system. When complete these homes are stunning because they incorporate a log look that goes very nicely with painted drywall on the interior and wood siding on the exterior.
We would love to put a “North” Arrow in a home for you.
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