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Stop 4 of 10 on The Complete Guide to Traverse City
The Hannah and Lay Mercantile Building
Downtown Traverse City, Northern Michigan
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"You're at the corner of Front and Union, looking at a big handsome brick building — arched windows, a heavy cornice up top. Locals used to call it the Big Store. And this is the right place to meet the man who invented Traverse City, because he built this too. His name was Perry Hannah, and everyone here still calls him the Father of Traverse City."
Hear the full story in the app — narrated and timed to play right where you're standing.
The Reveal
This stop is part of the tour’s larger story. An optional reveal at the end lets you revisit which details stayed perfectly honest and which got a little extra help.
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This is just one of 10 stops on the The Complete Guide to Traverse City tour. Download the app, put in your headphones, and experience it for real.
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