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 The Benjamin Blacksmith east of the Biddle House on Market Street on Mackinac Island. Benjamin Blacksmith ShopOriginally built in the 1880s, Robert and later his son, Herbert, ran a blacksmith shop into the 1960s. The contents of the shop were moved to this reconstructed building in 1970.Click on Admission Rates & Hours and Daily Event Schedule to get more information.  The shop's blacksmith working on the anvil. Blacksmith Demonstrations By InterpretersA blacksmith demonstrates to visitors how smiths on Mackinac Island worked their trade. The interpreter also shares how important the local blacksmith was on Mackinac Island and why the Benjamin Blacksmith Shop was in business from the 1880s until the 1960s. The shop is interpreted to the 1950s era to show how a blacksmith was still a vital trade on Mackinac Island where automobiles are prohibited. Inside the Benjamin Blacksmith Shop. Period SettingThe shop is set up as a working period setting of how the shop would've looked like in the 1950s. Blacksmiths at work from the 2006 convention. Blacksmith ConventionEach summer a blacksmith convention is held at the Benjamin Blacksmith Shop providing a wonderful weekend exposition of traditional tools and techniques used by more than a dozen regional blacksmiths. The group creates historically accurate reproductions for the museum program. |
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