Kaleve Bottle House | |
Location | Kaleva, Michigan |
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Coordinates | 44°22′19″N 86°00′35″W / 44.37194°N 86.00972°W |
Built | 1941 |
Architect | John J. Makinen Sr. |
Architectural style | Bottle house |
NRHP reference No. | 87000423 |
Added to NRHP | July 7, 1987 |
The John J. Makinen Bottle House (also known as the Kaleva Bottle House, Kaleva Bottle House Museum, and Kaleva Historical Museum) is a house built of bottle wall construction in 1941 by John J. Makinen, Sr. It is located in Kaleva, Michigan near Manistee. Construction uses over 60,000 bottles laid on their sides with the bottoms toward the exterior.[1][2]