The Keeper’s Kitchen, Sitting Room, and Dining Room have been restored and furnished to what they may have looked like in the early twentieth century.
Except for the paint color and the fact that the room was heated by a stove, we have no information about how the Marshalls furnished the sitting room. It was probably decorated in a manner typical of the period. Objects in the room represent some things that are know about the Marshall’s including their Roman Catholic faith, Maggie’s Irish heritage, George’s Civil War service and that he smoked a pipe.
The Keeper’s Kitchen is where Maggie would have prepared meals for the family and sometimes laborers living at the station. Her kitchen, like all parts of the lighthouse, was to be kept utterly clean, as demanded by the Lighthouse Service.
Old Mackinac Point Lighthouse was home to George and Maggie Marshall for eighteen years. They raised an adopted son, James, and had their young nephew, Chester, with them at the house, where they shared many meals in the Dining Room.
