Fred W. Green

Fred W. Green, governor of Michigan from 1927 to 1931, was born in Manistee in 1872 and grew up in Cadillac. A partner in the Ypsilanti Reed Furniture Co., he moved the business to Ionia in 1904. Drawn to politics, he served twelve terms as mayor of Ionia and ten years as Treasurer of the Republican State Central Committee. While serving as mayor, he had this handsome Mission-style house built, completing it in 1924. An avid sportsman, he led an administration marked by an expanding fish planting program and the acquisition of seven state parks. In 1931 he returned to private life and to his favorite pastimes, hunting and fishing. He died in 1936 near Munising.

Ionia, Michigan · United States