Members of the Islands Antiques group (from left) Roger Dodds of Pickford, Dave Dunning of Cedarville, Virginia Wisner of Cedarville, Al and Joan Stretke of Sault Ste. Marie, Sue Sherlund of Cedarville, Jane Kologe of Cedarville, Annegret Goehring of Hessel, Amy Kohlmann of Cedarville, and Nadine Cain of Cedarville tour Dave Dunning's Cedarville home March 20. (Photographs courtesy of Nadine Cain) A new group, Islands Antiques, meeting in Cedarville since January, toured the Cedarville lodge of member Dave Dunning March 20. The lodge overlooks McKay Bay and is a reconstruction of a timber frame structure that was built in the early 1940s, but includes portions of an old stone cabin from the 1920s. The building's architecture is primarily Arts and Crafts, and much of the materials are native wood and stone. Authentic old methods were used in the reconstruction, such as hewing timbers with adzes, and using oak-pegged timbers and ammonia fumed oak.

Furnishings include a grandfather clock made around 1905, which was one of two built for a Masonic lodge in Alliance Ohio. Mr. Dunning has pieces of antique Roseville "Mostique" pottery and Silvercrest silver-on-bronze metal ware he has collected over the years.

He also has an antique and foot-powered tool collection, including a W.F. and John Barnes 1896 metal lathe and table saw, along with a large collection of antique hand tools.

A previous owner of the lodge was Judge James M. Teahen of Traverse City, who bought it in 1957 from the Hamel family.

Islands Antiques is a casual group of antique collectors and history buffs who meet every other Thursday, from 2 p.m. to 4 p.m., at Les Cheneaux Community Library in Cedarville. Future meeting dates are May 1, May 15, and May 29.