On Bay Street in Sebewaing near the Christ the King Lutheran School is a house like building with a concert structure that looks like a log cabin attached to it. It is the Luckhard Museum and The Indian Mission. In 1845 three Lutheran missionaries Rev. Johann J. F. Auch, Rev. J. Simon Dumser, and Rev. George Sinke arrived in Sebewaing. The Lutheran leader, Rev. Friedrich Schmid, sent them from Ann Arbor to evangelize the Chippewa Indians. They constructed a log chapel at a site just north of town but this proved to be inadequate. In 1846, they purchased lumber from Bay City and ferried it to Sebewaing and constructied this mission house and Auch used it as a combination chapel and home.
After a few years Auch moved on and the building was alternately occupied and abandoned over the course of decades. In 1954, C.F. Luckhard purchased the building and extensively restored it. Luckhard moved the structure to its present location, and used it to display his collection of pioneer-era artifacts. Luckhard also constructed a replica from concrete of the first log house built by Auch.
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