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"Heinze's Famous Resort", located at 445 S. Maple, was built by Fred and Lizzie (Palzer) Heinze in the winter of 1911-12. Lizzie was a daughter of 1857 Saugatuck settler Herbert Palzer and had been born in Saugatuck in 1865. Fred would pick up clients from Chicago at the dock in Saugatuck. He would taxi the guests where they wished during their stay. Elizabeth would cook and do housekeeping, it was said she did most of the work. Their resort operated for nearly 20 years and closed in the early 1930s when Lizzie's health began to deteriorate. She died in 1938. Fred spent the remainder of his years cultivating dahlias at his home on South Maple and died in Chicago from injuries resulting when he stepped in front of a car in 1951 at the age of 92. Frederick Anton "Fritz" Heinze was the youngest son of Johann Daniel and Fredericka (Hoffer) Heinze who emigrated from Eisfeld Germany in 1865. Johann was a master soap maker and the family settled in Chicago. In 1871 their home burned in the great Chicago fire and they escaped with what they could carry. After the death of his first wife, Fred Heinze married Elizabeth "Lizzie" Palzer of Saugatuck on Aug. 24, 1908 in Chicago. They lived there several years before moving permanently to Saugatuck. Fred and Elizabeth rest in the Riverside Cemetery. (info. provided by Ray & Chuck Foster & Whitney Gulbrandson descendants of Fred's brother Emil. The Fosters are shown in the 2009 photo of the home.) -Submitted by Chris Yoder, Feb 2010

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