Home of the 1928 Summer White House

The summer of 1928 proved an exciting one for area residents. On June 1, 1928 the White House announced that Calvin Coolidge would spend the summer at the Brule River estate of Henry Cly Pierce. Known to canoeists drifting down the Brule River as "Cedar Island," the site was the perfect Wisconsin north woods retreat. The estate looks just as it did when Coolidge stayed there. Another view of Cedar Island. The president arrived by train with his wife and an entourage of 60 soldiers, 10 secret servicemen, 14 servants, and 75 newsmen. Central high school, now Central junior high, served as the summer White House, and Coolidge travelled between Cedar Island and Superior on Highway B through Lake Nebagamon, a stretch of road now known as Coolidge Memorial Highway.