1970 Boals sold the property to the National Park Service. The Rikers, by then the last active farm family on the island, were asked to relocate, and the farm (and other properties on South Manitou Island) were included as part of the Sleeping Bear Dunes National Lakeshore. Description The George Conrad Hutzler Farm is located on near the center of the island. The farm contains a house, barn, five shed, a chicken coop, and a granary surrounded by old fields. The George Conrad Hutzler house is a -story wood-frame structure with clapboard siding on a concrete foundation. The house has a gable roof covered in hexagonal slate tiles. The main section measures by , and a small shed-roof addition is built on one side. The associated barn is a gable-roofed structure on a wooden foundation. It is clad with vertical board siding and roofed with wooden shingles. It measures by and has a pair of large double wooden doors on one side. The five sheds are all gable roofed wooden structures. They are: Two-story by structure with wooden shingles and board-and-batten siding. One-story by structure with an asphalt roof and tarpaper siding. One-story by structure with wooden shingles and horizontal board siding. One-story by structure asphalt shingles and horizontal board siding. One-story by structure with wooden shingles and horizontal board siding. The chicken coop consists of two connected structures. The larger structure measures by , with an asphalt-covered shed roof and vertical board siding on a wood foundation. The smaller part measures by , with an asphalt-covered gable roof and vertical board siding on a wood foundation. The granary is a -story wood-frame structure measuring by , with a small one-story shed attached to the rear. It has a wood foundation and is covered by a gable roof with wood shingles. A corn crib is on one side. References Further reading German-American culture in Michigan Farms on the National Register of Historic Places in Michigan Buildings and structures in Leelanau County, Michigan Historic districts on the National Register of Historic Places in Michigan National Register of Historic Places in Leelanau County, Michigan National Register of Historic Places in Sleeping Bear Dunes National Lakeshore