The Sunday family spent their summers in Winona Lake for several years prior to 1911, staying in a home called The Illinois located on a bluff overlooking MacDonald Island and the lake. In 1911 the family moved permanently to Winona Lake. The Illinois was lifted off its foundation and moved eastward across the street and a new bungalow was constructed in its place. The Sundays named the home Mount Hood. (They owned property in Oregon not far from Mount Hood and this was presumably the inspiration behind the name.)