▁Lake ▁Township , ▁and ▁parts ▁of ▁the ▁Water lo o ▁Rec re ational ▁Area ▁north ▁of ▁I - 9 4 . ▁ ▁History ▁ ▁In ▁ 1 8 4 2 , ▁the ▁Michigan ▁Central ▁Rail road ▁by pass ed ▁the ▁original ▁village ▁and ▁built ▁a ▁dep ot ▁ ▁to ▁the ▁west ▁when ▁an ▁offer ▁of ▁$ 1 . 5 0 ▁an ▁a cre ▁was ▁offered ▁( comp ared ▁to ▁$ 2 . 0 0 ▁an ▁a cre ▁at ▁the ▁previous ▁city ▁center ) ▁. ▁The ▁village ▁was ▁re located ▁to ▁this ▁new ▁location ▁- ▁its ▁current ▁location ▁- ▁to ▁be ▁closer ▁to ▁the ▁rail ▁dep ot ▁and ▁some ▁of ▁the ▁original ▁buildings ▁were ▁re located ▁to ▁the ▁new ▁site . ▁ ▁In ▁ 1 8 8 7 , ▁Gr ass ▁Lake ▁was ▁awarded ▁a ▁stone ▁dep ot ▁designed ▁by ▁the ▁same ▁architect s , ▁Sp ier ▁and ▁R oh ns , ▁and ▁with ▁stone ▁from ▁the ▁same ▁quar ry ▁as ▁the ▁Ann ▁Ar bor ▁station . ▁The ▁historic ▁Roman es que ▁Wh ist le ▁Stop ▁Dep ot ▁offers ▁displays ▁of ▁local ▁interest ▁and ▁is ▁available ▁for ▁r ental . ▁ ▁The ▁Gr ass ▁Lake ▁Historical ▁Society ▁also ▁oper ates ▁the ▁Co e ▁House ▁Museum . ▁The ▁home ▁was ▁constructed ▁in ▁ 1 8 7 1 ▁for ▁Henry ▁Van ▁W ink le , ▁who ▁owned ▁and ▁operated ▁a ▁hardware ▁store ▁and ▁farm ▁equipment ▁deal ership ▁in ▁Gr ass ▁Lake . ▁In ▁ 1 9 7 2 ▁the ▁home ▁was ▁don ated ▁to ▁the ▁historical