Free-For-All tour set for Aug. 2 at Felt Mansion

The Felt Mansion is continuing free self-guided tours from 1-4 p.m. Sunday, Aug. 2, 2026.

The mansion also announced that tickets for its popular paranormal investigation experience go on sale Aug.1.

Free-For-All Tours

Free-For-All Day events — self-guided tours at no charge — are the first Sunday of the month through October at the mansion, 6597 138^th Ave. in Laketown Township. They started in 2024 as a way to share local history and thank the community for its support in the restoration process.

A self-guided tour generally takes about 45 minutes to an hour with direction by a tour booklet, which includes architectural and historical details about the estate, plus two videos that play on repeat. The Felt Mansion can accommodate groups of any size, and visitors of all ages are welcome.

Only the first floor of the mansion is handicap accessible. All other floors are accessible via stairs only.

For details, visit here.

The next Free-For-All is Sept. 6 from 1-4 p.m.

Self-guided tours are usually $10 for adults 18 and up, $8 for seniors and students (60 and older and college student), and $5 for people 8 to 17 years old.  Admission is free for those under 8 years old.

Paranormal event

Step into the shadows and embrace the supernatural with paranormal investigator and television personality Adam Berry on Oct. 23-24 from 6-11:30 p.m.

Tickets are available starting Aug. 1 on the Felt website.

Join Berry, and John E.L. Tenney and Jessica Knapik of the “What’s Up Weirdo” podcast, for a night that promises to uncover the secrets of the beyond.

The evening includes a meet-and-greet, question and answer session moderated by Knapik, and Felt Estate ghost stories, followed by an exclusive four-hour paranormal investigation of the historic Felt Mansion and Carriage House led by Berry and Tenney.

Tickets for this VIP experience are $200 and limited to 40 investigators each evening.

For more information and tickets, visit here.

About the Mansion

Construction on the mansion began in 1925 by Dorr Felt, inventor of the Comptometer, the first machine that could do all four math functions — add, subtract, multiply and divide. The building was finished in 1928.

Felt’s wife, Agnes, died in 1928, six weeks after the house was complete. Dorr died two years later.

The property went on to serve as a minor seminary for the Augustinian order (attended by Pope Leo XIV), a state prison, and a Michigan State Police post before the property was purchased by Laketown Township.

Today, following years of restoration by the Friends of the Felt Estate, the mansion is a top cultural, educational, and event destination, welcoming thousands of visitors annually.