Oakland County, Michigan
Healthy Home Assessments in Holly Township
Northwest Oakland County township around the historic railroad village of Holly, whose Victorian downtown and lakes draw festival and state-park visitors. One assessment, then a plan you can act on.
What Holly Township is built of
Worth knowing: Home of the Michigan Renaissance Festival, drawing more than 240,000 visitors each season.
How the housing sits
Owner-occupancy sits at 76.2%, and 65.4% of all units are detached single-family homes, per 2023 five-year Census figures. Adults with a bachelor's degree or higher come to 24.6%. Building is recorded here from 1891. An older envelope handles air and moisture differently.
Water at Big Seven Lake changes what humidity does, so moisture and condensation get the longest look.
Local ground in Holly Township:
- Holly Hotel. 1891 hotel on the National Register since 1980, famous for Carry Nation's August 29, 1908 temperance raid when she smashed whiskey bottles with her trademark hatchet.
- Battle Alley. Historic street named after an 1880 brawl between locals and traveling circus workers, now the heart of Holly's social district.
- Michigan Renaissance Festival grounds. Festival begun in 1979 and moved to its permanent Dixie Highway site in Holly, drawing over 240,000 visitors each season.
- Seven Lakes State Park. 1,434-acre park one mile northwest of Holly with 230 acres of water across six lakes, including 170-acre Big Seven Lake.
- Seven Lakes camping and beaches. State park campground, beaches, and fishing on the lake chain.
Corners of the map
Holly Township takes in one smaller district, Village of Holly. Village of Holly: Incorporated village with the historic Battle Alley and Holly Hotel downtown.