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Interlochen Center for the Arts says it will tear down lodge formerly named for Jeffrey Epstein
The board said the lodge no longer reflects the institution’s values after public revelations and survivor accounts prompted a review.
- The Interlochen Center for the Arts announced this week that its board of trustees approved demolishing Green Lake Lodge, a cabin previously named the Jeffrey E. Epstein Scholarship Lodge and funded by Epstein's donations exceeding $400,000 between 1990 to 2003.
- Classified files released by the federal government in late 2025 revealed that at least two accusers alleged they met Epstein at Interlochen in the 1990s, with one woman claiming he met her there in 1994 when she was 13 years old.
- Built in the 1990s, the 1,500-square-foot cedar log cabin on Green Lake featured a stone fireplace and barrier-free design, expected to generate about $15,000 annually for scholarships; Interlochen renamed it Green Lake Lodge in 2009 following Epstein's first criminal conviction.
- In a statement Tuesday, Interlochen said the lodge has 'come to carry associations that are not reflective of who we are as an institution,' and invited accusers to speak with an independent investigator while emphasizing student safety remains the highest priority.
- The center is developing alternative uses for the site following the demolition, while internal reviews in 2009 and 2019 found no reports of misconduct at Interlochen involving Epstein in institutional records; the 1,200-acre campus operates as a premier arts boarding high school.
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Interlochen to Raze Lodge Once Named for Epstein
An arts camp in northern Michigan is preparing to raze a lodge once paid for by Jeffrey Epstein, saying the building no longer aligns with its values. Interlochen Center for the Arts told Interlochen Public Radio that its board voted to tear down Green Lake Lodge, formerly named for Epstein,...
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Interlochen Center for the Arts says it will tear down lodge formerly named for Jeffrey Epstein
The Interlochen Center for the Arts, the Michigan summer-intensive camp and year-round boarding school — which Epstein attended as a teenager and where, as a donor, he later allegedly met at least two of his victims — will tear down the Green Lake Lodge (formerly known as Jeffrey E. Epstein Scholarship Lodge). – AP
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