Delta Hotel
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| Location | 624 Ludington St., Escanaba, Michigan |
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| Area | less than one acre |
| Built | 1912 |
| Architectural style | Classical Revival |
| Part of | Escanaba Central Historic District (ID14000123) |
| NRHP reference No. | 98000350[1] |
| Added to NRHP | April 9, 1998 |
The Delta Hotel, also known as the Bishop Noa Home for Senior Citizens, Hereford and Hops Restaurant and Brewpub, and the Delta Apartments, is a hotel located at 624 Ludington Street in Escanaba, Michigan, United States. It was listed on the National Register of Historic Places in 1998.[1]
History
[edit | edit source]In the early 1900s, Escanaba experienced an economic boom due to its central location in the Upper Peninsula of Michigan, which created a natural transportation hub moving iron ore from railroad cars onto ships.[2] In fact, the city's population grew from 9,500 in 1900 to 14,500 in 1913.[2] At about that time, a stockholder's corporation, supported in part by local businessmen, formed to construct a new hotel in the city. The Delta Hotel opened on January, 1914, and served as Escanaba's best hotel for many years.[2] In 1922 the hotel was sold to Clyde J. Burns, an Escanaba businessman and politician.[3] Burns and his wife managed the hotel until 1957, when Burns' widow sold it to her nephew, David W. Walch.[4]
In 1962, the hotel closed, and Walch sold it to the Roman Catholic Diocese of Marquette.[5] The hotel was converted into a nursing home, known as the Bishop Noa Home for Senior Citizens, in 1962-63, at which time an addition was constructed.[2] The Bishop Noa Home moved from the building in 1992.[6] The building remained vacant for a short period, and was then purchased and renovated.[7] In 1994, the Hereford and Hops, a brewpub and restaurant, opened in first floor the building.[8] The upper floors were converted into thirty-two apartments.[9] As of 2018, the Hereford and Hops still occupied the building.
Description
[edit | edit source]The Delta Hotel is a five-story, 66 feet (20 m) high Classical Revival structure.[2] The main facades have a rusticated exterior at the first floor level, and a decorative belt resembling a cornice below the fifth-floor windows. There is paneled brickwork between the windows on the fifth floor level, and a parapet across the top that was added when the original main cornice was removed.[2] It originally had 75 hotel rooms,[4] and now has 32 apartments.[9]
The 1962–63 addition is a sand-colored, brick, C-shaped structure, measuring 25 feet (7.6 m) by 140 feet (43 m).[2]
See also
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