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. It was listed on the National Register of Historic Places in 1998.[1]
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| Location | 624 Ludington St., Escanaba, Michigan |
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| Coordinates | 45°44′46″N 87°3′22″W / 45.74611°N 87.05611°W |
| 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 |
History edit
Escanaba in the early 1900s experienced an economic boom due to its central location in the Upper Peninsula, 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 in 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
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]
References edit
- ^ a b "National Register Information System". National Register of Historic Places. National Park Service. July 9, 2010.
- ^ a b c d e f g "Delta Hotel". Michigan State Housing Development Authority: Historic Sites Online. Archived from the original on December 25, 2012. Retrieved April 13, 2012.
- ^ "Clyde Burns is Candidate". Escanaba Daily Press. July 20, 1934.
- ^ a b "Delta Hotel Sold for Use as Aged Home". Milwaukee Sentinel. May 4, 1962.
- ^ "Hotel to Close". Milwaukee Sentinel. August 25, 1962.
- ^ "Bout the Bishop Noa Home". The Bishop Noa Home. Archived from the original on January 16, 2013. Retrieved April 13, 2012.
- ^ Paul Ruschmann; Maryanne Nasiatka (2006), Michigan Breweries, Stackpole Books, pp. 239–240, ISBN 0811732991
- ^ Robin Shepard (2001), Wisconsin's Best Breweries and Brewpubs: Searching for the Perfect Pint, Univ of Wisconsin Press, p. 51, ISBN 0299174441
- ^ a b "Escanaba Restaurants". Hunt's Guide to the Upper Peninsula. Archived from the original on September 24, 2012. Retrieved April 17, 2012.