The Grand Hotel is a historic and coastal resort hotel in Mackinac Island, Michigan, a small island located on the eastern end of the Strait of Mackinac inside Lake Huron between the Upper and Lower Country peninsula. Built at the end of the 19th century, this facility advertises itself as having the largest terrace in the world. The Grand Hotel is renowned for a number of notable visitors, including five US presidents, Russian President Vladimir Putin and Dmitri Medvedev, inventor Thomas Edison, and author Mark Twain.
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History
In 1886, the Michigan Central Railroad, Grand Rapids and Indiana Railroad, and the Detroit and Cleveland Steamship Navigation Company formed the Mackinac Island Hotel Company. The group buys the land on which the hotel is built and construction begins, based on design by Detroit Mason and Rice architects. When opened the following year, the hotel is advertised to Chicago, Erie, Montreal and Detroit residents as a summer retreat for travelers arriving by lake steamer and by train from across the continent. The hotel opened on 10 July 1887 and it only took 93 days to complete. At the opening, the price per night in the hotel ranges from $ 3 to $ 5 a night (equivalent to $ 81.71-136.19 in 2017).
In 1957, the Grand Hotel was designated as a State Historical Building. In 1972, the hotel was named on the National Register of Historic Places, and on June 29, 1989, the hotel was designated as a National Historic Landmark.
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Facilities
Carleton Varney, a protà © gà © Dorothy Draper, designed the Grand Hotel in the late 19th century decorations, including Pelargonium geranium. Varney deliberately designed the hotel so that all rooms differ from each other at least in one aspect. There are four types of rooms: Category I, Category II, Category III, and Named Space. There are six two bedroom suites consisting of two bedrooms connected by the living room, which are two, Grand Suite and Carleton Varney Suite, overlooking Mackinac Bridge and Strait of Mackinac. The presidential suite is centrally located with a balcony on the terrace. The separate structure that was added in early 2000 was named Masco Cottage.
In addition, seven suites are named and designed by seven former First Ladies of the United States. This is the Jacqueline Kennedy Suite (with a carpet that includes a golden presidential eagle on a navy blue background and gold painted walls), Lady Bird Johnson Suite (yellow damask wall covered with blue and gold wildflowers), Betty Ford Suite (green with cream and slightly red), Rosalynn Carter Suite (with samples from China designed for Carter White House and wall coverings in Georgia peach), Nancy Reagan Suite (with red walls and Mrs. Reagan's personal touch), Barbara Bush Suite (designed with pale blue and pearls and with Maine and Texas influences), and Laura Bush Suite (decorated with bright cream and floral patterns inspired by Texas grasslands).
The Grand Hotel's front terrace is the longest in the world with a length of about 660 feet (200 m), overlooking the expansive Tea Garden and the resort-scale Esther Williams pool. This area is often used by guests in a relaxing family holiday, for large conventions, or concerts during the annual Labor Day Jazz Festival at the hotel. This hotel has drawn some criticism because of its policy of charging $ 10 for non-guests to enter the building and enjoy the view from the famous veranda.
Prior to 2007, air conditioning was only available in public spaces, such as the lobby, living room and Salle a Manger (main dining room). Because of the design of the building it was difficult to add air conditioning to the guest rooms. Air conditioning is installed in 170 guest rooms after a bathroom heat exchanger is added. The exchanger cools the air through contact with the cold water system.
Mackinac Island does not allow motor vehicles (except for emergency vehicles and, in winter, snowmobiles), and transportation to and from the pier to the hotel is via horse-drawn carriage. The only other motor vehicle allowed in history today is the car that was brought for the filming of Somewhere in Time. During the winter months, when ice prevents ferry transportation from the mainland, the hotel is closed. The island also has a small airport (no fuel or service) for private planes. Horse-drawn taxis will take guests from the airport to the hotel or other destinations.
Important event
US President Harry Truman, John F. Kennedy, Gerald Ford, George H.W. Bush, and Bill Clinton have visited the hotel. The hotel also hosts the first public demonstrations of Thomas Edison's phonograph on the verandah, as well as regular demonstrations of Edison's other new discoveries. Mark Twain also makes this a regular location on his Midwest speaking tours.
In May of each year, the Grand Hotel serves as a headquarters for the Mackinac Regional Chamber of Commerce Policy Conference in Detroit that attracts politicians, businessmen and labor leaders from all the northern states and northern regions.
Acclaim
Hotel's "Conde Nast Traveler"/"Gold List" hotel as one of the "Best Places for Overnight Stay" and a list of Leisure Travel magazines as one of the "Top 100 Hotels in the World." The Wine Spectator recorded the Grand Hotel with an "Award of Excellence" and it is included in the Top 25 Hotels in the World Gourmet list. The American Automobile Association (AAA) rated this facility as a resort with four diamonds. and in 2009 named the Grand Hotel as one of the top 10 US historic hotels.
In popular culture
The Grand Hotel serves as a backdrop and one of the settings for the 1980 Somewhere in Time movie starring Christopher Reeve and Jane Seymour. Every October the hotel organizes an annual convention for classic cult enthusiasts.
The hotel also serves as a setting for the 1947 musical comedy This Time for Keeps starring Jimmy Durante and Esther Williams (after whom the name of the hotel pool is).
This hotel is the origin of the first World Day Walk in the 1970s.
See also
- List of National Historic Landmarks in Michigan
- The Dearborn Inn
References
- Grand Hotel Listing in Michigan History, Art and Library
- Grand Hotel Listing in MI State Historic Preservation Object
External links
- Grand Hotel Website
- "Map of island and hotel location" (PDF) .
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