Grand Hotel (Mackinac Island)
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Grand Hotel
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The Grand Hotel as seen from the lake
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Location within the state of Michigan
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| Location | Grand Hotel Ave., Mackinac Island, Michigan, USA |
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| Coordinates | 45°51′4″N 84°37′33″W / 45.85111°N 84.62583°WCoordinates: 45°51′4″N 84°37′33″W / 45.85111°N 84.62583°W |
| Built | 1887 |
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Mason & Rice Alphonse Howe & Charles Caskey, builders |
| Architectural style | Queen Anne |
| NRHP Reference # | 72000637 |
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| Added to NRHP | May 5, 1972 |
| Designated NHL | June 29, 1989 |
| Designated MSHS | July 12, 1957 |
Mason & Rice Alphonse Howe & Charles Caskey, builders
The Grand Hotel is a historic hotel and coastal resort on Mackinac Island, Michigan, a small island located at the eastern end of the Straits of Mackinac within Lake Huron between the state's Upper and Lower Peninsulas. Constructed in the late 19th century, the facility advertises itself as having the world's largest porch. The Grand Hotel is well known for a number of notable visitors, including five U.S. presidents, Russian presidents Vladimir Putin and Dmitri Medvedev, inventor Thomas Edison, and author Mark Twain.
Grand Hotel is a member of Historic Hotels of America, the official program of the National Trust for Historic Preservation.
In 1886, the Michigan Central Railroad, Grand Rapids and Indiana Railroad, and Detroit and Cleveland Steamship Navigation Company formed the Mackinac Island Hotel Company. The group purchased the land on which the hotel was built and construction began, based upon the design by Detroit architects Mason and Rice. When it opened the following year, the hotel was advertised to Chicago, Erie, Montreal and Detroit residents as a summer retreat for vacationers who arrived by lake steamer and by rail from across the continent. The hotel opened July 10, 1887 and took a mere 93 days to complete. At its opening, nightly rates at the hotel ranged from $3 to $5 a night (equivalent to $79.97–133.28 in 2016).
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