Landmark Inn

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Landmark Inn
Former names
  • Hotel Northland
  • Heritage House
  • Old Marquette Inn
General information
Location Marquette, Michigan
Address230 North Front Street
Coordinates 46°32′42″N87°23′31″W / 46.545°N 87.392°W / 46.545; -87.392
Construction started1917
Completed1930
Opened1930
Renovated1995–97
OwnerGraves Hospitality Management
Height6 stories
Design and construction
Architect(s) Samuel Shackford Otis [1]
Website
thelandmarkinn.com

The Landmark Inn is a historic hotel on Front Street in downtown Marquette, Michigan. The hotel originally opened in 1930 as the Hotel Northland. As it originally did, the hotel operates as a full-service hotel with 66 rooms, many of which overlook the shores of Lake Superior.

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History

Building plans and concept work on the hotel started in June 1916 and were overseen by Samuel Shackford Otis. [2] Construction on Hotel Northland began with foundation pouring in 1920 but was quickly halted due to lack of funding. [2] After George Shiras III and the stockholders of the Kambawgam Hotel Co. [3] had raised the $35,0000 (equivalent to $440,000 in 2021 [4] ) necessary to build the hotel, construction resumed 12 years later on April 1, 1929. [5] Hotel Northland officially opened to guests on January 2, 1930. [2]

Through the 1970s, the hotel fell into a severe state of disrepair. The deterioration of the building and a series of rapid name changes (including "Heritage House" in the mid-1970s and "Old Marquette Inn" in 1978) ultimately lead to its closure in 1982, after which it was considered abandoned. [2] [5]

In 1995, the hotel property was purchased by Christine and Bruce Pesola for $103,000 (equivalent to $170,000 in 2021 [4] ) [5] and in that same year, a complete renovation of the building began. [2] After renovation efforts were finished in 1997, the newly restored hotel was reopened as the Landmark Inn. [6]

Throughout its history, the hotel has hosted many celebrities and historical figures including: Amelia Earhart in 1932, Abbott & Costello in 1942, astronaut Jerry Lineger, [2] and Maya Angelou. The hotel also hosted the crew of the film Anatomy of a Murder during filming in 1959.

Current use

The hotel has been owned by Graves Hospitality Management since 2015. [7] The Landmark Inn operates 66 rooms, many of which are now named in coordination to the celebrities and historical figures that have stayed in each respective room. For a number of years, the Landmark Inn was a member of Historic Hotels of America, the official program of the National Trust for Historic Preservation; [8] the hotel left the program in 2016.[ citation needed ]

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