Delta Hotel

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Delta Hotel
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Location624 Ludington St., Escanaba, Michigan
Coordinates 45°44′46″N87°3′22″W / 45.74611°N 87.05611°W / 45.74611; -87.05611 Coordinates: 45°44′46″N87°3′22″W / 45.74611°N 87.05611°W / 45.74611; -87.05611
Arealess than one acre
Built1912
Architectural style Classical Revival
Part of Escanaba Central Historic District (ID14000123)
NRHP reference No. 98000350 [1]
Added to NRHPApril 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. It was listed on the National Register of Historic Places in 1998. [1]

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History

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

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]

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References

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  2. 1 2 3 4 5 6 7 "Delta Hotel". Michigan State Housing Development Authority: Historic Sites Online. Archived from the original on December 25, 2012. Retrieved April 13, 2012.
  3. "Clyde Burns is Candidate". Escanaba Daily Press. July 20, 1934.
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