Delta Hotel | |
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Location | 624 Ludington St., Escanaba, Michigan |
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Coordinates | 45°44′46″N87°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 |
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, United States. It was listed on the National Register of Historic Places in 1998. [1]
In the early 1900s, Escanaba experienced an economic boom due to its central location in the Upper Peninsula of Michigan, 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 on 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.
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]