Winter Inn
Winter Inn
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Location | 100 N. Lafayette St., Greenville, Michigan |
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Area | less than one acre |
Built | 1902 |
Architectural style | Late Victorian Vernacular |
NRHP Reference # | 80001883[1] |
Significant dates | |
Added to NRHP | April 17, 1980 |
Designated MSHS | September 10, 1979[2] |
The Winter Inn is a hotel located at 100 N. Lafayette Street in Greenville, Michigan. It was designated a Michigan State Historic Site in 1979[2] and listed on the National Register of Historic Places in 1980.[1] The building is significant as a still-functioning example of a modest, locally owned hotel of a type once common in small towns like Greenville.
History
A string of different hotel buildings were constructed on this site beginning in 1850.[2] These included two successive structures known as the Rossman House hotels, the Merritt House, and the Webster House (later renamed the Northern Hotel).[3] The Northern House was destroyed by fire in 1900, and its owner, Thomas B. Winter,[4] then constructed the present building in 1901-02. He added a rear wing containing a dance hall in 1902-03.[3] The Winter Inn served as a small, locally owned hotel under a string of owners until 1978, when it suffered a fire. After the fire, the inn was restored to its original 1902 appearance and reopened in 1980.[5]
Description
The Winter Inn is a three-story, L-shaped red brick Late Victorian Vernacular hotel with a flat roof. The construction is generally utilitarian, with external decoration confined to brownstone beltcourses above the second and third story windows and a metal-bracketed cornice. Most windows are asymmetrically-arranged one-over-one sash windows, but three arched tripartite windows with leaded glass fanlights are arranged on the first floor. There is a double-door entrance at the canted corner.[2]
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