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Text that accompanied the workmen photo from the May 11, 1972 Commercial Record: Atop the Butler Hotel What's the first thing you do when you plan to tear the top two floors off a hotel? You build a new roof over the remaining floor. That's what they did at the Butler Hotel in Saugatuck, so that business can continue, rain or shine, while workmen dismantle things above. This view, looking northwest from the second floor, shows how it's done. The owners of the Butler, Robert N. Sergeant, Lowell Livingstone and Verser White, decided last year to remove the attic and top two floors, largely unused these days as a hotel, because of their age and a lack of heat. The remaining portion houses the restaurant and bar on the first floor and the rooms of the Singapore Yacht Club in the basement. The building, constructed in 1882, started out as a grist mill. It was enlarged and turned into a hotel in 1901 by Capt. and Mrs. W.G. Phelps. In 1922 the building was sold to Mr. and Mrs. Charles Redebaugh. A hotel poster from the Redebaugh era is one of the few artifacts found during the demolition. (Prosch-Jensen Photo)

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Winthers, Sally

11/06/2023

11/06/2023