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Harding Hotel aerial photo

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Aerial view of the 2nd Harding Hotel, with Center St. and Ferry St. in the foreground, Ferry St. and the West Shore Golf Course to the left, Lake Michigan on the horizon and the edge of Kalamazoo Lake to the right. Also visible is the Root Beer Barrel, the Terrace Park Tower (that would give the name to Tower Marine). The photo shows a long building with an arched roof that has the words "Rooms Meals Dancing" in large type over the door.
The Harding Hotel - center - was located northeast of Center and Ferry Streets in Douglas. The Terrace Park View Resort is just to the north.; HardingHotelAerialCa1955Gray.jpg 483KB - Digital file from Jack Sheridan Drive 2021.72.02
Annotated photo as used in the Douglas Root Beer Barrel interpetive sign The auction handbill above was published in 1964 to liquidate the holdings of the Harbor Club.; This included the large Harbor Hotel building in Douglas near the corner of Ferry and Center Streets which was later used by the River Queen Boatworks for the manufacture of house boats, the Kalamazoo Lake frontage that later became Tower Marine, and the Terrace Park View Resort which has since been razed and replaced with the Tower Harbor condominium development. Note that the resort included a house, lodge, duplex, three cottages and the

2023.10.01

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River Queen Boatworks/Harbor Club/Harding Hotel, 2nd

This building was to be "the world's longest bar." See organization profile for details and higher resolution version of the photo.

Winthers, Sally

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Root Beer Barrel 1950-Woosah/Art Fair Gallery/Indian Inn/Terrace Park TavernSafe Harbor/Tower Marina/Hamilton HouseHarbor Court Condos/Terrace Park View Resort ?-1964River Queen Boatworks/Harbor Club/Harding Hotel, 2nd

This image was copied from the SDHC photo blog as part of updating the SDHC website in 2023. The location of an original or printed version of this image is unknown.

03/14/2023

03/09/2024