Breitung Hotel

The Breitung Hotel, named for Edward Breitung,[1] was a hotel at 111 South Pioneer Avenue in Negaunee, Michigan. The hotel, designed by David M. Harteau, was built from 1879 to 1880.[2] The building was listed as a Michigan State Historic Site on June 20, 1985.[2]

The hotel was destroyed in a fire.[1] The park at the site of hotel was named Breitung Park in August 2009 in its honor.[3]

Architecture

The Breitung was a three-story, L-shaped Italian Renaissance building. The facade was cream-colored brick with brownstone trim and stone quoining. The front of the building possessed a four-story, square tower topped by a mansard roof with an iron balcony on the third floor. A Late Victorian veranda stretched across the front the building.[2]

See also
  • List of Michigan State Historic Sites in Marquette County, Michigan

References
  1. Henderson, Troy (2002). Lake Superior Country: 19th Century Travel and Tourism. Arcadia Publishing. p. 72. ISBN 9780738519456.
  2. Staff. "Breitung Hotel". State Historic Preservation Office. Michigan State Housing Development Authority. Archived from the original on December 24, 2012. Retrieved April 1, 2012.
  3. Boyle, Johanna (August 14, 2009). "Negaunee OKs cable changes". The Mining Journal. Retrieved April 1, 2012.

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