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Keefer House Hotel

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1885, W. H. Myers and Son, builders. 102–106 N. Howell St.

H. M. Keefer and Charles E. Keefer (1856–1899) built the three-story brick hotel in this central location and within a minute's walk from the railroad depot. The location was especially attractive for traveling salesmen; fifty-four sleeping rooms and sample rooms were contained above and behind the street-level hotel lobby and commercial space. The fancy, red and yellow brickwork in the wall panels, the window hoods, and the corbeled cornice are noteworthy.

Writing Credits

Author: 
Kathryn Bishop Eckert
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What's Nearby

Hillsdale City Hall
Hillsdale County Courthouse
Frederick W. Stock House
Oscar Hancock House
Hillsdale Grange Hall, Hillsdale County Fairgrounds

Citation

Kathryn Bishop Eckert, "Keefer House Hotel", [Hillsdale, Michigan], SAH Archipedia, eds. Gabrielle Esperdy and Karen Kingsley, Charlottesville: UVaP, 2012—, http://sah-archipedia.org/buildings/MI-01-HI3.

Print Source

Cover: Buildings of Michigan

Buildings of Michigan, Kathryn Bishop Eckert. Charlottesville: University of Virginia Press, 2012, 192-192.

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