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The Douglas House, also known as the Douglas Hotel or the North Branch Outing Club, is a sporting lodge located at 6122 East County Road 612 in Lovells Township, Michigan. It was designated a Michigan State Historic Site in 2000 [ 2 ] and listed on the National Register of Historic Places in 2001.
The mansion was converted into a country inn in 1981 by Lancaster County culinary celebrity Betty Groff along with her husband Abe. The Groff's sold the inn in 1996. The summer kitchen sits 15 feet (4.6 m) north of the mansion. The wood-frame structure with a slate was expanded to include an office and converted to owner's quarters in the 1980s.
He eventually found a 43-acre (17 ha) [14] non-Amish-owned farm listed for sale in Ronks, 8 mi (13 km) east of Lancaster and about 60 mi (97 km) west of Philadelphia, along the Strasburg Rail Road. [3] He leased the farm for one year with an option to buy. [14] Denlinger needed financing for the project and contacted a Lancaster bank.
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The Henry Richardi House is a 2 + 1 ⁄ 2-story asymmetrical wood frame Queen Anne house sitting on a rough stone foundation. [4] The plan includes a number of elegant bays, balconies, and overhangs created by the second-story gables, and a square tower with a curved, pointed roof surmounts the structure.
Douglas, originally known as Dudleyville, was first settled by European-Americans in 1851 as a lumber mill town.In 1861, residents changed the name to Douglas. Reportedly the name was chosen to honor the American statesman Stephen A. Douglas, [6] but other reports indicate that a relative of the original owner of the land also suggested the name because he came from Douglas, the capital of the ...
The new addition cost $125,000 to build and another $30,000 to $40,000 to furnish, [3] and doubled the capacity of the hotel from 50 to 100 rooms. [2] In 1901, the original frame hotel located on the site burned down. [2] In 1902, an addition to the present hotel was constructed on the site by Herman Gundlack of Chicago. [4] [5]
Village Inn was founded by James Mola and Merton Anderson, who opened the first Village Inn Pancake House in Denver in 1958 at 8855 East Colfax Avenue. [5] [6] They incorporated as Village Inn Pancake House, Inc., in December 1959, and began franchising in 1961, with Dow Sherwood opening the first franchised locations in Tampa, Florida.