The house is packed full of Grand Rapids relics: Paintings by West Michigan’s world-renowned artist Mathias Alten, a dining table that has served four U.S. presidents, even four gypsum medallions that celebrate a part of the city’s first industry. But the house itself is a piece of history.
The next owner of a charming cottage between Lake Michigan and Lake Macatawa west of Grand Rapids could find themselves rubbing shoulders with the ghosts of President Gerald R. Ford and local tycoons J. Boyd Pantlind and Charles Sligh.Nancy and Leonard Hickey on Aug. 14 listed their 900-square-foot…
The next owner of a charming cottage between Lake Michigan and Lake Macatawa could find themselves rubbing shoulders with the ghosts of President Gerald R. Ford and local tycoons J. Boyd Pantlind and Charles Sligh.
Dog Friendly Hotel Open in Downtown Grand Rapids
For those that travel with their dog, there is now a dog friendly hotel in downtown Grand Rapids.
The newly refurbished Morton Hotel is located on the top three floors of the Morton building, which is located at the corner of Monroe Center and Ionia Avenue NW. Twenty-five former apartments have been turned into extended stay hotel rooms complete a fully equipped kitchen, washer and dryer, and flat screen TVs.
The hotel also caters to their canine visitors with things like elevated dog beds, pet food bowls, a dog mat, and a complimentary dog waste bags, which can be used in the hotel’s dog relief and play area located in the basement. The hotel also features a dog wash station.
Nearly a century later, exploring the tragedy of Ottawa Beach Hotel
Before there was Black Lake Boardwalk, Holland State Park or even Ottawa Beach Road, the north side of Macatawa Bay was home to perhaps the grandest hotel in Holland history.
Cassandra Lybrink, The Holland Sentinel
Published
5:04 pm UTC Feb. 28, 2021
EDITOR’S NOTE: This article is part of an occasional series, Old Haunts of Holland, that will spotlight businesses that once held a special place in the heart of Hollanders and now hold a permanent place in our local history.
Before it was Black Lake Boardwalk, before Holland State Park and Ottawa Beach Marina even before Ottawa Beach Road the westernmost plot of land along the north side of Macatawa Bay held perhaps the grandest hotel in Holland history.