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Marine History, The Lake Ports, Historical and Descriptive Review
of the Lakes, Rivers, Islands, Cities, Towns, Watering Places,
Fisheries, Vessels, Steamers, Captains, Disasters, Early Navigators,
Mineral Wealth, Trade, Commerce, Transportation, Etc., Etc.
DETROIT: Historical Printing Company - 1877.

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                           HURON HOUSE HOTEL
                           Port Huron, Mich.

   This handsome and commodious hotel occupies a prominent position on
Huron avenue, and few western houses can boast so handsome an exterior,
and the present owner and proprietor, Mr. W. AMES, has used every means
in his power to render the internal arrangments equal to those of any hotel
in the west, and his praiseworthy efforts have not been in vain, for a more
comfortable bed than is furnished to the weary traveler cannot be desired;
and the most epicurean taste must perforce admit that the tables are spread
right royally with the best of fare the markets afford.  The office and
public sitting room, a large, light and airy apartment, occupies the front
of the first floor ; next follows the bar, which in plentifully stocked
with the best and most popular wines and liquors ; adjoining this is the
billiard room, sixty-eight feet long by twenty feet wide, in which are five
first-class tables and furniture manufactured by Schulenburg of Detroit.
The second floor is occupied by the parlors and best bed-rooms, and these
apartments are furnished with a degree of luxury and elegance that is
rarely to be met with outside our larger cities.  This popluar hotel was
rebuilt of red brick finished in stone, the upper stories being supported
by handsomely fluted iron pillars, surmounted by massive capitals of ele-
gant design.  It contains a large number of rooms furnished in the most
magnificient manner.  Few cities in Michigan can boast a better appointed
hotel in every respect than the Huron House, or one affording better con-
venience to the traveling public.  Two lines of street cars pass the house
several times a day connecting with the Grand Trunk Railway at Fort
Gratiot, and the Chicago & Lake Huron Railroad, and the ferry communication
between Sarnia, Ont., and Port Huron is within five minutes walk of the
hotel.  As a summer resort Port Huron is deservedly popular.  The cool and
refreshing breezes that constantly blow off Lake Huron, together with the
admirable facilities afforded for fishing and boating on the beautiful St.
Clair River, makes it the rendezvous of numerous tourists.  And now that
the Huron House has obtained so much popularity through the skill and per-
severance of its worthy proprietor, there is little doubt that this
charming neighborhood will before long become a popular summer resort.

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