History
On May 1, 1907, Frank Meyers became proprietor of the newly remodeled New Boyne Hotel, where weary travelers could register at the 52-room establishment for two dollars a day and find clean, light, airy, well-furnished rooms, irreproachable cuisine in substance and service, and conveniences associated with a modern city hotel, including electric lights and a bathroom. During a severe blizzard on March 7, 1910, the hotel went up in flames, and the Boyne City Fire Department was unable to save the building; so much water was sprayed on the fire that a massive sheet of ice covered areas around the burned hotel. Afterward, the rubble was cleared away, and Joseph McNamee built a grocery and clothing store on the site.
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Boyne City, Michigan · United States
