The Commercial House

Sometimes called the Riverside Hotel, this 24 room hotel opened to the public in 1904. Proprietor Charles O. Fry ran a comfortable hostlery where guests were made to feel they had found a home, not just a stopping place. Patrons were assured a choice selection of wines and liquors, including the two famous brands of rye whiskey known as "Cumberland Club" and "Grass Window." Customers paid five cents for a beer and ten cents for a whiskey. A lunch counter also provided a specialty of short orders served any time of the day or night. Of the 13 saloons that once operated in Boyne, the Eagles Lodge is one of the few saloon structures still standing that catered to the lumberjacks.

Boyne City, Michigan · United States