Iron Mountain's Central House

The Central House, 106 East B Street, Iron Mountain, ca. 1890-1900: The Central House, a hotel and saloon, was operated at this address by Joseph Wenzel in 1892. Note the close proximity of the train tracks to the hotel building and the platform to facilitate loading and unloading railroad cars. The hotel was located across the street from the Milwaukee & Northern Railway Depot. By 1902 the establishment was run by John Parmenter, and by 1907 by Joseph Cordy, who was still here in 1913. August E. Brauns purchased the Central House and the vacant lots to the west of the hotel from Joseph Cordy in November, 1922, with a frontage on B Street of 92 feet, the lot extending back 125 feet. [Menominee Range Historical Museum], Item also published with caption in: Dickinson County, Michigan : from earliest times through the Twenties / compiled and edited by William John Cummings. Iron Mountain, Mich. : Dickinson County Board of Commissioners, 1991. 432 p. : ill, maps, ports. ; 3
Abstract/Description: The Central House, 106 East B Street, Iron Mountain, ca. 1890-1900: The Central House, a hotel and saloon, was operated at this address by Joseph Wenzel in 1892. Note the close proximity of the train tracks to the hotel building and the platform to facilitate loading and unloading railroad cars. The hotel was located across the street from the Milwaukee & Northern Railway Depot. By 1902 the establishment was run by John Parmenter, and by 1907 by Joseph Cordy, who was still here in 1913. August E. Brauns purchased the Central House and the vacant lots to the west of the hotel from Joseph Cordy in November, 1922, with a frontage on B Street of 92 feet, the lot extending back 125 feet. [Menominee Range Historical Museum]
Subject(s): Hotels
Portraits, Group
Iron Mountain (Mich.)
Date Created: 1892