Colonial Inn
210 Artesian Ave., Harbor Springs|Colonial Inn Website
Tucked in the whimsical summer season community of Wequetonsing on Little Traverse Bay, the Colonial Inn has actually been inviting visitors for 129 years.
The Colonial Inn was established in 1894 by Colonel Eaton of the Michigan Wolverines Cavalry department. (Rumor has it that his fortune had its origins in the capture of the Confederate President Jefferson Davis.).
After Eaton’s death in 1904, his widow continued the operation of the hotel. In the 1920s, Papa Tam, a German World War I colonel, ended up being the owner, and in 1955, Colonial Inn was bought already–Ford Motor Company Vice President John R. Davis and Harbor Springs starFred Renker Renker handled the hotel till 1968 when it was purchased by Ray Brown, a southern transplant fromNorth Carolina Brown owned and run the hotel till 1986, when his kid, Tim, purchased the hotel and started updating the home till his death in 2016. His earliest kid and name now owns and runs the inn.
Expect superior hospitality, impressive service and amazing regional atmosphere in the 43 updated spaces. During fall gos to, an in-room gas fireplace keeps you warm after a day checking out– the inn’s stretching premises are simply one block fromLake Michigan “We have a personal dock suitable for sundowns or stargazing,” includes Sara Little, who supervises marketing for the inn. Amenities consist of a swimming pool and jacuzzi and, maybe essential, fresh-baked cookies daily in the Main House.
