1851 - Aft 1931
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Born |
19 Apr 1851 |
Barry, Michigan |
Gender |
Male |
Census |
1860 |
Allegan, Allegan, Michigan |
Census |
1870 |
Allegan, Allegan, Michigan |
Census |
1880 |
Allegan, Allegan, Michigan |
Census |
1900 |
Petoskey, Emmet, Michigan |
Census |
1910 |
Seattle, King, Washington |
Census |
1930 |
Woodland Precinct King Washington, |
Died |
Aft 1930 |
Seattle, King, Washington |
_CRE |
15 Feb 2015 |
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Notes |
- Worked as an architect. http://hunts-upguide.com/city_of_mackinac_island_west_bluff_walk_to_hubbard_s_annex.html
The architect of the Grand Hotel on Mackinac Island, Michigan.
In 1885-86 CASSIUS M. WILLIAMS ran the Van Raalte, on the mail and passenger route
between Petoskey and Manistee, Mich., for C. W. Caskey
Van Raalte, A. C., stmr., lost L. Mich., '88.
Van Raalte A., C., tug, 176 g. t., b. '67, Buffalo, in com.
In the 1880s and 1890s Mackinac changed greatly. Business investment by large railroad companies and personal wealth led to the construction of opulent Victorian summer homes. Three transportation companies joined forces with hotelier John Oliver Plank and with Charles Caskey, a local cottage builder with an amazing reputation for quick construction, and built the Grand Hotel in less than four months. Meat packers, lumbermen, and railroad barons constructed elegant ìcottagesî on Mackinacís West Bluff, East Bluff, and Annex areas.
The Grand Hotel, an all-inclusive resort built in 1887 by two railroads and a steamship company to meet the needs of the Victorian traveler. The hotelís builder was Charles Caskey, who used more than 1,500,000 feet of Michigan white pine to erect the enormous classic revival structure. The early commitment was to provide guests with something more than simply elegant accommodations and superb cuisine and this tradition still continues today.
The Grand Resortís most unforgettable architectural feature is its seemingly endless front porch with rocking chairs that stretch the entire length of the hotelís elegant faÁade. People sit on the rocking chairs, sip cocktails or iced tea and look out tothe beautifully landscaped grounds and the Straits of Mackinac which surround the resort.
Grand Hotel *** (added 1972 - Building - #72000637)
Grand Ave., Mackinac Island
Historic Significance: Event, Architecture/Engineering
Architect, builder, or engineer: Caskey,Charles, Howe,Alphonse
Architectural Style: Queen Anne
Area of Significance: Entertainment/Recreation, Architecture
Period of Significance: 1875-1899, 1900-1924, 1925-1949
Owner: Private
Historic Function: Domestic
Historic Sub-function: Hotel
Current Function: Domestic
Current Sub-function: Hotel
The following is an excerpt from the book Buildings of Michigan, by Kathryn B. Eckert, published by Oxford University Press:
"In 1882 U.S. Senator Francis B. Stockbridge of Michigan purchased the site of the hotel and formulated a scheme to finance its construction. He created interest in the building and the oversight of the operation of the hotel among the three major transportation companies that served the island and that wanted to promote the use of their transportation systems. Thus, the Detroit and Cleveland Navigation Company, the Michigan Central Railroad and the Grand Rapids and Indiana Railroad formed the Mackinac Island Hotel Company, which, in turn, built the hotel in 1887. To build the hotel, the stock company commissioned Charles W. Caskey, an architect-builder who had come north to Harbor Springs from Allegan, Michigan, to take part in the building rush in theresort communities of northwestern Lower Michigan in the 1880s. Caskey executed plans prepared by George Mason of Mason and Rice in Detroit. The company leased the operation of the Grand Hotel to managers and firms experienced in operating hotels in New England and elsewhere. Among the wealthy Midwesterners assembled at the Grand Hotel for its opening in 1887 were the lumber barons the Algers, Newberrys and Blodgetts; the Potter Palmers and Marshall Fields; and the meat packers, the Armours and the Swifts."
The Grand Hotel remains one of Michigan's most popular architectural attractions.
For information about any of the programs described on this site, write the Michigan State Historic Preservation Office, Michigan Historical Center, P.O. Box 30740, 702 W. Kalamazoo St., Lansing, MI 48909-8240, or call us at (517) 373-1630.
The Thompson House-319 East Allegan Street Otsego Michigan Featured in Oxford's Buildings of Michigan, this house reflects the cross-plan style of Allegan architect Charles Caskey, who went on to design summer cottages in Harbor Springs and Mackinac Island.
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Person ID |
I22321 |
Moon Anderson Family History & Genealogy |
Last Modified |
15 Feb 2015 |
Father |
James William Caskey, b. 1 Jan 1821, Glascow, Lanarkshire, Scotland , d. 21 Apr 1904, Harbor Springs, Emmet, Michigan |
Mother |
Lucy Ann Moon, b. 9 Apr 1820, Ellery, Chautauqua, New York , d. 25 Aug 1918, Petoskey, Emmet, Michigan |
Married |
22 Jan 1842 |
Jamestown, Chautauqua, New York |
Family ID |
F2143 |
Group Sheet |
Family |
Edith Eleanore Hunt, Hunt, b. Nov 1854, Le Roy, Osceola, Michigan , d. Bef 1930, Seattle, King, Washington |
Married |
5 Jul 1872 |
Allegan, Allegan, Michigan |
Children |
| 1. Albert Berton, Caskey, b. 17 Dec 1874, Allegan, MI , d. 28 Dec 1946, Edmonds, Washington |
| 2. Edward David Caskey, b. 16 Nov 1875, Winfield, Montcalm, Michigan , d. 19 Jul 1948 |
| 3. Jeanne Agnes Caskey, b. 15 Sep 1878, Allegan, MI , d. 12 Nov 1952, Boston, Suffolk, Massachusetts |
| 4. George J. Caskey, b. Nov 1883, Petoskey, Emmet, Michigan , d. 1918, Seattle, King, Washington |
| 5. Eva Lenora Caskey, b. 29 Dec 1886, Harbor Springs, Emmet, Michigan , d. 13 Dec 1957, Oakland, California |
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Last Modified |
28 Oct 2005 |
Family ID |
F8042 |
Group Sheet |
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