![]() for the most part, a quick search on google maps will show many of the public places. I figure trying to find them as I did is part of the fun. I always get asked about detailed locations or directions to the places I post. Although there is not a lot to see, it is a fun adventure to search for it. It is now a picnic area within the Mason Tract. You can still see some remnants of the castle protruding from the ground. For years the ruins of the Durant Castle stood in the forest but eventually, everything standing was knocked down and the foundation filled in. Because of the Great Depression, the Durants decided not to rebuild the house. It was believed that some turpentine soaked rags caught fire and created the blaze that destroyed the home. While going to nearby Roscommon the house caught fire and burned. In 1931, When painters were adding the final coat of paint to one of the rooms they stopped to take a break. Sadly the couple never got a chance to live in the house. In the late 1920’s Cliff and his wife Lea built this opulent mansion on the banks of the Au Sable River. He was the son of William Durant who founded General Motor. The house was built by Russell Clifford Durant, known as “Cliff” to all his friends. Redevelopment of the site is expected to be resort-related.Hidden deep in the forests of northern Michigan is the remains of an enormous castle-like mansion. In 2019, Sullivan Resorts LLC, a subsidiary of owner Louis Cappelli’s Valhalla-based Cappelli Enterprises, demolished most of the site. Efforts had been made in the past to bring the once regal hotel back to life. ![]() Many of the hotel rooms were still furnished, but graffiti covered the walls, ornate architectural nuances have been vandalized, pools have been destroyed and glass has been shattered. ![]() The resort closed in 1986 and has fallen into decay and ruin. Eddie Fisher and Debbie Reynolds were married at Grossingers. Nelson Rockefeller and boxing champion Rocky Marciano (who trained there). Celebrity regulars included Eleanor Roosevelt, Gov. At its peak, and under the tutelage of matriarch Jennie Grossinger, the popular resort had a campus of 35 buildings, a wedding chapel, a ski slope, its own zip code, an air strip and a dining room that could feed 3,000 all at once. ![]() The famed hotel, which was as much the center of entertainment in the 1950s and 1960s as New York City, Hollywood or Las Vegas, now lies in ruins, a tawdry souvenir of its former showgirl self. Once the showplace of all Catskill resorts, Grossinger’s is nothing but a memory now. When you visit, stop by the village’s two historic hotel buildings: The 1842 American Hotel (1842) and the Roseboro Hotel, which operated as a hotel as far back as the 1850s. Today it is owned by a South Korean conglomerate with plans to renovate it in the future. As summertime clientele found tony Saratoga Springs (with its casino and racetrack) later in the century, the Adler and other hotels emptied and deteriorated. Sitting on a rise on the northern end of the village’s business district, the five-story tall Adler had 150 guest rooms, a ballroom, a massive dining room and beautiful manicured lawns. The Adler (1929-2004) was one of the most imposing. There were more than a dozen major hotels here, now almost all gone. While most of the summer residents were Jewish, others from around the world could also be found enjoying the fresh mountain air, taking in the medical mysteries of the villages several mineral springs and enjoying nationally known entertainers at dances and concerts. The village of Sharon Springs was once the vacation mecca for thousands of travelers in the beginning of the 20th century.
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