Petoskey in Emmet County, Michigan — The American Midwest (Great Lakes)
The Braun
1882
210 Howard Street
Photographed by William Fischer, Jr., August 25, 2016
1. The Braun Marker
Inscription.
The Braun. Was Hemingway thinking about the Braun Restaurant when he wrote about Brown's Beanery in Torrents of Spring? In 1882, John George and Margareta Braun began a hotel/restaurant business that spanned 55 years and three generations. The Braun was known for its delicious food, advertising a "large pleasant dining room, meal and lunches served, oysters served in all styles, best day board for the price. Regular meals 25’." Travelers and local folk found a lively meeting place full of upbeat piano music, local news, stories, and laughter. The Braun struggled as a small hotel in a town filled with larger, more luxurious hotels. In 1917, JG Braun's son, George Christian and wife, Catherine, became the proprietors of "The New Braun." In 1921, GC Braun died at 47 years of age. Catherine continued to operate the Braun well into the Depression until the business was lost in bankruptcy in the late 1930s. For 15 years the Braun provided Catherine and her four children a home, a livelihood, and connections to retailers in what is now the Gaslight District. The building was later used by the Petoskey Mattress Company and other purveyors before becoming the Petoskey Hotel. In 1975, it became a women's clothing store owned by Harold Grant. Gattle's fine linens, sold in Petoskey since the early 1900s, have been retailed here since 1996., National Register of Historical Places
Was Hemingway thinking about the Braun Restaurant when he wrote about Brown's Beanery in Torrents of Spring? In 1882, John George and Margareta Braun began a hotel/restaurant business that spanned 55 years and three generations. The Braun was known for its delicious food, advertising a "large pleasant dining room, meal and lunches served, oysters served in all styles, best day board for the price. Regular meals 25’." Travelers and local folk found a lively meeting place full of upbeat piano music, local news, stories, and laughter. The Braun struggled as a small hotel in a town filled with larger, more luxurious hotels. In 1917, JG Braun's son, George Christian and wife, Catherine, became the proprietors of "The New Braun." In 1921, GC Braun died at 47 years of age. Catherine continued to operate the Braun well into the Depression until the business was lost in bankruptcy in the late 1930s. For 15 years the Braun provided Catherine and her four children a home, a livelihood, and connections to retailers in what is now the Gaslight District. The building was later used by the Petoskey Mattress Company and other purveyors before becoming the Petoskey Hotel. In 1975, it became a women's clothing store owned by Harold Grant. Gattle's fine linens, sold in Petoskey since the early 1900s, have been retailed here since 1996.
Location. 45° 22.529′ N, 84° 57.346′ W. Marker is in Petoskey, Michigan, in Emmet County. It is on Howard Street south of Bay Street, on the right when traveling south. Touch for map. Marker is at or near this postal address: 210 Howard Street, Petoskey MI 49770, United States of America. Touch for directions.
Regionally, this marker is in Northern Michigan Lower Peninsula, on the Straits of Mackinac, and in one of the Lake Michigan Shore counties. It is also in the American Midwest and on the Great Lakes. Globally, it is in North America, the Great North Woods, the Western Hemisphere, the Western World, and the Anglosphere. Historically, it finds itself in what was once the Viceroyalty of New France and also the Northwest Territory.
Photographed by William Fischer, Jr., August 25, 2016
2. The Braun Building and Marker
Photographed by Joel Seewald, February 4, 2023
3. The Braun Building and Marker
Credits. This page was last revised on February 9, 2023. It was originally submitted on September 21, 2016, by William Fischer, Jr. of Reynoldsburg, Ohio. This page has been viewed 867 times since then and 30 times this year. Photos:1, 2. submitted on September 21, 2016, by William Fischer, Jr. of Reynoldsburg, Ohio. 3. submitted on February 9, 2023, by Joel Seewald of Madison Heights, Michigan.
