The Inn at 97 Winder is a luxurious historic Inn located at 97 Winder Street in

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, Michigan, within the

Brush Park The Brush Park Historic District, frequently referred to as simply Brush Park, is a 22-block neighborhood located within Midtown Detroit, Michigan and designated by the city.

district. Originally known as the John Harvey House, it was listed on the

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in 1991. The Detroit hotel is two blocks from

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and three blocks from Ford Field.

History

John Harvey was a successful pharmacist in Detroit, but he is best known for his philanthropy in educating and feeding the city's poor children and orphans, beginning in the period just after the

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and continuing into the early twentieth century.John Harvey House
from the state of Michigan. Harvey established Detroit's Industrial School and later the Sabbath Mission School to educate indigent children. John Harvey died in 1905, but his widow lived in the house into the 1920s.From Little Paris to Brush Park
from the Inn at 97 Winder. In the 1920s, Jesse Hobbs, an automobile worker, purchased the home. In 1938, the structure was converted into a rooming house; some of the larger rooms were partitioned. Developers purchased the John Harvey House in 1986, renovated the structure, and, in 2005, opened it as the historic Inn at 97 Winder with 10-room guest rooms.The Largest Historic Mansion in Detroit's Brush Park Area Opens as a New, Prestigious Bed and Breakfast Inn
(press release).

Architecture

John Harvey employed John V. Smith to design this house with its

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, Queen Anne architecture, located in the prestigious

Brush Park The Brush Park Historic District, frequently referred to as simply Brush Park, is a 22-block neighborhood located within Midtown Detroit, Michigan and designated by the city.

neighborhood. Originally completed in 1887, the John Harvey House is constructed of red brick atop an ashlar foundation with a mansard roof. The façade features a center entrance and wooden brackets supporting the sills of the multi-storied towers and window bays. The house has , eight marble fireplaces, and three-story staircase.

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