Wolverine Hotel (Wolverine-Dilworth Inn)

03 / The story of this place

What was here?

Boyne City residents who wanted a first-class hotel built this Classical Revival landmark on Water Street, and it opened on February 1, 1912, in the middle of the lumber boom. Wesley Dilworth bought it in 1936 and renamed it the Dilworth Hotel. In the 1930s and 1940s the annual Boyne City Smelt Run Banquet made it known across the country. After many owners it struggled, and it closed in 2008. It has been on the National Register of Historic Places since 1986.

• Opened 1912 in the lumber boom
• Home of the Smelt Run Banquet
• On the National Register since 1986

Former names

Wolverine Hotel (1912–1936) · Dilworth Hotel (from 1936)

Historic building

On the National Register of Historic Places since 1986

What’s there now?

The building still stands; an investor bought it in 2013, and a $1 million grant in 2015 backed a plan for 26 rooms, a restaurant, a banquet room and a pub. We couldn't confirm its current status.