The Village of Grand Beach, Michigan 49117
A Harbor Country® Community

Harbor Country's village of Grand Beach was synonymous with elegance and class during the 1920s. Its 175-room Golfmore Hotel was one of the finest on the Great Lakes, catering to film stars and other celebrities. Lost in a spectacular blaze in 1939, the hotel's name is preserved in beautiful lake estates, clubs and neighborhood streets. The first cottages in Grand Beach, near Royal Avenue, were Sears and Roebuck catalogue models. History Unlike nearby Harbor Country communities, Grand Beach was solely founded as a resort community. A 600 acre shooting preserve as transformed into Grand Beach by the Grand Beach Company which brought 20 Sears and Roebuck cottages to the area in 1907. Stately white gates have welcomed visitors to Grand Beach since the early 1900's. The community's golf course dates to 1911 and was a huge attraction for Chicagoans who arrived
Golfmore Hotel Circa 1921 three times a day on the Michigan Central Railroad. The current Grand Beach Inn was once the Pinewood Lodge and served as the training camp for James Braddock as he prepared for his prize fight with Joe Louis. Frank Lloyd Wright built homes in Grand Beach, but the village's most famous architectural offering was the 175-room Golfmore Hotel.  Opened in 1921, the Golfmore offered concerts, movies, and a huge, at least for the midwest, ski jump located on a dune
Historical Arch Entrance to Grand Beach behind the hotel.  The Golfmore was destroyed in 1939 by a spectacular fire that some claimed could be seen in Chicago. Perhaps the most famous visitors to Grand Beach, however, are author Father Andrew Greeley and the Mayors Daley of Chicago who have maintained summer homes in the village for decades.
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