Holly Michigan is a village located in Oakland County, MI.  Its population is approximately 6,000.  The historic buildings I will discuss in the next few posts include Hirst Hotel, Holly Union Depot, Holly Town Hall

Holly Inn also known as the Hirst Hotel

    The Holly Inn is a historic building located at 110 Battle Alley in Holly, Michigan.  It was built in 1891 by John Hirst.  The Inn was built to handle the flow of train passengers passing through Holly.

     It is a 2 and one half story rectangular building.  The exterior is red brick.  The architectural style Queen Anne.

     Over the years there were multiple owners.  The building was destroyed by multiple fires.  Eventually the building only functioned as a restaurant.  Currently, the Inn is not opened.

Holly Town Hall

Holly Town Hall

     The Holly Town Hall is located at 102 Front Street Holy, Michigan.  It was constructed in 1892.  It was a joint project of the village of Holly and Holly Township..  Construction costs were $3,000..  It is a two and one half story  brick building..  The style is Queen Anne.  It was Holly’s first dedicated town hall.  The ground floor contains a garage for the fire ststion

     Through the years, the building has been for municipal offices, township offices, fire station and a polling place

     Village offices remained here until 1958; township offices until 1982.

pot Holly Train Station

     The current Holly Union Depot was built in 1885-1886 to replace a wooden structure built in 1865 which burned in 1884.  It is located at 223 Broad Street, Holly, Michigan. It was built by the Detroit, , Grand Haven and Milwaukee Rd as a depot for this line and for the Flint and Pete Marquette Railroad. The Contractor was Neitsch and sons for $6500.

     The new depot is a long single story red yellowish brick building. It is 82 feet 10 inches long and 22 feet four inches wide. The style was Late Victorian. The interior was paneled with Norway Pine.  There are 2 waiting rooms one for women and one for men, there is a baggage room. Each of the railroad lines had its own ticket booth

Caples Mansion

Caples House

     This building is located on the grounds of New College, Sarasota.  Its address is 5315 Bayshore.  

     Its style is Mediterranean Revival.  It was designed by John Philips for Ralph and Ellen Caples .  It was built in 1921.

      The building is 3 stories. The exterior is stucco.   The main residence  is u shaped with an.open.court yard facing the bay. The windows are square and arch headed stain glass. The roof is red tiled.   There are 2 living rooms, one dining room, 4 bedrooms, 4 bathrooms and a tiled porch.

    East of the residence is a two story  masonry garage and apartment with 3 bay garage and a tile hiped roof.  There is a two bay sticker masonry storage shed east of the garage.

     The house overlooks Sarasota Gulf.

     The property.was bequeathed to New College in 1962.

    After acquired by New College, it was transformed into classrooms and professors offices.

Nine million dollar were spent in renovation of the building.

Sarasota Deco

     This is a stainless steel sculpture by Rob Lorenson.  It is located at Main and Central across 5 Points Park