As the eldest of the two sons of Schuyler and Mary Anna Hodges, Ira Hodges managed the Hodges House Hotel in Pontiac for a time after his father's passing in 1845. (His younger brother George had gone west to California in search of the golden riches there)
The hotel was built by his father and was called "Pontiac's Swankiest Hotel, with every convenience of it's time".
The hotel was a huge brick building located on the southwest corner of Saginaw and Pike streets. With seventy five rooms and hallways wider than present day major hotel rooms, it was called the "Astor House of Michigan".
There were stables directly behind the hotel which were for the owner's and hotel patron's horses.
(The Hodges House was called the "Chapman House" when it was demolished in 1961 as part of Pontiac's "urban renewal"... the Phoenix Center parking lot occupies it's former location)
The hotel was built by his father and was called "Pontiac's Swankiest Hotel, with every convenience of it's time".
The hotel was a huge brick building located on the southwest corner of Saginaw and Pike streets. With seventy five rooms and hallways wider than present day major hotel rooms, it was called the "Astor House of Michigan".
There were stables directly behind the hotel which were for the owner's and hotel patron's horses.
(The Hodges House was called the "Chapman House" when it was demolished in 1961 as part of Pontiac's "urban renewal"... the Phoenix Center parking lot occupies it's former location)
As the eldest of the two sons of Schuyler and Mary Anna Hodges, Ira Hodges managed the Hodges House Hotel in Pontiac for a time after his father's passing in 1845. (His younger brother George had gone west to California in search of the golden riches there)
The hotel was built by his father and was called "Pontiac's Swankiest Hotel, with every convenience of it's time".
The hotel was a huge brick building located on the southwest corner of Saginaw and Pike streets. With seventy five rooms and hallways wider than present day major hotel rooms, it was called the "Astor House of Michigan".
There were stables directly behind the hotel which were for the owner's and hotel patron's horses.
(The Hodges House was called the "Chapman House" when it was demolished in 1961 as part of Pontiac's "urban renewal"... the Phoenix Center parking lot occupies it's former location)
The hotel was built by his father and was called "Pontiac's Swankiest Hotel, with every convenience of it's time".
The hotel was a huge brick building located on the southwest corner of Saginaw and Pike streets. With seventy five rooms and hallways wider than present day major hotel rooms, it was called the "Astor House of Michigan".
There were stables directly behind the hotel which were for the owner's and hotel patron's horses.
(The Hodges House was called the "Chapman House" when it was demolished in 1961 as part of Pontiac's "urban renewal"... the Phoenix Center parking lot occupies it's former location)
Inscription
In memory of
IRA G.
eldest Son of
SCHUYLER and MARY A.
HODGES
Who Died Mar. 23, 1865;
Aged 36 Years &
2 Mo's.
"The finger of God touched him and
he was not."
"The Lord gave and the Lord hath taken
away, and blessed be the name of the Lord."
Gravesite Details
son of Mary Anna and Schuyler Hodges
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