Above: looking at the northeast corner of the Hotel from Main Street.
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105 Main Street
Above: looking at the northeast corner
of the Hotel from Main Street.
1 Breon
2 Northwestern
3 Manning Hotel
4 Playground of Child Care Center which is part of the ECI building.
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The Breon, later known as the Northwestern and then as the Hotel
Manning, was built by Benjamin Breon in the fall of 1881. He bought the lot at the
intersection of First, Front and Main Streets for $75. Breon moved to Pennsylvania in
1888, and the hotel continued under the management of Mrs. Breon's mother, Mrs. Dick.
The Breon family returned to Manning in 1895. While Ben operated a dray service, having
as many as seven teams running at a time, Mrs. Breon and their daughter Addie made
the hotel "a homelike place for the patrons, besides furnishing a table that always
satisfies the needs and desires of the inner man." As late as 1926, rooms in the hotel
could be rented for 75c to $1 a day.
As the Hotel Manning, the business continued housing guests in its 23 units until 1968; owners Arthur and Malinda Lerssen lived there three more years. The Lerssens owned it nearly 30 years; others who ran the facility included Mary Mutum, Kathryn Eden and Marie and Claus Nielsen. Since 1972, the hotel has been used as a private residence by the Ron Colling family. The Nielsens also owned the Nielsen Hotel, located near their harness shop at Fourth and Main Streets. |
Controlled burn by the Manning Fire Department.
Southwest corner of Hotel looking at Main Street in the background.