It was a 30-bed facility which, according to Rasmus Hanson, a local lumberman and principal donor in the project, was to stand as a monument erected by the lumbermen of northern Michigan 'to relieve the physical evils and suffering of humanity,' as reported in the first Mercy Hospital annual report." Mary’s Catholic Church, now occupies the ground where the first hospital stood. The AuSable Motel, across the street from St. This was confirmed by the Genealogy Trails web site thus: "The site of the first Grayling Mercy Hospital was North McClellan Street in Grayling. The long, 17 room wing right on the loop was operating as part of the Hospitality House but in an earlier life it was the Au Sable Motel. I have included those here along with some street views. I happened to find some amazing photos of this place on Facebook from John Harrow, Michaela Galbraith, Steven Gauld, and Isaac Livermore.
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