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Stearns Hotel is a historic hotel in Ludington, Michigan, in the United States. Built in 1903 by Justus Stearns, a leading businessman in Ludington ranging from banking, lumbering, mining and many other endeavors throughout the Midwestern United States. The Stearns Hotel opened on July 1, 1903. For the first five years H.S. Read, a well known and accomplished hotel manager in Northern Michigan, was contracted to manage the building. It was known for being one of the finest furnished hotels in the area. It is remembered as being one of the first hotels in West Michigan to have in-room plumbing (hot and cold water), phones in every room (including long distance), automatic sprinklers throughout the hotel, and bath in nearly every room, which made it a high end hotel for its time. When built the hotel held 90 rooms within its three-story structure (and basement). The hotel had a beautiful front entrance with a porch. Much like today, the hotel advertised to have a beautiful bridal room (today it is referred to as the ballroom).The porch was replaced in 1974 by a one-story structure for offices or rental. Glen Bowden, the owner since 1965, then added on a drive up ramp to the second level. Stearns Hotel is also known for the Osawald Crumb Tap room, which was based on a character created by Robert Stearns.The Ludington Salt and Bath house was added to the west side of Stearns Hotel in 1904. The bath house was advertised to be connected to the hotel through a passageway and operated under hotel management. It was used for treatment of rheumatism, skin and blood diseases, kidney and liver troubles, nervous and digestive disorders and for general toning up the system. When described the house was said to have a front office area when walking through the front door, reception was to the left. On the right there was a hall leading to the dressing rooms. There were six dressing rooms, six salt baths and one fresh water bath. Also, there was a steam room, cooling room, hot room, and toilet room. The best feature was considered to be the 10-foot-high (3.0 m) gymnasium which was 20 by 40 feet (6.1 m × 12.2 m) on the second floor.The famous Stearns Hotel was also known for operating in connection with Hotel Epworth, now known as Epworth Heights.

Ludington ( LUH-ding-tən) is a city in the U.S. state of Michigan. It is the county seat and the largest city in Mason County. The population was 7,655 at the 2020 census.The city is located at the mouth of the Pere Marquette River at Lake Michigan. Nearby are Ludington State Park (which includes the Big Sable Point Light), Nordhouse Dunes Wilderness, and Manistee National Forest. Ludington is the home port of the SS Badger, a vehicle and passenger ferry with daily service in the summer across Lake Michigan to Manitowoc, Wisconsin.

The Mason County Courthouse is a courthouse located at 300 East Ludington Avenue in Ludington, Michigan. It was listed on the National Register of Historic Places in 1988.

The Warren A. and Catherine Cartier House (sometimes erroneously referred to as the William A. and Catherine Cartier House) was constructed as a single family house located at 409 East Ludington Avenue in Ludington, Michigan. It was listed on the National Register of Historic Places in 2014, and as of 2023 operates as the Cartier Mansion Bed and Breakfast.

The East Ludington Avenue Historic District is a residential historic district located in the 400-800 blocks of East Ludington Avenue in Ludington, Michigan. It was listed on the National Register of Historic Places in 2022.

House of Flavors is a manufacturer and retailer of ice cream based in Ludington, Michigan. It started as a dairy business as part of a farm operation before 1930. In 1935 the business had become known as Miller's Dairy and started expanding the operation. By the 1940s they processed milk, buttermilk, cottage cheese, and ice cream. In the late 1940s a businessman with a decade of dairy experience moved to Ludington from a city 60 miles south to become a partner of the existing business. He became the general manager and the name was changed to Park Dairy. The milk and butter segments of the business were sold off and the enterprise thereafter concentrated on just making ice cream. A 1950s-themed ice cream parlor and restaurant is located in front on the main avenue of Ludington. Other stores were in Manistee, and are in Pentwater and Zeeland, Michigan The ice cream manufacturing plant employing 150 people and making thousands of different ice cream flavors is behind taking up several city blocks. Their signature flavor is "Blue Moon" ice cream and they ship their ice cream products worldwide.

Ludington High School (LHS) is a public secondary school in Ludington, Michigan, United States. It serves grades 9–12 for the Ludington Area Schools district of Mason County.

Culver Park was the park located in Ludington, Michigan, during the early 20th century that was used, among other things, as the local fair grounds. Culver Park was the home field for the Ludington Mariners during the late 1910s and early to mid-1920s. The park was demolished sometime after 1931 and is now the site of the Ludington Municipal Marina.

The Haskelite Building, also known as the Haskell Manufacturing Company Building, is a former factory building located at 801 N. Rowe Street, Ludington, Mason County, Michigan. The building was added to the National Register of Historic Places on November 10, 2022. In 2022, the building was refurbished into residential apartments, known as the Lofts on Rowe.

SS Spartan is a railroad car ferry on Lake Michigan owned by the Chesapeake and Ohio Railway (C&O) from 1952 through 1979. It alternated routes from Ludington, Michigan, to Milwaukee, Kewaunee, and Manitowoc, Wisconsin.

The Ludington United States Coast Guard Station is a Coast Guard facility located at 101 South Lakeshore Drive in Ludington, Michigan. It was listed on the National Register of Historic Places in 2010. The building is planned to be used as a maritime museum slated to open in early 2017

Buttersville, Michigan was a village in Mason County, Michigan near Ludington. It was established in 1880 as a company town serving the Butters & Peters sawmill. The Mason and Oceana Railroad, which brought logs to the mill, was built in 1886 and used Buttersville as its northwestern terminus. Buttersville had a post office until 1907.