Click above images to enlarge Latimer, Frank N. and Fanny Allen, House 701Ludington Ave, Ludington - Mason County Other Names Frank N. and Fannie Allen Latimer House Inn at Ludington Property Type frame house Historic Use DOMESTIC/single dwelling Current Use DOMESTIC/hotel Style Queen Anne Narrative Description The Frank N. and Fannie Allen Latimer House is a two-and-one-half-story, asymmetrically planned building. The Queen Anne house is a weatherboard sided, wood shingled, front-gabled, hipped-roof structure with multiple lower bays, which are rectangular with a gable roof, octagonal with a hip roof, semi-circular with a domed roof and a three-sided bay with a gable. The house has a two-story rectangular addition on the rear. It has a Michigan cellar constructed with fieldstone, which has an outside entrance and a coal bin. A cistern, no longer serviceable, and a two-car garage can also be found on this property. A patterned masonry chimney is the focus of the front facade. Statement of Significance The Frank N. and Fannie Allen Latimer House was built by Frank and his second wife, the former Fannie Foster Allen who were married January 7, 1885. The house was constructed in 1890. Frank N. Latimer was admitted to the University of Michigan where he earned degrees in medicine and chemistry in 1876 prior to practicing medicine in Muskegon and Holton before moving to Ludington in 1877 where he opened a drug store. The popular druggist played an important role in the business destiny of many of the area's successful citizens. Several of his clerks, after apprenticing for many years with the doctor, started their own businesses. Latimer was a significant businessman in the community, a prominent civic leader, and an influential politician. Latimer lost the house to the state of Michigan for back taxes in 1895 and the house has passed through many different owners since that date. Period of Significance 1890 Significant Date(s) 1890 Registry Type(s) 05/30/1996 State Register listed Site ID# P517