Quick answer: The Clinton Inn in the Village of Clinton, Michigan — open since 1901 and listed on the National Register of Historic Places — celebrates its 125th anniversary on Saturday, October 10, 2026, from 6:00 to 10:00 PM with a coursed dinner, historic displays, inn tours, and the unveiling of a Legacy Wall honoring the landmark’s history and supporters.
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FACT: What the inn’s anniversary announcement says
FACT: The Clinton Inn’s official site lists the 125th Anniversary Celebration for October 10, 2026 at 6:00 pm – 10:00 pm. FACT: The inn describes the evening as “125 years of hospitality, history, and community,” featuring the Legacy Wall honoring the inn’s rich history and the supporters helping preserve the historic landmark. FACT: A September 11 anniversary post on the inn’s news page says dinner guests will enjoy “an elegant coursed dinner, historic displays and tours of the Inn, and a featured presentation by the Historical Society of Clinton” — and that “only 100 guests will be part of this evening,” each receiving one of 125 sequentially numbered commemorative anniversary coins created for the occasion.
FACT: The landmark’s credentials
FACT: The Clinton Inn has operated in the Village of Clinton since 1901 and is listed on the National Register of Historic Places. FACT: The inn sits along historic US 12 in the Irish Hills, about 25 miles from Jackson, and now operates as a wedding and event center plus a boutique lodging. COMMENTARY: A 125th birthday for a continuously operating 1901 inn is genuinely rare — most of its US-12 roadside-era contemporaries are long gone.
COMMENTARY: Restoration is the real headline
COMMENTARY: The anniversary lands in the middle of the inn’s ongoing restoration — the same effort that produced the recent Skyway Zip Line Experience launch. Owners who restore a National Register property while celebrating it publicly are doing the hardest kind of preservation: the kind funded by dinner tickets instead of grants. COMMENTARY: The Legacy Wall framing is smart, too — it turns the guest list into the story, giving the community a reason to care about the next 125 years.
FAQ
When is the Clinton Inn’s 125th anniversary celebration?
FACT: Saturday, October 10, 2026, 6:00 PM to 10:00 PM, at The Clinton Inn, 104 W. Michigan Avenue, Clinton, MI.
What is included in the evening?
FACT: Per the inn’s announcement: a coursed dinner, historic displays, tours of the inn, a presentation by the Historical Society of Clinton, and the Legacy Wall unveiling. Dinner guests receive one of 125 sequentially numbered commemorative coins.
How many guests can attend?
FACT: Only 100 guests, according to the inn’s September 11 post.
Is the inn really 125 years old?
FACT: The inn says it opened in 1901 and is listed on the National Register of Historic Places.
Sources: The Clinton Inn; Irish Hills Regional Chamber of Commerce.
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