John F. Antisdel, Date of Birth, Place of Birth, Date of Death
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American hotelier
Date of Birth: 13-Jun-1829
Place of Birth: Paris, New York, United States
Date of Death: 15-May-1900
Profession: businessperson
Nationality: United States
Zodiac Sign: Gemini 
About John F. Antisdel
- John Francis Antisdel (June 13, 1829 – May 15, 1900) was an American hotelier. Antisdel was born in Paris, New York, but moved with his family at age six to a farm near Brooklyn, Michigan in 1835.
- In 1850, he moved to Detroit, Michigan and became a clerk in a hotel.
- In 1855, he married Sarah Parshall in Detroit.
- They had seven children, four of whom lived to adulthood.
- In 1857, he formed a partnership with James Parshall and opened the Finney Hotel at the southeast corner of Gratiot Avenue and Woodward Avenue in Detroit.
- The following year, Antisdel also became the owner of the Railroad Hotel, which was located on the site where the Detroit Opera House would later be built.
- Later, he sold the property on which the Railroad Hotel was located for $50,000 and bought the Blindberry Hotel at the corner of Michigan and Washington Avenues, which he renamed the Antisdel Hotel.
- The Antisdel Hotel stood until 1890 when it was torn down to make room for a more modern hotel.Antisdel also took over the Biddle Hotel, which was one of the largest hotels in Michigan.
- Many of Detroit's "leading men" lived at the Antisdel Hotel.
- In 1872, Antisdel purchased the Beaubien House in Detroit, one of the oldest surviving houses in the city, and his family owned or rented the home until 1943.Antisdel moved for a time to Milwaukee, Wisconsin, where he operated the Newhall House.
- He sustained losses in the Panic of 1873.
- After Newhall House burned down in 1883, he returned to Michigan and operated the Fraser House in Bay City, Michigan from 1884 to 1894.
- In 1894, he returned to Detroit and operated the Mettewas, a resort hotel in Kingsville, Ontario, until his death in 1900.
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