Androy Hotel, Superior, WI
Androy Hotel, 1213 Tower Avenue #3, Superior, Wisconsin. The Androy Hotel was built in downtown Superior in 1925. The architect was Roland Buck. When it opened in 1925, the Androy sported a jewelry store, barber shop (with an electric face steamer), and ballroom; its Fountain Grill included a soda fountain, coffee shop, and full dining room. The hotel’s offices and 140 guest rooms each included a telephone. For safety’s sake, the hotel had a fire alarm system (a gong on each floor) and a city fire alarm box at the clerk’s desk; the fire escape was enclosed. In 1926, as a scheme to raise money for the local VFW’s drum corps, Billie “The Human Fly” O’Brine escaped from a straight jacket while suspended upside down atop the hotel. After that he climbed the hotel’s nine stories and shinnied up its flag pole. He pulled in $203 from the crowd and took home half. The hotel was acquired by Regner Hotel Corporation in 1986, and is still going strong today.
Androy Hotel, Superior, WI
Androy Hotel, 1213 Tower Avenue #3, Superior, Wisconsin. The Androy Hotel was built in downtown Superior in 1925. The architect was Roland Buck. When it opened in 1925, the Androy sported a jewelry store, barber shop (with an electric face steamer), and ballroom; its Fountain Grill included a soda fountain, coffee shop, and full dining room. The hotel’s offices and 140 guest rooms each included a telephone. For safety’s sake, the hotel had a fire alarm system (a gong on each floor) and a city fire alarm box at the clerk’s desk; the fire escape was enclosed. In 1926, as a scheme to raise money for the local VFW’s drum corps, Billie “The Human Fly” O’Brine escaped from a straight jacket while suspended upside down atop the hotel. After that he climbed the hotel’s nine stories and shinnied up its flag pole. He pulled in $203 from the crowd and took home half. The hotel was acquired by Regner Hotel Corporation in 1986, and is still going strong today.