The Ainsworth building has seen a lot of owners with a variety of businesses. Now it's a spa, which is light years away from it's original use as a mill.
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An impressive building stands at 7-11 W. Michigan Ave., just east of
the city center and just west of the Huron River. Today, the building
is the home of the Bank of Ann Arbor and Eleven West Salon and Spa. The
building is best remembered as a restaurant; its original use as a mill
is now almost forgotten.
The property on which the building stands was
purchased by Oliver Ainsworth and his business partners in 1886. On the
site they built a fine mill and elevator, which was destroyed by fire
on Dec. 3, 1887. The building had only been completed six months
before.
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