Fish Creek ยท Fish Creek
Whistling Swan Inn
Built in Marinette as the Lumberman's Hotel and moved over the ice to be Welcker's Casino; it calls itself the Door Peninsula's oldest operating inn.
- Built
- 1887Built 1887 in Marinette, Wisconsin, as the Lumberman's Hotel (the NRHP nomination says 1889); moved across the frozen bay to Fish Creek c. 1906-07 as Welcker's Casino.
- Type
- Inn
- Area
- Fish Creek
- Credentials
- Inside a National Register historic district
The story
The building began as the Lumberman’s Hotel in Marinette; Dr. Herman Welcker bought it and had it moved in sections across the ice of Green Bay to Fish Creek, where it reopened as Welcker’s Casino, the social center of his resort. Music, games and concerts by Milwaukee and Chicago musicians filled its Great Hall. Later known as the Proud Mary Hotel, it was bought in 1985 by the owners of the neighboring White Gull Inn and restored as the Whistling Swan, which calls itself the Door Peninsula’s oldest operating inn.
Good to know
- Address: 4192 Main Street, Fish Creek, WI 54212
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Last verified October 2026. Details change; confirm with the inn before you book.