Abandoned

I always wonder about the stories behind the old abandoned properties I see dotting the landscape in northern Michigan. What happened to the original owners, and why doesn't anyone have a need for them now? This one especially, because it is not an old farmstead, which is the most commonly neglected. This is a large house, maybe an inn, by virtue of it's long stately, pillared porch. Probably built around 1900 if you gage it by the huge Douglas Fir, which was obviously planted purposely in the front yard, probably when it was only 4 or 5 feet tall!