Keeping with Boeckling's vision of Cedar Point as the "Queen of American Watering Places", he set out to build the resort's grandest hotel.

The hotel was designed by the Knox & Elliott architectural firm and was influenced by chateaus Boeckling had seen while traveling in France.

The hotel's original amenities included imported wicker furniture, large brass beds, a manicurist, a medical doctor, a tailor, a stenographer, a barbershop, news stand, ice cream parlor and souvenir counter.

In 1999, the 10-story Breakers Tower wing was constructed on the hotel's west side, with a five-story connecting link to the main building.

[5] As a direct result of the 1999 demolitions, the hotel's National Historic Landmark status was removed on August 7, 2001.

[2] The National Park Service stated the hotel "no longer retained integrity of scale, massing, and materials."

The renovations also included the restoration and reopening of the remaining historic central rotunda wing, which had been mothballed for years, because the old guest rooms in it did not have bathrooms.

[11] Over the years notable guests have included:[3] The hotel sits on the one mile beach mentioned on Cedar Point's web page.