The Lowell Inn opened in 1927 on the site of the former Sawyer House Hotel and was named after the first resident of Stillwater. Nelle and Arthur Palmer were known for running the hotel until the 1970s.
The Green Hotel, built in the early 1900s, photographed before being burnt by the Savage Minnesota Fire Department in 1963 to become the site of Mark Egan's new Texaco Station. The Hotel also operated as the Boarding House, The Campbell Hotel and McDonnell's Hotel. This is the location of the Quality Inn, 4601 West Highway 13, Savage Minnesota. Del Stelling worked as a newspaper reporter and photographer, covering Savage, Burnsville, Eagan and other areas of Dakota County, Minnesota from 1959 - 1984.
This building was the First Avenue Hotel and also the Samps Hotel. It is located at 251 South First Avenue East. The name St. Croix Avenue was changed to South First Avenue East in 1912. Today it is called Canal Park Drive .
Contributing Institution:
University of Minnesota Duluth, Kathryn A. Martin Library, Northeast Minnesota Historical Collections
Park Hotel constructed of brick with three stories and white wooden porches. Located on 10th Street between 4th and 5th Avenue. Later renamed the Basinger Hotel. Torn down in 1958.
This image shows a view of the buildings along the west side of South Minnesota Avenue in St. Peter, beginning with the Nicollet Hotel at the Park Row intersection. Next is the Seitzer Ford automobile dealership. Fourth from the left is the old Ludcke Theater and Opera House. This postcard negative, marked 418, has been converted to a digital positive image.
Aerial view looking northeast of Cold Spring Granite Company production plant, quarry and Clark hotel. This plant and quarry were bought from the John Clark Granite Company during the early 1940s.
Streetcar interior advertisement for The Curtis Hotel, located at 10th Street at 3rd and 4th Avenue in Minneapolis. "Largest in the Midwest, Delightful Accomodations Always, Rooms $3.50 to $7.00, All Outside rooms with Bath, Garage. Dine in the friendly new Cardinal Room, Dinner Music by Dick Long's Orchestra."
At one time the premire hotel in Ely, Minnesota. In December of 1967, the building caught fire destroying not only the hotel but Vertin's Restaurant which was located in the hotel. The hotel was never rebuilt but Vertin's relocated to141 East Sheridan Street.
This is a Sunday menu from the Tews Hotel. The menus were typed, probably by a member of the Tews Family. The menu offers many selections of food and desserts.
Streetcar interior advertisement for Nicollet Hotel in Minneapolis. "Where to Stop, When You Go to Minneapolis. Hotel Nicollet. 600 outside rooms from $2. Three Popular Priced Restaurants."
Central Hillside; Lincoln Hotel 309-315 West Second street; brick building; architectural details; lamps on cornice; signs; exterior sconces; painted on building Rates $1.25 Up; cars; sign Beauty Parlor; beauty shop sign in window; buildings; school building; trees; power lines; flowers in hotel's window boxes
Contributing Institution:
University of Minnesota Duluth, Kathryn A. Martin Library, Northeast Minnesota Historical Collections
The Hotel Del Otero's entrance has a wooden sign overhead, in addition to a sign on each side, one advertising special dinners and dancing, A.F. King, Proprietor, and the flag is flying from the tour seen through the trees.
The aerial view shows the three-story hotel with its four-story octagonal tower and many porches, its water tower and wooded grounds, and the railroad tracks behind the hotel.
People from Duluth attended the twelfth annual meeting of the Great Lakes Harbors Association at a Detroit hotel to discuss the St. Lawrence Seaway proposal.
Contributing Institution:
University of Minnesota Duluth, Kathryn A. Martin Library, Northeast Minnesota Historical Collections
Exterior view of the Glenwood Summer Hotel, also known as the Minnewaska Summer Hotel. The hotel was built in 1919 and razed in 1946. It sat on the north shore of Lake Minnewaska between the lake and the "Shallow Pond."
Central Hillside; Cascade Hotel 101 West Third Street; brick building with neon sign at its corner; window boxes with flowers; summer; trees; cars; sidewalks; street; buildings
Contributing Institution:
University of Minnesota Duluth, Kathryn A. Martin Library, Northeast Minnesota Historical Collections
Naniboujou Club or Naniboujou Lodge in Cook County Minnesota near Grand Marais that comprises about 3,300 acres about 125 miles from Duluth about 15 miles from the Pigeon river was opening to many notables. Invitations were sent to 800 members, in July 1929. It never grew as expected due to the 1929 crash. It still stands. It is a lodge with a dining room right on the lake.
Contributing Institution:
University of Minnesota Duluth, Kathryn A. Martin Library, Northeast Minnesota Historical Collections
West Duluth Cody Hotel; stucco; street; business district; street lamps; drug store; Pekin Caf?; National Tea Company grocery store; people; street light
Contributing Institution:
University of Minnesota Duluth, Kathryn A. Martin Library, Northeast Minnesota Historical Collections
Most photographs of downtown Duluth will also capture the Aerial Bridge, and so it is with this image of Superior Street at Fifth Avenue West. The Spalding hotel was completed in June 1889. It was razed in the summer of 1963 along with many other buildings in the Gateway Renewal Project. The total cost of razing Gateway buildings was $258,000, including demolition of the Spalding hotel at the cost of $43,500.
Contributing Institution:
University of Minnesota Duluth, Kathryn A. Martin Library, Northeast Minnesota Historical Collections
The Konsbruck Hotel at 412 South Third Street and the Tegner and Peterson Grocery Store at 408 South Third Street are among the St. Peter businesses that can be seen in this image. A car is parked in front of the hotel. The siren at the Fire Station can be seen north of the hotel, at the far right of the image.
Hotel Cody was located at 332 North Central Avenue in West Duluth. This photograph may be of the February 23, 1922 snowstorm. Other businesses on Central Avenue in this image include Nygren's Drug Store, Liberty Cafe, McLelland Stores, and the Boston Store.
Contributing Institution:
University of Minnesota Duluth, Kathryn A. Martin Library, Northeast Minnesota Historical Collections
Outside view of the Graystone Hotel in Detroit, Minnesota (became Detroit Lakes, Minnesota, in 1926). World's Smallest Standard Oil Filling Station is also pictured.
Construction of the Kahler Hotel is seen in the background. The Wagoner Block (center foreground) housed the following businesses: the Fischer Cafeteria on the First Street SW side, Emerson Barber Shop and Cigar and Magazine store on the corner, J. H. Wagoner Music Company on the First Avenue SW side, American Railway Express office, Gay Vincent Millinery and J. D. Kelly Real Estate Office. Clarence Stearns Photography Studio was on the second floor. Across the street to the east (right side of photo) is the offices of the Dodge Lumber Company. To the south, across the street (left side of photo) was the Zumbro Hotel, built in 1912. Note parking located in the center of the street. F. H. Gimbert rented roof space for his real estate sign, but his office was two blocks down First Avenue SW at his home.
Streetcar interior advertisement for the West Hotel. "In Minneapolis your choice should be The West Hotel. 400 Modern Rooms, Coffee Shop Food at Reasonable Prices, Bar, Fine Wines and Liquors. Conveniently located at 5th and Hennepin. Garage accommodations."
This is a piece of stationery from the Tews Hotel. Note that it lists Mrs. Alice Tews as the proprietor of the hotel. It also shows that the hotel offered American and European Plans.
Several cottages, identical in design with a screened front porch and a name above the door, one called "Vista del Laco" and one called "El Casa," on a path bordered by flowering bushes.
The wooden three-story Sampson House on a street corner in Excelsior advertises offerings at its caf??, including fried chicken and fish dinners, crappie dinners, fried chicken sandwiches and homemade ice cream for 15 cents.
The Radisson Inn had screened porches on the first floor, and open balconies on the second floor. Originally the Glenn Morris Estate, it was remodeled by the owner of the downtown Radisson Hotel in the 1920s. Located on Highway 7 and Christmas Lake, it burned in the 1930s.
This photo, with color added, depicts visitors in the doorway of the Glen Morris Inn, viewing Lake Minnetonka and the sailboat at the dock. Message mentions the "artistic places," the warm swimming in the lake, and crackling fires, postmarked 1915.
The Spina Hotel bus waits for riders in front of the Spina Hotel in Ironton, Minnesota. Five automobiles are parked in front with people standing by them.
The cornerstone of the Spurrier Hotel was laid on August 29, 1917, and the structure which was located on the north corner of Front Street and Barclay Avenue. It opened for business and was dedicated on April 27, 1918. The cost of the hotel was $30,000.
Front view (looking northeast) of the Pan Motor Company Hotel on the northeast corner of Third Street and 33rd Avenue with streetcar traveling along Third Street.
The St. Louis Hotel at 218 West Superior Street was a major hotel in downtown Duluth. It featured a number of amenities including an orchestra in the Rose Garden room. There was a fire in 1917, but the Rose Garden continued for many years. These musicians are not identified. Royal D. Alworth, head of Oneida Realty Company of Duluth bought the hotel in 1930. On March 31, 1932 a plan was announced to erect a $1,000,000 structure on site. Razing the hotel began May 19, 1932. September 1, 1932 contractors broke ground on the former hotel site for the Medical Arts building.
Contributing Institution:
University of Minnesota Duluth, Kathryn A. Martin Library, Northeast Minnesota Historical Collections
Outside view of Lake Park Hotel in Lake Park, Minnesota. On the back of the postcard is a note from Carrie to Bertha Vickers in Detroit, Minnesota (became Detroit Lakes, Minnesota, in 1926).
La Grand Hotel located on Block 12 of the original town on the northeast corner, Pacific Avenue. Built in 1900 as the Teepee-Tonka, a hotel and business block, and renamed the La Grand Hotel in 1910. Ref: The Morris Sun, 26 Apr 1900, 3 May 1900; The Morris Tribune, 5 May 1900.
The Spalding Hotel sits on Main Street, Crosby, Minnesota. Another building is under construction. A lone automobile drives down Main Street past a large pothole.
