View of the main road going through Pelan which was located in Kittson County. The large three story building was the Robert's Halfway House, next to Halfway House is the State Bank of Pelan. Pelan was a half way stop for people on the stagecoach run. The town looked forward to the arrival of the railroad; and when that didn't materialize the residents moved away and the town became a ghost town by the 1930s. This photograph was taken about 1900.
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 Phoenix Hotel in Lanesboro was built at the cost of $50,000 in 1870. The hotel was four stories with saloon, baggage room, and railroad ticket office. The stone used for its construction was quarried from local bluffs. Its parlors and suites were expensively furnished. It was widely advertised as both a high class hotel for the traveling public, as well as a sanitarium. The hotel housed the Bank of Lanesboro, the businesses of Hanson & Davis, and Knudson & Hobart. Its landlords were Messrs. Chase and White. The building was destroyed by fire on May 5, 1885.
A small group of people are standing in front of the Pierce House (built in 1877) with a carriage and team of horses in the street. The hotel was located at 215 South Main Street (now First Avenue SW). Over the years the name of the hotel changed several times: 1884 Commercial House, 1893 Grand Union Hotel, 1895 Rochester Hotel,1920 Olmsted Hospital, 1922 Rochester Hotel, 1923 Rochester's Nurses Home, 1928 Maxwell House (Hall) and 1968 Maxwell Guest House.
View is to the northwest from Front Street (Center Avenue) and 9th Street. The Grand Pacific Hotel stands across the intersection. At extreme right is visible the platform for the Great Northern Railway, the Hotel also served as the GNR passenger depot.
This photograph by Paul B. Gaylord and Edward A. Thompson shows the Clark House, Duluth's second hotel, which opened in July of 1870 on the 100 block of West Superior Street; it was destroyed by fire on November 16, 1881.
This photograph by Paul B. Gaylord shows the Merchant's Hotel, 202-204 West Superior Street in Duluth after a fire on February 28, 1884. The hotel was designed by architect George Wirth and built in 1882.
The Spalding Hotel sits on Main Street, Crosby, Minnesota. On the far right stands Andrew Burud, Chief of Police. A child's wagon is parked beside the light pole and two horses stand on the side street. People are visiting on the street.
This photograph shows the Nicollet Hotel in St. Peter, which was located on the northwest corner of the intersection of South Minnesota Avenue and Park Row.
A patriotic parade on Minnesota Avenue as seen from the Pope County Courthouse lawn. The Glenwood Hotel is seen in the background. The original hotel structure (1881) is seen on Minnesota Reflections as the Bartke Residence and drug store. Matt Ward expanded the property into the Glenwood Hotel, also known as the Ward Hotel. The Ward Family operated the hotel from 1885 to 1945. The building was razed in 1945, the lumber salvaged to construct a new Lake Reno Presbyterian Church north of Glenwood at the corner of MN Highway 29 and Pope County Highway 28.
This postcard shows the Konsbruck Hotel in St. Peter, which was located on the west side of the 400 block of South Third street. The northern portion of the hotel complex includes the Tegner and Peterson grocery store and the St. Peter Produce Company.
This postcard shows the Konsbruck Hotel in St. Peter, which was located on the west side of the 400 block of South Third street. The northern portion of the hotel complex includes the Tegner and Peterson grocery store and the St. Peter Produce Company.
Bird's eye view of the E. J. Jones Lumber Company taken from the P. V. grain elevator at Seventh Street. Winter scene with La Grand Hotel in background. E.G.N. sidetrack.
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
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
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 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
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
View of Lake Side Hotel from the boat landing in Detroit, Minnesota (became Detroit Lakes, Minnesota, in 1926). There is a note on the back to Chambarlin.
View of the Geneva Beach Hotel from Lake Geneva with people standing at the top of the hill and on the dock in front of the hotel. There is a man rowing a boat in the lake. In 1896, J.L. Dickinson acquired the Alexandria Hotel at Geneva Beach from Mr. Letson, an early resort builder, and changed the name to the Geneva Hotel. The Hotel burned in Sept 2 1911. It was thought that the "new fangled" electric lights was the cause.
This postcard shows the Konsbruck Hotel in St. Peter, which was located on the west side of the 400 block of South Third street. The northern portion of the hotel complex includes the Tegner and Peterson grocery store and the St. Peter Produce Company.
This postcard shows a view of the Nicollet Hotel in St. Peter, which was located on the northwest corner of the intersection of Minnesota Avenue and Park Row, facing the avenue.
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
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.
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.
Exterior view of the American House. This was built as a hotel, but never housed any guests. It became one of the first buildings on the Carleton College campus.
White building in foreground is the E.E. Corliss residence, Grand Hotel (center) and High School (left) are the two large brick structures in the background.
The St. Charles Hotel was located on the Northeast corner of Washington (aka, Bismarck) Avenue and Cascade Street. This images also includes Charles J. Wright's office at 310 Cascade Street South and several men, women and children.
The title page of the album reads, "Views of Glenwood, Pope, Co., MINN. Photographed August, 1876. This collection of Views is intended to represent the appearance of the Village of Glenwood in the Centennial Year. Photographed and published by N. J. Trenham, Portrait & Landscape Photographer, Alexandria, Minn. These views, bound in sets or singly, for sale at Trenham's Gallery, Alexandria, and Rue's Drug Store, Glenwood."
View of the Geneva Beach Hotel. Says "Manor house" on the photo. In 1896, J.L. Dickinson acquired the Alexandria Hotel at Geneva Beach from Mr. Letson, an early resort builder, and changed the name to the Geneva Beach Hotel. The hotel burned down on September 2, 1911.
The Geneva Beach Hotel with people on the porch. In 1896, J.L. Dickinson acquired the Alexandria Hotel at Geneva Beach from Mr. Letson, an early resort builder, and changed the name to the Geneva Beach Hotel. The hotel burned down on September 2, 1911.
View of the Geneva Beach Hotel from Lake Geneva. There are people standing at the top of the stairs and down by the water. A sailboat, the dock and gazebo are all visible. In 1896, J.L. Dickinson acquired the Alexandria Hotel at Geneva Beach from Mr. Letson, an early resort builder, and changed the name to the Geneva Beach Hotel. The hotel burned down on September 2, 1911.
People gathered on lawn of the Geneva Beach hotel. A young girl is seated on a penny-farthing bicycle. In 1896, J.L. Dickinson acquired the Alexandria Hotel at Geneva Beach from Mr. Letson, an early resort builder, and changed the name to the Geneva Beach Hotel. The hotel burned down on September 2, 1911.
The Bradley House (built in 1855 by Albert Stevens) was sold to J. T. Bradley in 1861. This stagecoach stop, located at the east end, facing north, of the then College Street (now 4th Street) bridge, a block east of Broadway was on the Old Dubuque Trail. A fancy coach met all trains and transported customers and their baggage to the Bradley House.
