Crowd of people are gathered around the Agate Bay Hotel (1924-1974) construction site for the laying of the cornerstone. American Legion Post 109 placed the cornerstone.
Exterior view of the Krueger Hotel in St. Peter, which was located on the northeast corner of the intersection of Fifth street and Broadway. The hotel was operated by Mr. and Mrs. William Krueger. It was also called the Pink Hotel.
The Sauk Centre House was an early hotel, social gathering place, and used as a stage coach pick-up. It was destroyed by fire but rebuilt and renamed, The Palmer House.
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.
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 postcard shows a view of the Commercial Hotel in St. Peter that was located on the northeast corner of the intersection of Minnesota Avenue and Park Row. The image is a reproduction that was made from an earlier photograph.
Exterior view of the Northwestern Hotel in St. Peter that was located on the southwest corner of the intersection of Front street and Park Row. In November of 1887, a fire in the hotel's stable destroyed the hotel and many other buildings.
Exterior view of the Northwestern Hotel in St. Peter that was located on the southwest corner of the intersection of Front Street and Park Row. In November of 1887, a fire in the hotel's stable destroyed the hotel and many other buildings. This postcard is a reproduction made from an earlier photograph.
Building made of wood, gable front with shutters and large front windows. Wood picket fence, beer sign. Nick Walerious is the proprietor. 19 people are in front of building and two women are in upper story windows; they are family members of the proprietor. Border Collie type dog stands at a mans side.
Set of architectural drawings shows both exterior and interior features of the Nicollet Hotel in St. Peter. The hotel opened in 1873 as the Nicollet House, and was one of the finest hotels in southern Minnesota. Edward P. Bassford was the hotel's architect. The building ceased to be used as a hotel in 1974. Saved from impending demolition following the 1998 tornado in St. Peter, the building survived to become an apartment building, as well as the home of various businesses.
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.
Tibbett's House Hotel, built in the 1850's. Located at the corner of St. Anthony and Fillmore Street in Preston, Minnesota. Stage coach arriving with passengers from Chatfield, Minnesota.
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."