Normal at the Normandy

The “Normandy Residence Hotel” opened in 1925, serving both long-term residents and short-term guests. The hotel had 52 guest rooms, drug store, grocery store, lobby, ladies parlor, writing room, and a dining room. The basement dining room, operated as a speakeasy during prohibition.In 1941, John F. Noble, a local entrepreneur and son of Swedish immigrants, … Read more

The Camden Motel

IF YOU WANT TO “JUST RELAX”: You will enjoy a sunbath the little yard adjacent to our parking lot or set up a folding chair under the nice awning where you can watch the cars on Lyndale Avenue go by. You will find this is a small, friendly, informal vacation spot. If you’re want a … Read more

Lounge Pierre

Beauty, Elegance Combine to Make Radisson Room Enchanted Beauty and elegance, with the accent on simplicity, combine to make the Lounge Pierre, just opened at Hotel Radisson, an enchanted spot of continental brilliance.The Lounge Pierre connects with the Chateau Terrace through an ingenious set of triple sliding doors, the first in Minneapolis and the northwest. … Read more

Three Hotels

IMPERIAL HOTEL CORNER GRANT ST. & LA SALLE AVE. 150 Rooms WISCONSIN HOTEL 1700 PORTLAND AVENUE 110 Rooms ROOSEVELT HOTEL 1222 LA SALLE AVENUE 110 Rooms Offering Rooms from $1.50 up

Loving the Lakeland

Visiting Minneapolis? Avoid the city noise and traffic congestion by stopping at the city’s finest motor hotel. Park-like surroundings, Duncan Hines praised restaurant! Spacious rooms, central heat, Tile and showers. Friendly maid service AAA approved LAKELAND MOTOR HOTEL 4025 Highway 7 at West Lake Street Phone WAInut 6-6575 Air-Conditioning – Quiet Surroundings Telephone and Television … Read more

Keewaydin Hotel

Formerly the Club House and the Cottagewood Hotel, a guy named Henry Schomberg bought the place and renamed it the Keewaydin Hotel around 1903. The name supposedly refers to a northwesterly wind in the language of the Dakotah. This handsome hostel was four stories high boasting 40 well appointed rooms and a spacious dining hall. Rates … Read more

Hotel St. Regis

The new St. Regis hotel, corner Ninth and Marquette is now complete and will open its doors to the public tomorrow, arrayed in all the splendor and luxury of a modern hostelry. There is no better exemplification of the rapid growth of Minneapolis and upper Marquette than by the Erection of this structure, which means … Read more

The Crystal Motel

CRYSTAL MOTEL 5650 Lakeland Ave. No.. Minneapolis 28, Minn. (County Rd. 10 U. S. Highways 52 & 218) In the Heart of the Shopping Centers and only 10 min. to the Loop. Free Inn Room Coffee – Individually-controlled Heat – With and Without Air Conditioning – also Kitchenettes & TV. Phone: 537-9947 Area Code: 612

A Home for the Aged

A ‘Haven of Rest’ where the aged are welcomed and surrounded with kindness, having the great consolation that they will be assisted until the very end of their lives by the Little Sisters of the Poor. 215 Broadway, N. E. Minneapolis 13, Minnesota. The Little Sisters of t ho Poor are doing a grand and … Read more