Laughter, Falling Water and Time
Edina’s Biltmore Motel was built on the site of the village’s original baseball field in 1954. The motel had a great location on Vernon Avenue with easy access to Highways 169,212, and 100. It was built about the same time Southdale Mall and played host to out-of-town shoppers for many years. The Biltmore boasted 40 … Read more
Young Men’s Christian Association of the City of Minneapolis was organized in the summer of 1866. Since that time it has gradually grown until it now owns, free from debt, a splendid property at the corner of 10th and Young Men’s Christian Association… The central building is of brown stone and pressed brick, five stories in … Read more
CHAPLAIN’S REPORT Minnesota Soldiers’ Home, Minnehaha, July 31, ‘1907. Captain James Compton, Commandant. Dear Sir:— Another year’s labor calls for an “Account of stewardship,” and happy indeed is the worker who can say with Carlyle, “The true hero is the man who knows his work and does it.” The labor of the year has been … Read more
Maryland Hotel Is Sold Minneapolis Syndicate Buys Hostelry for $230,000- Wing to Be Added. The Maryland Hotel, Grant Street and Vine Place, has been sold to Frank Mannon and a corporation of Minneapolis business men, known as the Maryland Associates. for $230,000. Mr.Mannon is the most prominent figure in the deal and will have active … Read more
The Andrews hotel, owned and operated by the Brunswick Investment Company, will open Sept. 4th. The building now being constructed at Fourth Street and Hennepin will go up six stories at first, but the foundations have been made for a 13-story building. It will be fireproof throughout. O.G.Gross is architect for the H.L. Stevens Company, … Read more
230 Oak Grove Street (Same as 17th St.) Midway between Nicollet and Hennepin. Minneapolis’ new distinctive six-story absolutely fireproof apartment hotel. The highest achievement in apartment hotels. the “Oak Grove” meets every need of modern life. Combining convenience and comfort, refinement and luxury. The Ideal dwelling place for those desiring the homelike atmosphere and privacy … Read more
In the late 1960s, when I was living at the Sherwood Hotel on Nicollet Island. Nice place. It had hot and cold running cockroaches and the beds were actually the back seats of old Buicks. But it was a place where a man could do so some serious thinking, and it was the ideal setting … Read more
“The Finest in Trailer Coaches” Complete line of Trailer Parts and Accessories – Trailer Repairing – Trailer Insurance- Repairs – Supplies- All Models & Sizes. Phone DAIe 7704. Capital Trailer Co., located just 4 blocks west of State Capitol on Highways 12, 52 – 56 and 218 at 325 W. University Avenue, Saint Paul 3, … Read more
Make the Dyckman Hotel your Minneapolis address. Comfortable beds in quiet rooms refresh you for next. day’s labors. A big, modern hotel right in the heart of the downtown section, with rates that will appeal to anyone wants a great deal for her money. A hotel in every sense of the word. HOW ABOUT A … Read more