Description:
A postcard aerial view of Hotel Del Otero. James J. Hill opened it in 1885. He built his hotels to attract riders on his Great Northern Railroad. Located high on a hill overlooking Spring Park Bay it may have inspired its name "Del Otero", Spanish for 'on a knoll or hill'. He sold it in 1906 to George F. Hopkins and Company. He also managed the lakeshore dancing pavilion, scheduled games at the hotel's ball park and oversaw picnic grounds. In 1918 Adam King became the proprieter of the hotel, casino, ball park and picnic grounds. Also bought four guest cottages overlooking the lake. In 1945 the was a fire at the hotel burning one section to the ground and one section to the first floor.
Date:
pre1945
Title:
Lake Minnetonka Hotels
Medium:
Card, Cabinet
Original Object Size:
13.8x8.9 cm
Location:
Spring Park, MN
Digital Image Width:
4437.00
Holdings:
Excelsior—Lake Minnetonka Historical Society Photograph Collection
Digital Image Height:
2979.00
Record Name:
SP—HO1
File Size:
39653709
Copyright:
Excelsior—Lake Minnetonka Historical Society
Copyright 2011, —— This image may not be reproduced for any reason without the express written consent of the Excelsior—Lake Minnetonka Historical Society send comments, questions to Info@elmhs.org
Copyright 2011, —— This image may not be reproduced for any reason without the express written consent of the Excelsior—Lake Minnetonka Historical Society send comments, questions to Info@elmhs.org
Language:
English
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