Description:
Lake Park Hotel (Tonka Bay Hotel) in Tonka Bay. The hotel was built in 1879 by the Northwestern Sunday School Association. It was orginally called the Minnetonka Park Hotel. It had 250 acres with almost five miles of lakeshore. It's pavilion was orginally called the Lake Park Amusement Hall included a theater and a ballroom. In by 1883 a roller rink was included. Around 1904 the newly remodeled Lake Park Hotel was renamed the Tonka Bay Hotel. The hotel was razed in1913. The pavilion was still standing and was moved across the lake to a site close to where the amusement park would be built. ("Lake Minnetonka's Historic Hotels") Half of a stereoscopic picture. The other side has a picture of the Hotel Lafayette.
Date:
c late 1800's
Title:
Lake Park Hotel
Medium:
Card, Cabinet
Original Object Size:
8.4x8.9 cm
Location:
Tonka Bay, MN
Digital Image Width:
4036.00
Holdings:
Excelsior—Lake Minnetonka Historical Society Photograph Collection
Digital Image Height:
4391.00
Record Name:
SP—HO33b
File Size:
53166468
Copies:
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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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