Description:
Painting of the Radisson Inn, Christmas Lake. This is a postcard. Post mark date is 1922. According to "Lake Minnetonka's Historic Hotels" is the Radisson Inn was distinct from the other historic hotels in three respects——location, timing and clientele. It was not located on Lake Minnetonka but on Christmas Lake. It was built in 1906 and destroyed by fire in 1936 so it was a 'short—lived 20th century phenomenon. Finally with its ties to the Minneapolis hotel of the same name to attracted celebraties and noted figures from the Twin Cities . Also the last owner a New York man ran the Inn like a night club, serving liquor and introducing gambling. The first building on the site was the home of Charles J.A. Morris. After their father's death, Tina Morris and borther William opened the remodelled building in 1906, as Glen Morris Inn. The Radisson Hotel Company then owned renaming it the Radisson Inn. In 1934 the Depression forced the sale of it to Lou Cohen who ran it like a night club.
Date:
c1922
Title:
Radisson Inn
Medium:
Card, Cabinet
Original Object Size:
13.9x8.9 cm
Location:
Christmas Lake, Excelsior, MN
Digital Image Width:
4476.00
Holdings:
Excelsior—Lake Minnetonka Historical Society Photograph Collection
Digital Image Height:
2979.00
Record Name:
SP—HO20
File Size:
40002252
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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