Description:
Hotel Lafayette from the New Narrows about 1887. Hotel Lafayette was the largest of all Minnetonka hotels. It was built by James J. Hill and had it's grand opening on July 2, 1882. It stood on a ridge of land that overlooked the Upper Lake on one side and the Lower Lake on the other. In Sept. 1883 the hotel entertained a thousand guests at a gala dinner for President Chester A. Arthur. On October 4, 1897 the hotel was totally destroyed by fire. ("Lake Minnetonka's Historic Hotels")
Date:
1887
Title:
Hotel Lafayette
Medium:
Card, Cabinet
Original Object Size:
20.4x12.6 cm
Location:
Minnetonka Beach, MN
Digital Image Width:
4962.00
Holdings:
Excelsior—Lake Minnetonka Historical Society Photograph Collection
Digital Image Height:
3032.00
Record Name:
SP—HO11
File Size:
34490228
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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