Description:
Small photo of the Sampson house during the winter. Located on Second Street. Slater House was first on the same site. In 1885 Leroy Sampson took possession and started running the hotel which soon became known as the Sampson House. The building burned in November 1893. The hotel was rebuilt and finished in 1895 being built very thriftily using lumber from an old barn from Wisconsin. In 1945 after Hotel Del Otero burned a city newspaper Sampson House had "the distinction of being the lone survivor of the group of hotels at Minnetonka that were famous in attracting sportsmen and vacationers from all parts of the country in the Gay Nineties". It continued to be family run until it closed in 1960. It was torn down in 1961. ("Lake Minnetonka's Historic Hotels")
Date:
c early 1900's
Title:
Sampson House
Medium:
Print, Photographic
Original Object Size:
7.8x4.5 cm
Location:
Excelsior, MN
Digital Image Width:
3761.00
Holdings:
Excelsior—Lake Minnetonka Historical Society Photograph Collection
Digital Image Height:
2382.00
Record Name:
SP—HO24
File Size:
26876346
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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