Description:
Drawing of the Hotel St. Louis, Deephaven MN. Hotel St. Louis was the first of Lake Minnetonka's five largest hotels. It opened in 1879 the same year the Lake Park Hotel was being built. It overlooked Carson's Bay and St. Louis Bay. In he 1890's it began hosting the Northwest Lawn Tennis Association's annual tournaments. Because business was so poor around the turn of the century the hotel was demolishedin 1907. The following year Walter W. Douglas of Quaker Oats fame, began building his estate on the site of the Hotel St. Louis. ("Lake Minnetonka's Historic Hotels").
Date:
c late 1800's
Title:
Hotel St. Louis
Medium:
Print, Photographic
Original Object Size:
10.8x7.8 cm
Location:
Deephaven, MN
Digital Image Width:
3557.00
Holdings:
Excelsior—Lake Minnetonka Historical Society Photograph Collection
Digital Image Height:
2494.00
Record Name:
SP—HO31
File Size:
16135748
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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