This magnificent hotel is located on a peninsula between the main lake and Crystal Bay, and is so situated that it has water fronts on both sides. The view from the hotel is the finest and most extensive we have ever seen, taking, in some ten or twelve of the bays and their numberless promontories and jutting points, which are covered with forest.
The St. Paul, Minneapolis & Manitoba double track line enables passengers to reach the hotel in 45 minutes from St. Paul, trains running hourly during the day. Steamers laud at the docks within a few rods of the hotel to take passengers around the lake, and a fine fleet of row and sailboats are at the disposal of fishing parties or pleasure seekers.
Everything here is on a grand scale. Over a million dollars have been expended in building and furnishing the hotel and for the improvements on the grounds. The property is owned by the St. Paul, Minneapolis & Manitoba Railway Company, and it has been leased to Mr. Eugene Mehl, formerly of the Brevoort House, New York City. Its manager is Mr. Jewett Wilcox, a well-known hotel man of Chicago.
–Guide and Directory of Lake Minnetonka, Minnesota.
H. W. Mowry
Excelsior, Minn., Lake Minnetonka Print. House, 1884.
