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The Capp Towers Motor Hotel 1313 Nicollet Avenue South turned a few heads when it opened on Tuesday April 2nd, 1963. The 6.5 million dollar structure with 330 rooms could accommodate 800 guests. Capp Towers was the third downtown motel to open that year after the Inn Towne and the Northstar Inn. The 15 story … Read more
The official opening of the $13.3 million Saint Paul Hilton was planned and prepared down to the last introduction, everything but the ribbon. “We discovered last night that we had no ribbon to cut, ” one of the planners confided to reporters assembled for the big day. A ribbon was procured, appropriately cut, and the … Read more
The Twin Cities finest luxury motel may have been the Guest House. Located in downtown Minneapolis at the intersection of Fourth Avenue South at Seventh Street, the 100 room Guest House was only two short blocks from the very heart of the Minneapolis Loop shopping and business center. Air conditioned executive and bridal suites, telephones, … Read more
One of Minneapolis’ Finest. Panel Ray vented heat. Carpet and tile. Beauty Rest mattresses. Tile showers. TV. Some with kitchens. Children’s playground. Ten minutes to downtown. On Highway 169 North and one block north of Highway 100. Telephone Ju-8-1176 Mr. & Mrs. Ralph J. Luchinger, Hosts
The Rogers Hotel was the talk of the town in during the Gay Nineties. The original Rogers embraced 132 feet on 4th and 113 feet on Nicollet. Legend has it that in 1886, J. E. “Tooze” Rogers walked into a one story building on the corner and said, ” This looks like a likely place … Read more
The Ryan Hotel in St. Paul in was the finest luxury hotel Minnesota had to offer in the late 19th century. Designed by architect James J. Egan, construction of the hotel was funded by a millionaire gold and silver miner named Dennis Ryan. Rising from the Northeast corner of 6th and Robert, this Gothic creation … Read more
Designed by the architectural firm of Wilcox and Johnston, the Hotel Aberdeen was completed in 1889 for less than $250,000. Perched on the southwest corner of Virginia and Dayton, three blocks away from the grand homes of Summit Avenue, the Aberdeen was a fine, old residential hotel complete with cafe, fine dining and a grand … Read more
Isabelle Jackson was born in St. Paul back in 1902. Her family moved to Minneapolis when she was just two years old. After she graduated fro the University of Minnesota she Married Rollin Jackson. In 1956 the couple built the Suburban Hotel just up the road in Crystal. Rollin and Isabelle operated the motel until … Read more
Hotel Vendome Nos. 17, 19 and 21 South Fourth street, for ten years one of the principal hostelries in Minneapolis which was partially destroyed by fire February 7, 1902 has been reconstructed and is again contacting it thriving business. The building now Hotel Vendome was first designed for offices and has been considered the handsomest … Read more