The West Hotel

Among the finest hotels in the country the West hotel of Minneapolis stands conspicuous. In point of interior finish and beauty it is excelled by few. The building is eight stories high and cost $1,500,000. It is built of Joliet marble, and red pressed brick with terra cotta trimmings, in combination of the Queen Anne … Read more

When is a Sea Horse?

Northwest’s Only Sea-Food Restaurant! Set your Sails for this Port and Hove to! Stow in the Best Sea-Food you ever ate, dripping in melted butter prepared by a Galley that knows their “Crew”! SPECIAL! NEW! LOBSTER. THERMIDOR PLATE! SPECIAL! NEW! CAPE COD PRIZE PACKET! Pompano au Natural! Fresh Broiled Nova Scotia Lobster! Tender Fresh Shrimps … Read more

Holiday Motor Hotel

Minneapolis’ Newest, Largest and Finest Motor Hotel. Offering all hotel facilities and services including Dining Room and Coffee Shop, convenient room service, TV and Telephones in all rooms, gift shop and drug counter, valet and laundry service. Deluxe two room suites and tastefully decorated, carpeted rooms offer a welcome of comfort for the weary traveler. … Read more

The Globe Hotel

Fitted up entirely in the best style throughout. Kept on the European plan-meals just when you want- rates low. The proprietor would respectfully request a call from the people of St. Cloud and Northern Minnesota when they visit St. Paul and assures them that everything connected with the “Globe is first-class. Remember the place. -James … Read more

St. Anthony Falls Bridge

ST. ANTHONY FALLS BRIDGE at Minneapolis, Minnesota, completed in June, 1918, at a cost of $865,000. It is the largest concrete arch bridge, built on a reverse curve, that spans the Mississippi River at any point from source to its mouth. Designed and built by the Minneapolis City Engineering Department.  

The Youngest Old Building Downtown

The Young Quinlan Building was designed by Magney and Tusler with Frederick Ackerman. Miss Quinlan spared no expense when building her elegant five-story building at the corner of Nicollet Mall and Ninth Street. She sought out an architect that would design her “home” with an Old World atmosphere. The building’s dedication ceremony and open house … Read more

Salisbury & Satterlee

The Salisbury & Satterlee Company Manufacturers of Beds and Bedding Are an Important Stone in the Commercial Foundation on Rests Prosperity of Minneapolis. SALISBURY & SATTERLEE manufacturers of Metal Beds and Bedding, is one of Minneapolis’ oldest and largest industrial organizations. The founder, Mr. Thomas G. Salisbury, came to Minneapolis in 1876, and in 1877, … Read more