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Identification #
OGL291-185
Description
Photograph of the Hotel Northern located on Kittson Avenue and Fifth Street, ca.1910.
Hotel Northern was built by Martin L. Gordon in 1889 and run under his management for two years under the name of “Hotel Gordon.” In 1892 the house passed into the hands of Trepanier & Gotzian and was leased to Colonel C. B. Ingalls, who refurnished the house complete and named it the Hotel Northern. Under the popular management of Colonel Ingalls the house won wide and favorable reputation as a strictly first class hotel. Herbert N. Wells, purchased the furniture of the Ingalls estate in October, 1893, and bought the real estate in 1901.
The Hotel Northern is a brick building, three stories and basement. Has gas and electric lights, steam heat and baths, is conveniently situated for business and just across the street from the proposed site of the Union depot. Mr. Wells is a native of Faribault, Minn., came to Crookston in August, 1881, removing to Grand Forks in 1884, has been in the hotel business for more than twenty-five years. (History of the Red River Valley Past and Present, Volume II, C. F. Cooper & Company, Chicago, 1909)
Places Depicted
Grand Forks, North Dakota
Organizations Depicted
Hotel Northern
People Depicted
Martin L. Gordon, Colonel C. B. Ingalls, Herbert N. Wells
Rights
Elwyn B. Robinson Department of Special Collections, Chester Fritz Library, University of North Dakota, Grand Forks