A resource for reliable information about significant people, places, events, and things in Minnesota history.
The Harrington-Merrill House, 2011.
Façade of the Minnesota Building above the main entrance, 2009. Photograph by Thomas R. Zahn.
The West Hotel, looking down Hennepin Avenue from Seventh Street, 1885.
Matchbook with an image of the West Hotel (back).
Matchbook with an image of the West Hotel (front).
Soap from the West Hotel (back).
Soap from the West Hotel (front).
The completed West Hotel, Fifth Street and Hennepin Avenue, Minneapolis, c.1897.
The West Hotel, Fifth Street and Hennepin Avenue, c.1902.
Proposed drawing of the West Hotel, c.1884.