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Jackson Hotel (Billy’s Bar & Grill)

Anoka’s Jackson Hotel, built in the 1870s and then rebuilt by Charles G. Jackson in 1884 after a fire. Photo by Wikimedia Commons user McGhiever, July 2, 2013.

Jackson Hotel

Originally built in the 1870s at 214 Jackson Street in Anoka, the Jackson Hotel was destroyed in an 1884 fire. It was quickly rebuilt and continued to function as a hotel until 1975, making it a center of local commerce and social gatherings for more than ninety years.

Worker pointing to collapsed Interstate 35W bridge

A worker points to a section of the collapsed I-35W bridge on August 3, 2017. Photograph by Kevin Rofidal (Edina Police Department).

I-35W bridge (Bridge 9340) component

A truss and gusset plate remnant (U10-U11W truss) recovered after the I-35 W Mississippi River Bridge collapse on August 1, 2007. This remnant is from the U10 and U11 truss nodes which were identified by the National Transportation Safety Board (NTSB) as a likely initiation site for the bridge failure.

I-35W shield sign from bridge 9340

Highway identification sign for Interstate 35W. The sign stood on Bridge 9340, which carried I-35W over the Mississippi River in Minneapolis. The sign stood on the bridge at the time of its collapse on August 1, 2007. Its surface is heavily scratched, and this damage may be a direct result of the collapse.

Emergency exit door from school bus involved in I-35W bridge collapse

Emergency exit door from a school bus made by the Blue Bird Corporation of Fort Valley, Georgia, circa 2007. The school bus was transporting a group of day camp students when it was involved in the collapse of the I-35W bridge in Minneapolis on August 1, 2007. The door is signed by all of the children and adults who were on the bus at that time.