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Downtown 1958

Friday, August 15, 2014

Best Accommodations for the Travelling Public

 
September 4, 1881 Daily Twin City News

We first talked of Landgraf's hotel in this blog in June of 2012 http://menashabook.blogspot.com/2012/06/landgrafs-hotel.html The hotel was built in 1871 at the intersection of Tayco and Main Streets where, later, the Brin Theater would occupy this space. In its prime, the hotel had 30 rooms, was gas lighted and steam heated. And, as this advertisement shows, the hotel ran free buses to meet all trains and also offered a billiards room and a grocery. Valentine Landgraf served several terms as a member of the city council, having been elected to the office of alderman from the Second Ward and he was also a charter member of the Germania society.

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