Daily globe. [volume] (St. Paul, Minn.) 1878-1884, 1881-07-22

Architect Burlington has about COM
pleted, under direction of General Man
ager Hill of the St. Paul s. Manitoba rail-
road company, the working plans for a
magnificent lakeside hotel, which is to be
built between now and June of next year,
on the wooded park like peninsula be-
tween Crystal Bay and Lower Lake Min
netonka, and which, pending the adoption
of that or some other good name, the
architect designates as the "Minnetonka
Beach HOTEL The main building is to
be seven hundred feet long by sixty
feet in width, fronting one side on
Crystal bay and the other on the Lower
lake. On the bay side will be two sep
arate buildings, one for kitchen, store
rooms, ETC., and the other for bar and bill
lard rooms, etc. lone opposite each end
of the main building. At about 200 feet
distant from the main building will be
building for the laundry, boiler room,
servants quarters, etc. Opposite the
center of the lake side will be the band
stand. Opposite the center of the bay
side will be the railroad depot on the Up
per Minnetonka branch of the St. P. g.
NJ railway, about three and q half miles
from Wayzata station. All around the
hotel, connecting it with the kitchen
and bar buildings, and extending around
them, will be a broad covered piazza,
furnishing covered walk of about
two-ffths of mile. From the piazza at
the center of the bay front a covered
walk will extend to the railroad depot
and covered depot platform. The archi-
tect's elevation or picture of the building
suggests that at distance the hotel will
appear like compact group Of two-snd-
a-half and three story cottages. Their
style may be designated as the modified
or modernized Queen Anne style. There
will be many gables, many projections
and variety of roofs, giving as whole
a quantity picturesque appearance and
almost providing that ultinaa thule of the
model landlords desire--a house in
which every grrsst room is front corner
room. Through the three floors, from
end to end of the long building, seven
hundred feet, will be halls twenty feet
wide The most of the guest chambers
will be 12x20 feet, and the sleeping ac-
commodations will provide for full five
hundred guests. Besides the wide halls,
reception rooms, offices, etc., the public
rooms will include three dining rooms
and grand music hall or assembly
room. The latter, large enough for COM
fortably seating all the guests of the
house, and a few hundred visitors, will
have recess for bands on occasion of
dancing parties, which may be converted
into stage for either professional or
amateur entertainments. The three din
ing rooms will be ladies' ordinary, the
grand dining hall for the height of the
season, and smaller dining room for use
early and late in the season when the
house is not full. The latter will form
part of the dining hall during the height
of the season, but in its season will be
converted into cosy room just sufficient
for the season.
1t is intended that this hotel
shall be substantially built through
out, and provided with all
modern improvements, including gas
and water for every room, and also heat
ing apparatus, so that the place may be
made comfortable for early and late Wis
itors, or whenever unpleasant weather
occurs. 1t is designed to open this hotel
early in the season, and also by keeping
it open late, to induce some Of our South
ern visitors to stay through the glorious
October season, from which most of them
are scared by a few days of cold, wet
weather in the early fall.
The locality besides it's good convent:
ence for sailing, rowing, bathing and fish
ing on either side, is said to be admirably
adapted to summer purposes. Nature
has already provided beautifully wood
park. about which walks and drives can
be easily constructed and where little
other improvement can be needed for
either ornamentation or use of grounds.
The work Of building will be begun
this summer and with the preparation of
material will be carried on through the
winter, so that the finishing touches may
be put in time to open the house to the
earliest of summer visitors of next year.