Grand Hotel – the Grand Hotel, at one time known as the Lexington
Hotel, was on the Northwest corner of Central Avenue and 1st Street
NW. The Grand Hotel was built by Olaf A Olson in 1906. An addition was added in
1912, making it one of the largest buildings in Minot at the time. The Grand
Hotel had 100 rooms and flourished until it was destroyed by fire on January
27,1960. More than 1000 people turned out to watch the fire. In addition to the
Minot Fire Department, men from the Minot Air Force Base rushed to help fight
the fire and provide crowd and traffic control. I was informed that one of the
fireman from the base wanted to drive the new pumper truck into the Grand Hotel
on the Central Avenue level. He was not aware that there were two more floors
below the main floor on Central. The pumper truck would have ended up in the
basement. The location of the Grand Hotel is now a below grade parking lot on
Central Avenue used by the Brady Martz Accounting Firm.
Grand Hotel
My grandfather had his barbershop in the Grand Hotel, until he retired.
ReplyDeleteMy grandfather had his barbershop in the Grand Hotel, until he retired.
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