1902@
Citation: 34.174.1 (Full image size: 101Kb)
Looking west down Onondaga (Main) street from Duff Avenue corner, around 1902. The top of the Odd Fellows Building (constructed in 1902) can be seen on the north side of Onondaga (in the center of the photo). The Ames Hotel is seen on the corner of Duff and Onondaga (at the extreme right of the photo). The buggy turning the corner onto Onondaga and the buggy in front of the hotel were town-to-campus transportation. The building on the left (south side of Onondaga) was known as the Skyscraper Building by town youths because its five identical storefronts gave the illusion of a tall building on its side. (different views of the same photo: 34.174.2; 34.174.3)
Citation: 44.218.2 (Full image size: 75Kb)
The Ames Hotel, on the corner of Main Street and Duff Avenue in downtown Ames, was built on the site of an earlier hotel, the New York House. This photo is looking up Duff Avenue along the east side of the building. Note the horse-drawn hack in the left of the photo. The Ames Hotel was originally called the Davis House. Once Ames's largest hotel, it was inadequate by 1902 when Ames's business community began promoting the idea of better hotel facilities. Parley Sheldon and the Munn family solved the "better hotel" problem when they announced their plans for the construction of the Sheldon-Munn Hotel in downtown Ames. (See also: 44.221.3-4)
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Published: 08/29/2007 09:56:37 am