Hotel Albion
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The italianate Blair Flats went up in 1887 at a cost of $300,000 ($5 million today) and became a residential hotel, the Albion. W.A. Frost (Dacotah Building) in the foreground.
Date: 1889
Image Courtesy of Minnesota Historical Society
This file appears in: The Blair Flats
The Blair Flats
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