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The hotel itself is a brick structure, three stories and a basement, with all the modern improvements. It has been built by Crookston business men and every dollar of stock was taken in the city. The plans were drawn by Orff & Jarolamen, of Minneapolis, and they include the proposition that every one of the sixty sleeping rooms shall be an outside room. They are all en suite and each provided with bath. The office is directly behind the entrance and is a model of convenience and elegance. The finish is all hard wood and the fixtures massive and finely carved. The bar is the finest in Northern Minnesota. The first floor is tiled in the public rooms. The dining room has a hard wood floor with Wilton carpets in the aisles. An elegant ladies’ waiting room, conversation, smoking and writing rooms are conveniently located on the first floor. The basement will contain a barber shop and sample rooms as well as a heating and light plant. The grass plot, twelve feet wide on either side, will contain a fountain.
The total cost of the building is $40,000. It has been leased to John A. Baker, a prominent hotel manager, formerly from Indianapolis, later from the Grand Pacific, Moorhead. He has furnished it beautifully throughout, and it is at once an ornament and a credit to the city.