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Chequamegon Hotel
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View of the Chequamegon Hotel, built by the Wisconsin Central railroad interests and opened in 1877. It faced the bay and had a long series of steps leading to a boat landing. The hotel was condemned as a fire trap and razed in the 1890's.
1888
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1885
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1899
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Chequamegon Hotel
1890
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The Chequamegon Hotel
circa 1870-1879
Lithograph depicting the Chequamegon Hotel from the Ashland harbor.
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Letterhead of the Chequamegon Hotel of Ashland, on Lake Superior, with a three-quarter view of the hotel, as seen from the waterfront, set into a cartouche, and enhanced with banners, ribbons, foli...
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1907
This building was named the Knight Block and contained retail on the first floor, business offices on the second floor and the Knight Hotel on the third, fourth and fifth floors. The fourth floor i...
