Aberdeen’s New Landmark Hotel
Investors raise $30,000 for a grand four-story hotel to anchor the city’s booming downtown.
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It is pleasing to think that Aberdeen will soon have a good, substantial hotel, adequate to her needs. Such is the case. The site selected is the southeast corner of Heron and I streets, a most convenient location. About $30,000 has been subscribed so far, and whatever balance is needed can be raised without difficulty. It is the intention of the management to put up a good, substantial building 100x130 feet, four stories in height to cost $20,000; the first floor to be fitted up for business purposes. The hotel will be furnished at a cost of $10,000 or more. An architect is engaged completing plans and specifications, and bids will be advertised for in a few days. The city is continuously thronged with visitors, and this enterprise cannot fail to be a success financially and bring in handsome returns to the projectors, besides proving a considerable addition to the city's prosperity.
“Every day Aberdeen takes on a more metropolitan appearance.”
In 1891, Aberdeen was aggressively scaling up to meet a population boom, looking to build 'metropolitan' structures to signal its permanence. Today, as the city faces modern housing and hospitality crunches, the scramble to build large-scale developments remains a central pillar of the local economic identity.
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