Cushing Hotel
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Cushing Hotel | |
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The original section of the Cushing Hotel | |
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| Location | Afton, Minnesota |
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| Coordinates | 44°54′3.3″N 92°46′58.5″W / 44.900917°N 92.782917°WCoordinates: 44°54′3.3″N 92°46′58.5″W / 44.900917°N 92.782917°W |
| Area | 0.08 acres (0.032 ha) |
| Built | 1867 |
| Architect | Unknown |
| Architectural style | No Style Listed |
| Governing body | Private |
| NRHP Reference # | 85000098 [1] |
| Added to NRHP | January 17, 1985 |
The Cushing Hotel is a historic hotel in Afton, Minnesota, United States, built in 1867. It was a modest wood-framed structure that housed railroad workers, lumbermen, and travelers.[2] It was listed on the National Register of Historic Places for its local significance to commerce for exemplifying the commercial lodging common to mid-19th-century river towns.[3] It remains in business as the Afton House Inn.[4]
The village of Afton was organized in 1858 in Paterson's Hotel. The first hotel burned to the ground in 1861, so Charles C. Cushing built the second hotel in 1867. Charles Cushing died in 1876 and his wife maintained the hotel. In 1907 "Mother Mary" Pennington acquired the Afton House and operated it until her death in 1946. In 1960 Mssrs. Smith and Myers bought the building and added the Catfish Saloon. In 1967, on its hundredth anniversary, new owner Hugh Andersen remodeled the hotel, adding a dining room and a screened porch. Gordon and Kathy Jarvis purchased the hotel in 1976 and began more remodeling, with work supervised by a local woodcarver. They had the hotel listed on the National Register in 1985.[5]
References
- ↑ "National Register Information System". National Register of Historic Places. National Park Service. 2007-01-23.
- ↑ Nord, Mary Ann (2003). The National Register of Historic Places in Minnesota. Minnesota Historical Society. ISBN 0-87351-448-3.
- ↑ Jarvis, Garold L. (August 1983). "National Register of Historic Places Inventory—Nomination Form: Cushing Hotel". National Park Service. Retrieved 2014-01-02.
- ↑ "Afton House Inn". Retrieved 2014-01-03.
- ↑ "Afton House Brochure". Retrieved 2008-04-20.
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