The Inn 1910

Description:	Front: Script at top of postcard reads, The Inn, Winona Lake, Ind.Back: Body of message reads, Dear Sister, Just arived at Winona all well feeling fine got a good place to stay hope you are feeling Better Della and Wat. Addressed to, Mrs. William Thurston, Warren Huntington Co. Ind. The photographer would have been standing in front of the Marshall/Mission Home looking across Park Ave. towards the front door of the Inn Hotel. A horse and buggy can be seen on the right and the miniature railroad tracks can be seen.The Inn Hotel is an interesting building. The exact details are missing, but it appears that in 1897 the resourceful Winona folks rebuilt a horse barn using lumber, from poultry and livestock exhibition buildings, to construct a hotel of 230-250 rooms. The Inn was located on Park Ave. about a half block from the Auditorium. It was first named “The Barracks”. It was the low cost Winona Assembly owned hotel. The rooms were spartan. Restrooms were at the end of each hallway. There was a large lobby and a large social space above the lobby on the second level. The center wing was winterized in the early 1960’s and was used as a dormitory by Grace College. The building was worn out. The Winona Lake Fired Department conducted a controlled burn of the structure on August 21, 1971. Today a parking lot and a row of businesses stand where the Inn Hotel once stood.
Origin:	1910-06-04
Created By:	The Valentine & Sons' Publishing Co., Ltd., New York; Printed in Great Britain; Published by J. W. Van Deventer, Winona Lake, Ind.
Source:	http://palni.contentdm.oclc.org/cdm/ref/collection/p15705coll8/id/455
Collection:	Grace College - Winona Lake Postcards
Copyright:	Contact Morgan Library, Winona Lake, IN for copy and usage permissions
Geography:	Winona Lake (Ind.)
Subjects:	The Inn

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