That must have been a hell of a fire. What a shame.
monos_muertossays
It looks like someone bet an architect on how many roof styles he could incorporate into one building.
SundressAstridsays
Wow. Just wow. It was beautiful
algebramclainsays
the treelessness of these turn of the century scenes always startle me
mattdion7412says
If you zoom in the picture quality it’s awesome.
ThisOtherAnonAccountsays
All these giant timber-framed hotels were just fireballs waiting to happen. We lost a lot of them this way through the years
20327070says
That thing looks like it was made to be burnt, I mean it looks so brittle..
zizzybalumbasays
Any idea what the ventilation/cooling situation was like back then? Like how hot did it get in places like this in the heat of summer and how did people sleep? I’d last less than a month if transported back to the 19th century.
sverdrupian says
source: Digital Commonwealth
architects: M. P. Clark and Ion Lewis, Boston.
floor plan
Eyiolf_the_Foul says
That must have been a hell of a fire. What a shame.
monos_muertos says
It looks like someone bet an architect on how many roof styles he could incorporate into one building.
SundressAstrid says
Wow. Just wow. It was beautiful
algebramclain says
the treelessness of these turn of the century scenes always startle me
mattdion7412 says
If you zoom in the picture quality it’s awesome.
ThisOtherAnonAccount says
All these giant timber-framed hotels were just fireballs waiting to happen. We lost a lot of them this way through the years
20327070 says
That thing looks like it was made to be burnt, I mean it looks so brittle..
zizzybalumba says
Any idea what the ventilation/cooling situation was like back then? Like how hot did it get in places like this in the heat of summer and how did people sleep? I’d last less than a month if transported back to the 19th century.