CalumetInn.com
Title
The Historic Calumet Inn - Pipestone, MN
Description
All rooms listed are antique furnished and include a private bathroom with deep claw foot tubs,replica old time flush toilets, and period sinks. Each room has cable T.V., telephone, and air conditioning.
The name Calumet is the one French fur traders gave to ceremonial pipes used by American Indians. The stone (pipestone) used to create these pipes is still quarried at the nearby Pipestone National Monument.
The first grand hotel was located one block north of the present structure, where the First National Bank now stands at the corner of 2nd St. N.W. and Hiawatha Avenue. The 60-room facility was built by the Close Brothers, English land agents, at a cost of $25,000. The wood and veneered brick structure was destroyed in two hours Dec. 15, 1886 by fire.
Languages
English
