Back in May, we published an article about the early history of the Farmer’s Hotel building, which was located at 2110 2nd Avenue North, about midway on the block between Jackson Street and Van Buren Street, facing the river. (Please find the earlier article on either the ABC Newspapers or ACHS website: AnokaCountyHistory.org) Since this building no longer exists, we wanted to find out more about its history. Further digging in some of our resources here at the history center (especially photographs and telephone directories) allowed us to piece together a better picture of the building’s later years.

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