Windsor Hotel - late 1940's
Minot Memories is a blog that pertains to the city of Minot, ND. It is brief glimpses of people, places, things and events of Minot's past that will provide some insight into the history of Minot. This photo Main Street looking south from the railroad tracks about 1940
Thursday, February 13, 2014
YMCA
The
Windsor Hotel stood on the corner of First Street and First Avenue SE until 1949 – 1950 . The Windsor was torn down to become the
home of the original YMCA which opened in the early 50's. I was asked to find
out where the YMCA was before the building was built. I seems as though there
was no established building before Colin Brown raised the funds to build it.
The YMCA organization was apparently in the local schools as clubs. There is
some evidence to believe that some YMCA groups met in the upstairs of a
building on Main Street. Most likely this was in the Masonic Lodge when it was
on Main. I hope this answers the question
Windsor Hotel - late 1940's
YMCA - early 1950's
Windsor Hotel - late 1940's
joined ymca in 1952..used pool,gym,movies,and snack grill. mr brown,frank lauchridge and rich the grill man were great people. was in HI Y club for 4 years..went on trips to canada black hills etc
ReplyDeleteevery summer...excellent for teen agers