CLUB BAR AND LAKE HOTEL This establishment is the first and last of the town of Medicine Lake. The business was the first one relocated to the new townsite in 1909. The business is the last remaining structure to be continuously operated as when it was located in the old site of “Flandrem” The first settler came to a location near the Jasper Bedford Roadhouse in 1906. Barney Allen was the sixth settler there and opened a hotel and bar in 1908. The second floor was later used as the first schoolhouse. The building was moved at the end of 1909, maybe to be of use to the railroad crews that finished the spur line and siding in June, 1910. In 1910 the railroad real estate agent recorded the sale of the new location to a J. C. Wigmore whose family remained as the property owners of record until 1943 When it was sold to Walter N. Stephens (Bud) and his partner Charles Peters. By 1912 the hotel and restaurant addition was added on to the West of the original building and operated by one of the Allen sons. Subsequent owners of the bar were Norman Buss in 1956 and Ed Wolski in 1965. Don Greff purchased the bar in 1978, and Danny Olson in 1980. Danny added the lot next East of the Bar in 1984 and used it as a beer garden. Current owner is Marilyn Smith, since 1993. The hotel portion of the building has been renovated and reopened. The hotel portion of the building to the West was added to the main structure by 1912. It ‘s believed to have contained twelve sleeping rooms. The old hotel floor directly above the bar was eventually turned into an apartment for owners. The hotel was electrified in 1914. Indoor plumbing was installed with a room converted to a bath “down-the-hall” and wash sinks added to each room. The hotel lobby used in later years as a waiting room for the local transit service. The stair-well was eventually walled off and the remaining part of the lobby-office became part of the bar. The restaurant portion with its kitchen and laundry room were also eventually opened to the bar and utilized by its patrons. CLUB BAR AND LAKE HOTEL Sheridan County Records Reference List Purchase from Wigmores to Stephens - Book 278 Transaction 334 Oct.1943 {Charles Peters was partnered with Stephens and eventually became sole owner} Norman Buss Purchase - Book 319 Transaction 357 Mar.1956 {A Bill Stevens appeared in register and thought to be the U.S. citizen needed for license, Buss was a Canadian. The name disappears from records after the one entry.} Ed Wolski Purchase - Book 386 Transaction 377 May 1965 Don Greff Purchase - Book 505 Transaction 1546 Jan. 1978 Danny Olson Purchase - Book 517 Transaction 203 Jan. 1980 Marilyn Smith Purchase - Nov.1993 CLUB BAR AND LAKE HOTEL |
Club Bar and Hotel
This bartender is thought to be Barney
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