Cushing Hotel
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The Cushing Hotel is a historic hotel built in Afton, Minnesota
in 1867. It was a modest wood-framed structure that housed railroad workers, lumbermen, and travelers.
The village of Afton was organized in 1858, in Paterson's Hotel. The first hotel burned to the ground in 1861, so Charles C. Cushing built the second hotel in 1867. Charles Cushing died in 1876, and his wife maintained the hotel. In 1907, "Mother Mary" Pennington acquired the Afton House and operated it until her death in 1946. In 1960, Mssrs. Smith and Myers bought the building and added the Catfish Saloon. In 1967, on its hundredth anniversary, new owner Hugh Andersen remodeled the hotel, adding a dining room and a screened porch. Gordon and Kathy Jarvis purchased the hotel in 1976 and began more remodeling, with work supervised by a local woodcarver. They had the hotel listed on the National Register of Historic Places
in 1985.
Afton, Minnesota
Afton is a city in Washington County, Minnesota, United States. The population was 2,886 at the 2010 census. It is located on a small bay where Valley Creek empties into the St. Croix River several miles north of the confluence with the Mississippi River....
in 1867. It was a modest wood-framed structure that housed railroad workers, lumbermen, and travelers.
The village of Afton was organized in 1858, in Paterson's Hotel. The first hotel burned to the ground in 1861, so Charles C. Cushing built the second hotel in 1867. Charles Cushing died in 1876, and his wife maintained the hotel. In 1907, "Mother Mary" Pennington acquired the Afton House and operated it until her death in 1946. In 1960, Mssrs. Smith and Myers bought the building and added the Catfish Saloon. In 1967, on its hundredth anniversary, new owner Hugh Andersen remodeled the hotel, adding a dining room and a screened porch. Gordon and Kathy Jarvis purchased the hotel in 1976 and began more remodeling, with work supervised by a local woodcarver. They had the hotel listed on the National Register of Historic Places
National Register of Historic Places
The National Register of Historic Places is the United States government's official list of districts, sites, buildings, structures, and objects deemed worthy of preservation...
in 1985.