Title

D. Bartke Residence and Drug Store

Creation Date

1876

Description

This is a 16-4/10X 10-8/10cm sepia photograph titled "Residence of D. Bartke and Drug Store" in 1876.
According to J.G. Whittemore in 1940, "Daniel Bartke built this building in 1866. (Bartke's autobiography states he PURCHASED it that year.) He conducted a drug store out of the first story and the upper story was used as a public hall. It was changed to the Glenwood Hotel in 1879. Martin Ward purchased the building in the 1885 and it became known as the Ward Hotel or Glenwood House. Pictured in the front of the building are Mr. and Mrs. Bartke, their daughter and a school teacher - Miss Mary Whitcomb."
The sign over the door reades, "DRUGSTORE." It was also used as a billiards hall and a a dance hall.

This week's photo in the series of Glenwood Photographs taken in 1876 by N.J. Trenham, is the ""Residence of D. Bartke and Drug Store." Located where Palmer Creations (the former Glacial Printing) is today.

The sign over the door reades, "DRUGSTORE." It was also used as a billiards hall and a dance hall.

According to the WPA papers, Daniel Bartke came to Glenwood in 1866 and invested a considerable amount of money in Glenwood properties. He bought this 36 x 40 foot two story building to house his drugstore on the lower level and a public hall on the upper floor. At one time it was used as a school room.

It is not clear when the building was converted into a hotel. It was sold to Robert Stanley in 1879. In 1882 an ad for the Glenwood Hotel claimed it was "recently refitted & improved" and had a large barn attached. Mr. Martin Ward bought the building in the 1885 and it was often known as Ward's Hotel.

There is some debate as to who built it, as George and Henry Rue owned the land in 1870. By 1876, the land was owned by Daniel Bartke. Unlike today, in the 1860s and 1870s in Glenwood, it was not uncommon for people to build on land they did not yet own.

Geographic Notes

USA/Minnesota/Glenwood
Glenwood, Minnesota

Geographic Names

Glenwood, Pope, Minnesota, United States, NA [45.65024,-95.38976] [id:5028087]