<p>Handwritten on verso: C.C. Calkins Mercer Island Hotel in 1890. It was located about 1/2 mile so off the floating bridge. Vacant after 1902 and destroyed by fire in 1908.
PH Coll 141.22</p>
<p>On July 2, 1908, the Calkins Hotel, located on the northern shore of Mercer Island, burned to the ground. The lavish storybook structure, built by C. C. Calkins in the late 1880s, was the centerpiece of the town of East Seattle, also platted by Calkins.</p>
<ul><li>Subjects (LCTGM): Calkins Hotel (Mercer Island, Wash.); Hotels--Washington (State)--Mercer Island; People--Washington (State)--Mercer Island</li></ul>
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