53.94

Print, Photographic

1891 Approximate

Nora House with Billiard , Miller and Boje Family. 7-1/2" x 4-1/2" photograph of a building identified as Nora House. Persons partially identified as Paul Billiard, Mary Radloff Billiard, Lulu Billiard Miller, Pearl Lydia Billiard Boje. Cardboard photo mount identified on the back as H. Manderfeld, Gainesville, Texas. Subjects: moustached Paul Billiard standing beside "Paul Billiard's Hotel" / "Nora House" - Mary Radloff Billiard sitting and holding baby Lulu Miller - small girl Pearl Lydia Boje standing beside Mary. Reverse side: "H. Manderfeld - Art Photography - North Dixon Street - Gainesville, Texas".

Paul and Mary (Radloff) Billiard were owners and proprietors of a successful Waseca Hotel. The Billiard Hotel was a misnomer as it was actually The Nora House and later The Nicollet House. It's location was 215 West Elm south side of the street and a half block of the M & ST Louis Railroad Depot. The well known hotel and boarding house with the Billiard family operating it for over 40 years. In 1937, it became The Snow's Chicken Hatchery. In 1945, E.F. Johnson Company bought the building and tore it down. Minneapolis & St. Louis Railroad; M&ST.L; M & St. L; M & St. L; M & St L; transportation, railroad, engines, locomotives, train tracks, engineer, trainmen, steam engine, railroad station, train station, Depot.