The donor, Mary Lou Westerlund, published her family history, "Meine Geschichte" most recent update in 2002; on file at the WCHS Research Center. 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.
