The New Hotel at La Moure.
The Leland hotel at La Moure which is to be completed early in July will be the finest in south Dakota without any exception. It is built by E. P. Wells, the great townsite speculator and wealthy banker. The La Moure Chronicle, in a description of the structure says: “Its architects are Hodgson & Son, of Minneapolis. The structure stands eighty feet square and four stories in height. It is veneered with the Moorhead cream-colored brick and finished throughout in modern style. The cost of the Leland unfurnished is about $40,000, and the expenditure will represent a round $50,000 by the day of its formal opening. The Leland is situated one block north of the Fargo & Southwestern depot. The general design of the house is modeled after the far-famed Planters’ hotel of St. Louis. There are seventy-five rooms and the sleeping apartments range in size from twenty feet square down to 8x13. Every room has at least one window, and the light and ventilation are well nigh perfect. The main office is thirty-two feet square. The main dining hall to the left is 26x40 and the banking office in the southeast corner of the building is 19x38 feet. Robinson, Button & Co., of the Bank of La Moure, already occupy this portion and have it fitted up in elegant style.
Source:
The Saint Paul Daily Globe
Tuesday Morning, June 17, 1884
Volume VII, Number 169, Page 2