Who owns the Palmer House in Sauk Centre?

Kelley Freese
Kelley Freese of Sauk Centre has owned the property for nearly two decades. Freese and her husband bought the Palmer House with another couple in 2002.

What year was the Palmer House built?

1871
Palmer House a Hilton Hotel/Years built

Who started the Palmer House?

Potter Palmer
The Palmer House was built as a wedding gift by Potter Palmer, who made his fortune in a dry goods store he started with his partner Marshall Field. (It went on to be what we now know as Macy’s.) In 1870, Palmer bought a three-quarter-mile plot along State Street, and built the Palmer on the corner of Monroe and State.

What county is Sauk Center in?

Stearns County
Sauk Centre/Counties

When was the Palmer House in Sauk Center built?

The Palmer House (Sauk Centre) The Palmer House is a historic hotel in Sauk Centre, Minnesota, United States. It was built in 1901 and expanded in 1916. The hotel was listed on the National Register of Historic Places in 1982 for having local significance in the themes of commerce and social history.

Is the Palmer House Hotel in Sauk Centre haunted?

The Palmer House Hotel, at Sinclair Lewis Avenue and Main Street in downtown Sauk Centre, is haunted — at least according to its website and its owner, Kelley Freese, who bought the hotel with her husband about 10 years ago.

Where was the first hotel in Sauk Centre?

The Palmer House Hotel was at the center of Sinclair Lewis’ boyhood home, and the Original Main Street, of Sauk Centre. The town’s first hotel burned to the ground on June 26, 1900. Modern for its day, The Palmer House was the first building in Sauk Centre with electricity.

How did the Palmer House Hotel get its name?

This was the Herald from Sauk Centre. A man by the name of R.L Palmer decided to take up the challenge and built the hotel that stands on the property today. The building was completed in the year of 1901. At this point, he named the hotel “The Palmer House”.