| The Landmark Inn at Fourteenth and Front Streets has one of the most colorful histories of all the historic buildings in Blair. It started out as a hotel, just across the street from the depot, but beginning in 1891 it housed the Keelekure Institution for Alcoholics. They advertised a "cure for liquor, opium and other nervous diseases through the exclusive
use of Dr. Leslie E. Keeley's Double Chloride of Gold Remedies." The institute was moved to Omaha in 1900 and the building again
became a hotel. For many years, it operated as the Clifton Hotel. In its early days, it had 28 rooms, four of which had running water. |
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Kathryn L. (nee
Fitch) Sorensen (1935-2004) purchased and restored the renamed Landmark Inn from
1983 until 1993.
Once Owned by Al Dunning until 1986
Dana College Archive: Holds a
register from the Clifton Hotel. It starts in April 1932 and ends in October
1933. The size is 14 x 8.5 inches. It's black with burgundy corners and spine;
the edges of the burgundy areas are outlined with a gold line. The pages are
yellowed; signatures are in both pencil and ink.
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