001 Cottage Park WBL MN - 1890
001 Cottage Park WBL MN - 1890
002 Cottage Park Clubhouse.
The building pictured is the former White Bear Hospital and Sanitarium located in White Bear Lake, Minnesota.
Original Use: The structure was originally built in the 1880s as the Cottage Park Clubhouse.
Hospital and Sanitarium: In 1909, the White Bear Hospital Association purchased the clubhouse and converted it into a hospital, which opened in 1910. It was described as a new, modern, steam-heated, electric-lighted building with accommodations for 30 patients, specializing in surgical, medical, and nervous diseases.
Multiple Identities: The building had several names over the years, including the Minnesota Ear, Nose, and Throat Hospital in 1912 and the Lake Shore Sanitarium in 1914.
Final Use and Demolition: In the 1920s, it was repurposed as an inn and boarding house with banquet facilities. According to historical records, the building was demolished in 1946.
Current Status: The original building is no longer standing. A portion of the structure may have been incorporated into a private residence that exists today at the corner of Cottage Park and Circle Drive, east of Lion's Park in White Bear Lake.
003 Cottage Park Clubhouse (Now). Some say this was part of the
old Clubhouse although county records show it was built in 1946.
The house next to it was also built in 1946.
004 Cottage Park Clubhouse (Now).
005 Lake Shore Inn - 1922.