Architect Meitunen & Peterson NRHP Reference # 88000896 | Built 1914 Architectural style Other | |
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Location Saint Louis County Road 88 | ||
Burntside Lodge is a resort located on Burntside Lake several miles out of Ely, Minnesota, United States. The resort has been in operation for nearly one hundred years.
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Founding
Burntside Lodge was originally known as the Brownell Outing Company and was established as a hunting camp in the early 1900s during which time part of the main lodge was built. About 1913, two brothers, William A. and Lyman Alden, purchased the property and created Burntside Lodge.
Since 1941
The resort was purchased from the Aldens in 1941 by Ray and Nancy LaMontagne who actively owned and managed the resort for forty-two years. Sixty-two years later it continues in the LaMontagne Family where the philosophy of preserving the past while facing the future continues.
National Register of Historic Places
In June 1988, Burntside Lodge was officially listed on the National Register of Historic Places by the U.S. Department of the Interior. The following is a quote taken from the official nomination: "Burntside Lodge is significant from two important vantage points: historically it is the earliest full-scale commercial resort operation in this part of the county...Burntside Lodge is also significant because it contains the largest collection of log resort buildings of high integrity in northern Saint Louis County. Built of local materials by local craftsmen, these buildings are a remarkable architectural achievement in an outstanding state of preservation."
The resort
The resort consists of 23 cabins, the cabins at Burntside Lodge vary in design, size and location. Many were constructed during the 1920s of native timbers, and all have wood floors and knotty pine interiors.