Minneapolis ยท Riverfront
Nicollet Island Inn
Built in 1893 for the Island Sash & Door Company and a Salvation Army men's shelter for some 60 years, now a 23-room inn on Nicollet Island.
- Built
- 1893Built 1893 as the Island Sash & Door Company; Salvation Army men's shelter from 1913 for about 60 years; became the Nicollet Island Inn after the Minneapolis park board bought it in the late 1970s.
- Type
- Inn
- Rooms
- 23
- Area
- Riverfront
- Credentials
- Inside a National Register historic district; Local landmark
The story
The limestone building went up in 1893 for the Island Sash & Door Company and survived the fire that swept Nicollet Island less than a year later. Milling businesses used it in the early 1900s, and the Salvation Army ran it as a men’s shelter from 1913 for some 60 years. In the late 1970s the Minneapolis park board bought it, and it was rebuilt as the Nicollet Island Inn, with the south and west walls reconstructed and the old loading dock glassed in as the dining room.
Good to know
- Address: 95 Merriam Street, Minneapolis, MN 55401
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Last verified October 2026. Details change; confirm with the inn before you book.