Nisswa · Gull Lake
Grand View Lodge
M.V. Baker's log Main Lodge on Gull Lake, built of red pine cut on the site; most guests stay in cabins, so book a Lodge Room upstairs.
- Built
- 1919–1920sThe resort's history says M.V. Baker decided in 1919 to build the larger Main Lodge; Wikipedia says it opened in June 1921; the 1980 nomination dates the early lodge to 1918 and the main log lodge to the mid-1920s.
- Style
- Rustic log
- Type
- Resort
- Area
- Gull Lake
- Credentials
- Listed on the National Register of Historic Places
The story
Minneapolis developer M.V. Baker bought the Gull Lake property in 1916 to sell lakeshore lots and housed prospective buyers in an old log lodge; demand led him to build the larger Main Lodge from red pine cut on the site. In 1937 Baker sold the resort to Reynolds ‘Brownie’ Cote and his wife, whose family still runs it. The 1980 nomination calls its buildings among the most elaborate rustic log architecture in north-central Minnesota; the Main Lodge has sleeping rooms on its upper floor.
Good to know
- No elevator
- Address: 23521 Nokomis Avenue, Nisswa, MN 56468
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Last verified October 2026. Details change; confirm with the inn before you book.