old currie hotspot comes down
A CURRIE BUILDING THAT WAS ONCE HOME TO A HOTEL was razed Monday. According to Currie historian Romane Dold, the site was once home to the Fling Hotel, which was built in 1888 and later dismantled and shipped to Missouri. A new hotel was built on the same spot in 1891 by Lewis Bistrop. It then went under new ownership a couple of times and was called hotel Gibbs and finally the Pratt hotel. Finally, in 1934 the Currie Village purchased the hotel and dismantled it for the construction of the city community center, which was taken down today. The building was known to be the center of activities in Currie for many years, including dances, free movies and basketball games. The Currie Municipal Liquor Store occupied about half of the basement and the other half was used for City offices. A new liquor store was built in 1971, now independently-owned and known as Roosters. The old building remained inactive and unused for the most part since then. Photo / Per Peterson
