tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-1272107330251408114.post8535455101035934568..comments2024-03-12T07:40:43.500-05:00Comments on Lake County History: Mineola Hotel - The Lady of the LakesDiana Dretskehttp://www.blogger.com/profile/10869264189532595690noreply@blogger.comBlogger8125tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-1272107330251408114.post-14712395346933589032023-06-14T15:48:56.553-05:002023-06-14T15:48:56.553-05:00I lived in fox lake for about 10 years. I worked i...I lived in fox lake for about 10 years. I worked in a few different places during that time. One day peter Sr offered me a job as a waiter and bartender I really enjoyed working there. I would often lock up the bar and restaurant by myself. I often would hear strang noise late at night. One night I heard foot steps coming from the second and third floors. I know I was the only one in the building but I swear it felt like I was being watched by ghosts and and people from the past. I really miss that place.Anonymousnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-1272107330251408114.post-33803911311554471132023-05-21T01:43:01.721-05:002023-05-21T01:43:01.721-05:00My husband and I were married at this hotel in 199...My husband and I were married at this hotel in 1997. It is so sad to see the building in this condition. So much history will be lost when it is demolished.Anonymousnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-1272107330251408114.post-16669288838003107682022-12-05T09:28:45.321-06:002022-12-05T09:28:45.321-06:00My husband and I stayed there one night in 1966. O...My husband and I stayed there one night in 1966. Our room was one of only 3 occupied rooms. We had to go down the hall to shower and use the bathroom. There was a sink with running water in our room. It was a little creepy but we were glad to have visited this historical hotel. Anonymousnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-1272107330251408114.post-33590131323147574962022-06-23T12:44:28.859-05:002022-06-23T12:44:28.859-05:00My family lived on north avenue for almost 100 yea...My family lived on north avenue for almost 100 years. Use to play in the old minneola barn. Great memories. Our family were friends with the Howard’s. First owner. Will miss the place. Anonymousnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-1272107330251408114.post-51236957686189123252016-01-07T08:01:33.707-06:002016-01-07T08:01:33.707-06:00Lake County....Buy it and make it a beach front pa...Lake County....Buy it and make it a beach front park for the public pleaseAnonymousnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-1272107330251408114.post-37501080020720474522015-05-11T12:33:42.158-05:002015-05-11T12:33:42.158-05:00I grew up in the area and my family and I went to ...I grew up in the area and my family and I went to Mineola all the time. I just wish I could have seen it as a hotel, what it was like in the past. It makes me sad that they closed it down. It was a big part of my childhood. I wish someone could buy it again and renovate it to it's natural glory. It is such a beautiful building.Anonymousnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-1272107330251408114.post-75626916209827871012014-01-22T14:38:30.309-06:002014-01-22T14:38:30.309-06:00I lived on North Ave from 1955-1963. Winters were ...I lived on North Ave from 1955-1963. Winters were spent skating in front of the Mineola Hotel. We traded in our skates at the Hardware store in town each year. One Christmas, the Jaktas' encircled the skating rink with fir trees, piped music filled the air and we played crack the whip into piles of snow. Hot chocolate from the bar and weekends watching the ice boat races. And who can forget the walk home along Cora Ave "Snow Dances" to bring on snow storms to get a day off school???? I still love Fox Lake and the Mineola Hotel!!Anonymousnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-1272107330251408114.post-48542111085194545572014-01-06T15:54:03.795-06:002014-01-06T15:54:03.795-06:00I lived in Fox Lake for 3 years (1982-1985) on Lip...I lived in Fox Lake for 3 years (1982-1985) on Lippencott which if you go to the end of the road you can see the lake. I remember going to the Minneola when it was only opened as a bar. There were still tattered old gauzy looking curtains blowing in the forever open windows on upper floors of what were hotel rooms. I tried to imagine how it must have been in the old days, amazing.Anonymousnoreply@blogger.com