HOTEL NORDEN

Hotel Norden about 1911. The school is in view in the distant left side. Behind the hotel is a windmill water pump. On the right, next to the main hotel building, is the hotel annex which was built in 1906. The back of the Baptist Church can be seen in the distance, between the main hotel and the annex.

Axel Alfred Norden moved from Omaha, Nebraska in 1904 to build the second hotel in Silverhill, completed in 1905.

Hotel Norden was noted among the Swedes in the north as a home for winter tourists, most of them coming back each year.

To accommodate all the winter visitors, an addition was built, completed in June of 1906, which also housed a grocery.

Mr. Norden became postmaster in 1906 and built an area inside the hotel for the post office. He held the position of postmaster until 1914. This was Silverhill's second location for the post office. The first location was the Olander Hotel.

DEEDS

A.A. Norden bought 40 acres on the corner of County Road 48 and County Road 49 south of Silverhill deeded on July 7, 1902. View PDF File of the Document

A.A.Nordin bought 10acres in the town of Silverhill on the corner of 4th avenue and 1st street, plus lots 11 and 12 in town block 21, that contained the Hotel Norden and annex buildings on February 27, 1903. View PDF File of the Document

A.A. Nordin bought lot 10 in town block 21, that contained the north side of the annex building on January 12, 1905. View PDF File of the Document

A.A. Norden bought lots 13 and 14 in town block 21, that are directly behind the Hotel Norden deeded on November 12, 1908. View PDF File of the Document

A.A. Norden gave all of the property in the above four deeds (except for 20 acres which were already sold out of the 40 acres of the 1902 deed) to his wife Ereka Norden deeded on January 11, 1918, one day before his death. View PDF File of the Document

Photo of satellite view of the lots that contained the Hotel Norden.

This is a recent satellite view of the land that Mr. Norden bought in the deeds listed above. Highlighted in magenta are the 40 acres on the corner of County Road 48 and County Road 49 south of Silverhill, deeded in 1902. - Click to enlarge.

This is a recent satellite view of the land that Mr. Norden bought in the deeds listed above. Highlighted in magenta are the 10acres on the corner of 4th avenue and 1st street, plus lots 11 and 12 in town block 21, that contained the Hotel Norden and annex buildings deeded in 1903. In the 1905 deed, lot 10 in town block 21 is bought. Highlighted in yellow are the lots 13-14 in town block 21, that are directly behind the Hotel Norden deeded in 1908. - Click to enlarge.

This is a recent satellite view of the town block 21, lots 10-12 that contained the Hotel Norden, highlighted in magenta. - Click to enlarge.

Location: The Hotel Norden was on the west side of County Road 55 at the north corner of 4th Avenue directly behind Oscar Johnson's house and barnyard (town block 21, lots 10-12). This building no longer exists.
Interesting facts:

The Hotel Norden and annex were destroyed by fire February 18, 1941 when the night guard hired to protect the hotel fell asleep with a lit cigarette.

The Hotel Norden housed Silverhill's second post office in 1906 with A. A. Norden as postmaster.

Pictures of
The Hotel Norden
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The Hotel Norden about 1905, before it's first coat of paint in 1910.	The Hotel Norden and Annex about 1910.
The Hotel Norden about 1911.	Guests of the Hotel Norden about 1911. The two on the right may be Mrs. and Mr. Norden. Mr. Norden seems to be posing as the postmaster with letters in his hand.
Guests of the Hotel Norden about 1911.	The Hotel Norden about 1913.
The Hotel Norden and Annex about 1920.	The Hotel Norden and Annex about 1924. Peoples Supply is in view on the right. The road on the right is County Road 55. The road running to the left is 4th Avenue.
The Hotel Norden and Annex about 1925. The road on the right is County Road 55. The road running to the left is 4th Avenue.

Newspaper Clippings of
The Hotel Norden
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Baldwin Times Thu. Jun. 14, 1906	Baldwin Times Thu. Jun. 21, 1906	Baldwin Times Thu. Ju1. 12, 1906	Baldwin Times Thu. Jan. 12, 1907
Baldwin Times Thu. Aug. 12, 1909	Baldwin Times Thu. Oct. 21, 1909	The Onlooker Fri. Jul. 29, 1910	The Onlooker Fri. Feb. 12, 1913
Fairhope Courier Fri. Feb. 21, 1913	Baldwin Times Thu. Jan. 29, 1914	The Onlooker Wed. Feb. 11, 1914	The Onlooker Wed. Mar. 18, 1914
Fairhope Courier Fri. Apr. 10, 1914	The Onlooker Wed. Apr. 29, 1914	Fairhope Courier Fri. May 1, 1914	The Onlooker Wed. Jun. 24, 1914
The Onlooker Wed. Aug. 26, 1914	The Onlooker Wed. Nov. 4, 1914	Fairhope Courier Fri. Dec. 4, 1914	The Onlooker Wed. Dec. 16, 1914
The Onlooker Wed. Dec. 23, 1914	Fairhope Courier Fri. Jan. 15, 1915	The Onlooker Wed. Mar. 3, 1915	The Onlooker Wed. Mar. 10, 1915
The Onlooker Wed. Sep. 1, 1915	The Onlooker Wed. Dec. 15, 1915	Fairhope Courier Fri. Jan. 7, 1916	The Onlooker Wed. Jan. 19, 1916
Fairhope Courier Fri. Jan. 21, 1916	Fairhope Courier Fri. Feb. 11, 1916	The Baldwin Times Thu. Apr. 13, 1916	The Baldwin Times Thu. Nov. 21, 1918
The Onlooker Thu. Apr. 3, 1919	The Onlooker Thu. Apr. 17, 1919	The Onlooker Thu. Jun. 19, 1919	The Onlooker Thu. Aug. 7, 1919
The Onlooker Thu. Aug. 14, 1919	The Onlooker Thu. Sep. 25, 1919	The Onlooker Thu. Dec. 18, 1919	The Onlooker Thu. Jan. 29 1920
The Onlooker Thu. Mar. 25, 1920	The Onlooker Thu. May 13, 1920	The Baldwin Times Thu. Jul. 22, 1920	The Baldwin Times Thu. Aug. 26, 1920
Fairhope Courier Fri. Oct. 1, 1920	The Onlooker Thu. Oct. 14, 1920	Fairhope Courier Fri. Oct. 22, 1920	The Baldwin Times Thu. Oct. 28, 1920
The Onlooker Thu. Dec. 16, 1920	Fairhope Courier Fri. Dec. 17, 1920	The Onlooker Thu. Jan. 6, 1921	The Onlooker Thu. Feb. 10, 1921
The Onlooker Thu. Mar. 3, 1921	The Onlooker Thu. May 5, 1921	The Onlooker Thu. May 26, 1921	The Onlooker Thu. Oct. 6, 1921
The Onlooker Thu. Oct. 13, 1921	The Onlooker Thu. Oct. 27, 1921	The Onlooker Thu. Nov. 3, 1921	The Onlooker Thu. Nov. 10, 1921
The Onlooker Thu. May 4, 1922	The Onlooker Thu. Jul. 13, 1922	The Onlooker Thu. Jul. 20, 1922	Fairhope Courier Fri. Aug. 11, 1922
The Baldwin Times Thu. Sep. 28, 1922	The Onlooker Thu. Oct. 12, 1922	The Onlooker Thu. Oct. 19, 1922	Fairhope Courier Fri. Oct. 27, 1922
Fairhope Courier Fri. Nov. 3, 1922	The Onlooker Thu. Jan. 11, 1923	The Onlooker Thu. Jan. 11, 1923	The Onlooker Thu. Jan. 25, 1923
The Onlooker Thu. Feb. 1, 1923	Fairhope Courier Fri. Feb. 2, 1923	The Onlooker Thu. Feb. 8, 1923	Fairhope Courier Fri. Mar. 2, 1923
The Onlooker Thu. Apr. 5, 1923	Fairhope Courier Fri. May 4, 1923	Fairhope Courier Fri. May 18, 1923	Fairhope Courier Fri. May 25, 1923
Fairhope Courier Fri. Jun. 1, 1923	The Onlooker Thu. Jun. 14, 1923	Fairhope Courier Fri. Jun. 15, 1923	Fairhope Courier Fri. Jul. 20, 1923
The Onlooker Thu. Aug. 16, 1923	Fairhope Courier Fri. Sep. 14, 1923	Fairhope Courier Fri. Sep. 21, 1923	Fairhope Courier Fri. Sep. 28, 1923
Fairhope Courier Fri. Oct. 5, 1923	Fairhope Courier Fri. Oct. 12, 1923	Fairhope Courier Fri. Oct. 19, 1923	The Onlooker Thu. Oct. 25, 1923
Fairhope Courier Fri. Oct. 26, 1923	Fairhope Courier Fri. Nov. 2, 1923	Fairhope Courier Fri. Nov. 9, 1923	Fairhope Courier Fri. Nov. 16, 1923
Fairhope Courier Fri. Nov. 30, 1923	Fairhope Courier Fri. Dec. 7, 1923	Fairhope Courier Fri. Dec. 21, 1923	Fairhope Courier Fri. Jan. 4, 1924
The Onlooker Thu. Jan. 10, 1924	Fairhope Courier Fri. Jan. 18, 1924	The Onlooker Thu. Jan. 24, 1924	Fairhope Courier Fri. Jan. 25, 1924
Fairhope Courier Mon. Feb. 4, 1924	Fairhope Courier Fri. Feb. 8, 1924	The Onlooker Thu. Feb. 14, 1924	The Onlooker Thu. Feb. 21, 1924
Fairhope Courier Fri. Feb. 22, 1924	Fairhope Courier Fri. Feb. 29, 1924	The Onlooker Thu. Mar. 6, 1924	Fairhope Courier Fri. Mar. 14, 1924
The Onlooker Thu. Mar. 20, 1924	Fairhope Courier Fri. Mar. 21, 1924	Fairhope Courier Fri. Mar. 28, 1924	Fairhope Courier Fri. Apr. 11, 1924
Fairhope Courier Fri. Apr. 18, 1924	The Onlooker Thu. Apr. 24, 1924	Fairhope Courier Fri. May 2, 1924	The Onlooker Thu. May 8, 1924
Fairhope Courier Fri. May 9, 1924	The Onlooker Thu. May 22, 1924	Fairhope Courier Fri. May 23, 1924	The Onlooker Thu. Jun. 5, 1924
Fairhope Courier Fri. Jun. 6, 1924	The Onlooker Thu. Jun. 12, 1924	Fairhope Courier Fri. Jun. 13, 1924	Fairhope Courier Fri. Jun. 13, 1924
The Onlooker Thu. Jun. 19, 1924	Fairhope Courier Fri. Jul. 18, 1924	Fairhope Courier Fri. Jul. 25, 1924	The Onlooker Thu. Aug. 14, 1924
The Onlooker Thu. Sep. 4, 1924	The Onlooker Thu. Nov. 6, 1924	The Onlooker Thu. Nov. 27, 1924	Fairhope Courier Fri. Feb. 13, 1925
The Onlooker Thu. Feb. 19, 1925	Fairhope Courier Fri. Mar. 6, 1925	Fairhope Courier Fri. Mar. 13, 1925	Fairhope Courier Fri. May 22, 1925
Fairhope Courier Fri. May 29, 1925	The Onlooker Thu. Aug. 20, 1925	Fairhope Courier Fri. Sep. 4, 1925	Fairhope Courier Fri. Sep. 11, 1925
Fairhope Courier Fri. Sep. 25, 1925	The Onlooker Thu. Oct. 22, 1925	Fairhope Courier Fri. Nov. 27, 1925	The Onlooker Thu. Dec. 31, 1925
Fairhope Courier Thu. Jan. 14, 1926	The Onlooker Thu. Jan. 28, 1926	Fairhope Courier Thu. Feb. 11, 1926	Fairhope Courier Thu. Mar. 4, 1926
The Onlooker Thu. Mar. 4, 1926	Fairhope Courier Thu. Mar. 25, 1926	Fairhope Courier Thu. Apr. 1, 1926	Fairhope Courier Thu. Apr. 15, 1926
Fairhope Courier Thu. Apr. 15, 1926	Fairhope Courier Thu. May 13, 1926	Fairhope Courier Thu. Jun. 17, 1926	The Onlooker Thu. Jul. 8, 1926
Fairhope Courier Thu. Oct. 14, 1926	Fairhope Courier Thu. Nov. 4, 1926	Fairhope Courier Thu. Nov. 11, 1926	Fairhope Courier Thu. Nov. 18, 1926

Written February 2022
by Debbie Owen