Potatoes, To Hotel, To Parking Lot

From a thriving potato patch to the site of a $355,000 hotel in 1924, the land where the Jens-Marie is located, will soon be turned into a free parking lot for customers shopping in the downtown area. The hotel, which has stood for 53 years, was demolished by explosives on Sunday, January 8, 1978 at 8:00 a.m.

Preparations for leveling the old Jens-Marie Hotel building by explosives was done by Ark Wreaking Co., based in Tulsa, Oklahoma.

Explosives were be used only in the basement and on the ground floor level. The walls were pulled in by cables and the center columns were severed first. A split second later other strategically selected columns were cut and the building folded in on itself, and so was the end of the Jens-Marie Hotel.

The Hotel That Oil Built.....

"The Jens-Marie Hotel" - Demolition Photos

.....Meets The Sands Of Time  

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