HOTEL LEMMON.

O-SCALE HOTEL LEMMON.

The Hotel Lemmon was constructed in Mancos, Colorado, during the 1890s. Even though it appears somewhat unimposing, it seems to have had a fairly strong influence on the development and history of Mancos. It's mentioned in several newspaper articles of the time, mostly in the town's continuing competition with nearby Durango as "top dog" in the region. The hotel is also mentioned in early documentation of nearby Mesa Verde, the site of the famous Cliff Dwellings. The hotel offered free bus service to meet every train, plus transportation to Mesa Verde itself. It would be an interesting scene to model a period bus loading clients for the trip.

S-SCALE HOTEL LEMMON.

The model presents a small footprint. With all the sidewalks and the small addition, it measures 9 3/4-inches wide by 9-inches deep in O; 7 1/2 x 7-inches deep in S. However, the structure can be assembled without the side board walks and additional parts are included to allow the small addition to be built as a separate out building. This is very useful if you want to locate the structure in the middle of the block, such as along a main street of stores. If you're wondering, I'm guessing the addition housed a small heating boiler added at a later date. Speaking of heat, the numerous smoke jacks indicate each room may have had it's own stove at some point in time.

As with all of our commercial building kits, the roof is removable, as well as the second floor. The wall dividers serve as view blocks, and those on the first floor also strengthen the exterior walls.

The roof is removed exposing the second floor view blocks.




The second floor view blocks are removed, exposing the first floor partitions.

Additional parts are included to construct the small addition as a separate structure.
This reduces the footprint of the main building to only 5 1/2-inches wide by 9-inches deep in O; 4 1/2 x 7-inches in S!!

Some of the unique features of the kit include the porch posts, each made from 5 individual laser-cut parts. The fancy cornices above each window and door are also made from laser cut plywood. As always, the kit includes the door knobs and lock plates. The two benches (one on the deck above) are also in the kit. I'm sure you've taken a close look at the railing. It's made from 14 laser cut parts. As always, the windows and roofing (our own shake shingles) are laser cut, peel-and-stick. Once again, the kit includes a thorough, spiral bound (lays FLAT!) instruction manual with many, many photos illustrating the assembly process.

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