Empty Lot/City Hotel/Swede Charlie's Bar

Carl Kahle moved this building from the old town site in about 1907. He had lost his first hotel in the fire that destroyed the town in 1902. The City Hotel changed hands several times throughout the years. Arrowhead Fuel had offices in the building and several different barber shops occupied a portion of the building. In January 1940, Charles Erickson, better known as "Swede Charlie," purchased the building from Vic Johnson and operated Swede Charlie's Bar for many years. Swede Charlie was a fixture of International Falls, he was well known for never saying no. After Charlie's retirement, Jim McReynolds operated Mac's Bar there and later sold to Jim Davis. Davis turned the property over to the city to demolish the building and have the land for public use; it was demolished in 1973.