Figure 3 James Donley’s “Arkona Hotel” (pictured prior to 1884) was actually the amalgam of two establishments. Donley built the structure on the left in about 1858. The attached structure on the right was originally constructed across the Townsend Line to the north as a temperance hotel but was acquired by Donley and moved south. Both were destroyed in the 1884 fire. Courtesy of the Arkona and Area Historical Society. Figure 4 Brown Brothers Store ca. 1940. Courtesy of the Arkona and Area Historical Society. temperance hotel, it has mostly served as a general store under the the ownership of Alexander Duncan and Sarah Catherine (Schooley) McDonald from the late 1860s until 1896 at which point the business was sold to John George and Eliza (Shillington) Brown. Their family would continue their business until the business was sold in 1951 to Bert and Minnie (Rosser) Field. The Fields would operate the business until 1989, when it was sold to Susan Jefferson. Figure 5 Arkona’s main intersection looking east ca. 1904. These structures were either built after the 1884 fire or moved to the location following it. Arkona’s two hotels the balconied buildings in the centre of the image faced each other across Townsend Line with Cliff’s Queen’s Hotel on the left and the Royal Hotel on the right. The building on the extreme right began its existence as Arkona’s Episcopal Methodist Church. It served in various capacities following its move to Arkona’s southwestern corner until destroyed by fire in 1913. Courtesy of the Arkona and Area Historical Society. Page 2 of 17
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