The Dacotah had the enviable address of 1 Broadway.

The hotel was located on the northeastern corner of the intersection of Broadway and the NP tracks. The rooms were on the second and third floors with a cafeteria on the first floor. Fortunately, there wasn't many night trains passing below the windows of the hotel residents.

The real photograph postcard to the right is dated 1936. Note the crude J.C. Penny sign just north of the Dacotah.

The Dacotah was bought in 1914 by Mr.and Mrs. William John Prescott. They had been in the hotel business for about 30 years at that time. They had owned hotels in Superior, Grand Forks and Regina, Saskatchewan prior to their opening of the Dacotah. Previously, William J. Prescott was the owner of the Prescott Hotel in Fargo. In 1917 the hotel was sold to Clarence and Marion Dahl. They operated the hotel until the late 1940s when it was sold to Mamie Swanson. In 1962, Elnor and Bertha Evenson bought the hotel. Elnor died in 1966, and Bertha continued to operate the hotel until 1975, when it was taken over by W. E. Rasmussen. Rasmussen was forced to close the hotel due to the high cost of heating. By the time it closed it's 40 rooms were occupied by lower income residents. The last occupents moved out on October 1, 1979. A few years later the building was demolished for a parking lot.