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Article updated: 4/14/2011 7:00 PM

Legendary Mineola Hotel condemned in Fox Lake

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The Mineola Hotel in Fox Lake.

Mayor Ed Bender

Pete Jakstas, Mineola Hotel owner, in an earlier file photo.

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Fox Lake officials took this photo, one of several that show the condition of the 135-year-old hotel.

Courtesy Village of Fox Lake

Another photo taken by the village, which red-tagged the building this week.

Courtesy Village of Fox Lake

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Fox Lake officials said they only had the safety of customers in mind when they condemned the 135-year-old Mineola Hotel and Lounge this week. Hotel owner Pete Jakstas, however, is mad the village didn’t give him a chance to fix up the deteriorating building.

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