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- Cottage Hotel (Creston, Ohio)
- Accommodation and Food Services
- Accommodation
Facts
- Founded
- 1910
Creston,Ohio
- Dissolved
- Date unknown
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Key Persons
- Founders
- Owners
- Amanda E. Leavengood 1919 - February 1, the John Romich Real Estate Agency, L. O. Nowell and wife have exchanged the Cottage Hotel for the property of Mrs. Amanda Leavengood on N. Main St. Possession will be given about Feb. 1.
1919
Location
- 213 N. Main St., Creston, 44217, Ohio
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This hotel was built from the original house that had belonged to Dr. A. C. Knestrick. Mr. & Mrs. L. O. Nowell were the first occupants using this house as a hotel. There was quite a large addition of more rooms built on the front, changing the appearance of the original house and could be called a "hotel", rather than a house.
Mr. & Mrs. L. O. Nowell were fine people. I do not remember what Mr. Nowell's work was, but it seems to me that he was a telegraph operator-- however, Mrs. Nowell managed the hotel. They had a son in High School-- O'Neil who was very popular with the young people. There was a young daughter, named Laura. After graduating from High School, O'Neil went to Cleveland to work-- later married and lived there. He met with a tragic death in 1923 and was brought back to Creston for burial. Shortly after the death of Mr. Nowell and O'Neil, Mrs. Nowell sold out to Mrs. Leavengood and left Creston.
Mrs. Leavengood did not operate the same kind of business. The Hotel could hardly been called such, for she had permanent roomers and boarders. Very few people from out of town stopped there, as it soon became known as not the most desirable place to stop. Stories about her patrons were running rife and apparently Mrs. Leavengood did not care. The people in town kept some of her stories and long after Mrs. Leavengood was gone, some of the stories were told. The town took her line of gab with a bit of humor and soon Mrs. Leavengood was forgotten.
In about 1922 or 1923, the Longs came to town. A family of 9 or 10 children, most of them school age. Mr. Long and the oldest son were engaged in oil and gas drilling. There was a lot of this type of work going around Creston and the Wayne Co. at the time. No one really got to know them until we heard that both father and son had been hit by a fast train, somewhere near Orrville. I believe and both were instantly killed. We hardly got acquainted with the family when this terrible tragedy struck them.
Mrs. Florence Long had been left with the Cottage Hotel and a large family. Not long after Mr. Long was killed, Mrs. Long conceived the idea of selling basket lunches to the passengers on the Wheeling and Lake Erie Railroad. These trains passed through Creston, going north about noon and going south at about 5:30 or 6:00 o'clock. It was well known that these trains did not have a dining car, so why not offer them a good meal?
Mary & Earl were excused from school early at noon and hurried home to pick up the basket lunches and hurry down to the depot to be there when the train stopped. Train crew and passengers alike were pleased with this system and it was not long before they had quite a patronage.
I know from personal experience that once I was come home from Toledo, the train conductor was going through the car asking who all wanted lunches picked up at Creston. Now, I never did find out how the Long's knew how many baskets to prepare, but I have always assumed that somewhere along the line, the conductor telephoned to Creston and told the agent how many to prepare. There were always a lot.
Once many years later, I asked Mary Long, who had been in my high school class, about the lunch program and she said it took a lot of work and planning, but it paid off.
Mrs. Long was apparently a strong person who could live with adversity. I am sorry I never got to know her, but must believe she was a fine person, for she had a very fine family. Mary and Earl were in High School when I was ad there were never any nicer young people in town.
After graduating from High School in Creston, Earl went into the hardware store with Willis Sellers and married Virginia Sellers.
The Long girls had various jobs in and around Crestona nd Wadsworth. I believe there are non of them left at this time.
In her book, "Almost Forgotten", Mrs. Kate Slater says that Mrs. Roy Nichols was born in the house which I believe she would mean to be the old Cottage Hotel. Now when I was a young lady, my mother and I attended a Presbyterian Guild meeting in the house that sits between Mr. Wirth's building and the Cottage Hotel. Mr. Eva Nichols and a couple of other ladies were it's hostesses. Isn't odd that Eva would say she was born in this house if she really was born in the one next to it, the old hotel?
I remember going to this house (middle one) when it was occupied in the south end by Dr. Barrett. At that time I can't remember who lived in the main part of the house. Later Roy Nichols had this south side for his paper room. Later it was used by various business men, but was not directly connected to the main part of the house. [1]
Quick Facts
- 1910 - Owned by L. O. Nowell[2]
- 1914 - April - L. O. Novell, proprietor of the Cottage hotel has torn down the barn in the rear of the Hotel property and will use the lumber in building an addition of four bed rooms and enlarging the kitchen. [3]
- 1914 - May 27, The Senior class of the Creston high school was entertained at the Cottage Hotel last Thursday evening, by Prof. G. W. Jacot. After a very fine dinner Pro. Jacot entertained the class with a talk on his recent trip abroad. [4]
- 1915 - March - Miss Gladys Rock and Ceylon Strong took Sunday dinner at the Cottage Hotel. [5]
- 1915 - March 15, Harmount's Uncle Tom's Cabin Co., which contained 17 people, stopped Sunday night at the Cottage Hotel on their way to Wadsworth, to show there Monday evening. [6]
- 1915 - September 15, Makes an Old Piano Sound Like New: I. D. Lovette charges only the price of a tuning. Telephone Cottage Hotel Reference: Mrs. Carl Cockrell, Mrs. T. Gensemer, Mrs. Dr. Hanna and others on application.[7]
- 1915 - December 29, C. A. Stebbins and wife, Miss Mildred Stebbins and John McGuff ate Xmas dinner at the Cottage Hotel.[8]
- 1916 - March 8, The members of the Star Telephone Co. force at this place entertained at dinner Tuesday evening at the Cottage hotel in honor of the approaching wedding of Glen Pinkley and Miss Ada Williams. Those present were: Misses Ada Williams, Mable Ober, Bertha Smith, and Eva Nye; Messrs Glen Pinkley, Corwin Baum and Sherman Baughman. [9]
- 1916 - May 17, The Alumni Banquet will be held in the Board of Trade hall, Saturday evening, May 27. There will be a business meeting at the Cottage Hotel at seven o'clock and at this time members are requested to pay their annual dues. The Banquet will be seventy-five cents a plate.[10]
- 1916 - August 23, Mrs. Mary Turner has taken charge of the business at the Cottage Hotel during the absence of L. O. Nowell and wife. [11]
- 1917 - August 29, L. O. Novell and wife have been visting at Zanesville and other points. John Johnson and wife have been conducting the Cottage Hotel during their absence.[12]
- 1918 - July 24, L. O. Nowell, wife and daughter, Laura, left Tuesday for a ten-days visit at Zanesville, Cambridge and Nobel county. During their absence John Johnson and wife are in charge of the Cottage Hotel.[13]
- 1919 - February 1, the John Romich Real Estate Agency, L. O. Nowell and wife have exchanged the Cottage Hotel for the property of Mrs. Amanda Leavengood on N. Main St. Possession will be given about Feb. 1. [14]
- 1919 - Sold hotel to Mrs. Amanada Leavengood[15]
- 1919 - February 19, Allen O'Sautters, drunk and disorderly was locked up after starting fire and water starting to clean out the Cottage Hotel. A riot call was placed and the entire police force along with Marshal F. D. Knecht, Deputy Marshal C. J. Carpenter. [16]
- ↑ Memories of Creston. by Dorothy Fay Grunder. February 2003.
- ↑ Historic Buildings on Main Street, Creston, Ohio. Compiled by Kate Murray Slater. Creston Historical Society, Creston, Ohio. Shreve Printing, p. 10
- ↑ Creston Journal, Creston, Ohio. 1914 April 29, p. 7.
- ↑ Creston Journal, Creston, Ohio. 1914 May 27, p. 6.
- ↑ Creston Journal, Creston, Ohio. 1915 March 3, p. 5.
- ↑ Creston Journal;, Creston, Ohio. 1915 March 31, p. 7.
- ↑ Creston Journal, Creston, Ohio. 1915 September 14, p. 1.
- ↑ Creston Journal, Creston, Ohio. 1915 December 29, p. 5.
- ↑ Creston Journal, Creston, Ohio. 1916 March 8, p. 4.
- ↑ Creston Journal, Creston, Ohio. 1916 May 17, p. 6.
- ↑ Creston Journal, Creston, Ohio. 1916 August 23, p. 5.
- ↑ Creston Journal, Creston, Ohio. 1917 August 29, p. 5.
- ↑ Creston Journal, Creston, Ohio. 1918 July 24, p. 5.
- ↑ Creston Journal, Creston, Ohio. 1919 January 22, p. 5.
- ↑ Historic Buildings on Main Street, Creston, Ohio. Compiled by Kate Murray Slater. Creston Historical Society, Creston, Ohio. Shreve Printing, p. 10
- ↑ Creston Journal, Creston, Ohio. 1919 February 19, p. 4.