American Hotel

American Hotel
General information
Type	Hotel
Location	Wooster, Ohio, opposite old United States Post Office
Address	E. Liberty St.
Town or city	Wooster, Ohio, Lot. no. 103, later changed to Lot No. 31
Country	United States
Owner	T. P. Baumgardner (1870 circa), T. S. Hamilton, (1880s circa), Harley Zeigler and Charles (Jack) Curry, (1902- )

Census records

• 1850 Wayne County Census, Wooster, p. 239B

1850 Wayne County Census (Wooster, Ohio), p. 239B - American Hotel

Line No.

Dwelling House Number

Family Number

Individual's Name

Age

Sex

Color

Professional, Occupation, Trade

Value Real Estate Owned

Place of Birth

Married within year

Attended school within year

Over 20 who cannot read & write

Deaf, Dumb, Insane, Idiotic

John M. Sweeney

25

M

X

Atty. at Law

Ohio

235

258

S. F. Dog

51

M

X

Physician

22,000

N.D.

Eliza Dog

42

F

Ohio

Joseph Dog

16

M

X

None

Ohio

1

Mary Ann Dog

13

F

Ohio

1

Amanda Dog

11

F

Ohio

1

Martha Dog

4

F

Ohio

Stephen F. Dog

1 8/12

M

Ohio

Lena Abot

16

F

Germany

George W. Hpy

21

M

X

XStudent

Ohio

236

239

Horace Howard

63

M

Landlord

N.H.

Abigail Howard

49

F

Pennsylvania

George Howard

18

M

Ohio

Lewis Howard

8

M

Ohio

Jane Weed

23

F

Ohio

Jacob Wetmire

25

M

Germany

Jacob Miller

16

M

Germany

Angeline Cannin ?

20

F

Unknown

Sydney Lowry

18

F

Unknown

Rachel Reed

20

F

Unknown

Sarah Tirsa

19

F

Unknown

Catherine Crouse

15

F

Ohio

Ann Crouse

10

F

Ohio

Horrace Archer

28

M

X

Man of Leisure

Home

John Hannah

24

M

X

Broker

Med. ?

Samuel Kneppers?

32

M

X

Merchant

Med.?

Hubert Carr

10

M

X

Trader

?

Herd Morehouse

21

M

X

Clerk

Conn

Samuel Kaufman

24

M

X

Telegraph Clerk

Ohio

William Archer

26

M

X

Merchant

Conn

William Allison

22

M

X

Student

Ohio

James W Clendenon ?

23

M

X

None

25,000

Ma

William Turner

42

M

X

Atty. at A Law

Conn

E. Foreman

26

M

X

Atty. at Law

Ohio

Daniel Kreps

24

M

X

Clothing

Unknown

Simon Kitchen

22

M

X

Clerk

Ohio

G. W. Donnely

22

M

X

Atty. at Law

Ohio

William W. Heannch?

27

M

X

Carriage maker

Ohio

240

Frederick Keipp ?

27

M

X

Bar Keeper

Germany

Elizabeth Keipp ?

26

F

?

1 6/12

F

Ohio

City directory

• 1850, 1852, 1853 and 1859 City Directories
• 1959 - Williams' Akron, Wooster & Cuyahoga Falls Directory, City Guide & Business Mirror, 1859 by J. H. Baumgardner & Co.
• 1860-1861 - Ohio State Gazetteer and Business Directory for 1860-1861, Wayne County, Ohio / authored by George W. Hawes
• 1873 - Caldwell Atlas Business Directory
• 1884-1885 - Wooster & Wayne County Business Directory

Landmark

• American Hotel building torn down Friday, December 5, 1969. [photograph] to make room for First Federal Savings and Loan

Newspaper articles

• 4 Aug 1966 "American Hotel, Soon to Be Torn Down, Has Noted List of Owners" The Daily Record.
• 5 Dec 1969 "Old Landmark Is Down" (and) "Last Wall Comes Down" The Daily Record, p. 24.