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| − | The American House was a longtime provider of respite for many passing through [[Wooster, Ohio]] between the late 1830s and 1960s. During that time it went through several incarnations. The original structure, which began operation as a hotel circa 1837, was built by William {{Surname|McComb}} and then leased to Jacob {{Surname|Maize}} to operate for several years. This structure was torn down to make way for an improved building by 1867. <ref> February 17, 2002:"Ask Genie- Keys to the Earliest Wooster Hotels" by Bonnie {{Surname|Knox}}, The Daily Record p. F1 </ref>
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| − | It was alternately known as the American House,<ref> Reprint of 1856 Baker's Map of Wayne County Business Directory for Wooster p. 34 </ref> the [[Yoder House]], <ref> 1900 Wooster City and Wayne County Directory p. 14 </ref> [[New American, The|New American House]] (part of the American House block), <ref> 1912-1913 Complete Directory of Wooster and Orrville, Ohio and Wayne County Gazeteer p. 147 </ref> [[Bechtel Hotel (Wooster, Ohio)|Bechtel Hotel]] (part of Bechtel Hotels Inc), <ref> 1932 Wooster City Directory p. 71 </ref> [[Bechtel Hotel (Wooster, Ohio)|Bechtel Hotel]], <ref> 1940 National's Wooster Ohio City Directory p. 109 </ref> and finally as the [[American Hotel]]. <ref> 1952 Wooster, Ohio City Directory p. 85 </ref>
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| − | Along with the many name changes, the American House also went through a sizeable number of owners and managers as well as a rotation of businesses within its lower offices.
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| − | * 4 story brick, 60 x 180 feet building
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| − | * 30 apartments
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| − | * 1 restaurant
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| − | * Facilities: 30 apartments, offices, dining room, culinary department, writing room, and 2 fine commercial sample rooms for traveling salesmen
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| − | ==Landmark==
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| − | * [[American Hotel]] building torn down Friday, December 5, 1969. [photograph] to make room for First Federal Savings and Loan <ref> Old Landmark Is Down [[The Daily Record]], December 5, 1969, p. 24. </ref>
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| − | ==Timeline==
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| − | ===American House, First Hotel 1837===
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| − | * 1837 - built by William McComb and leased to Jacob Maize to operate as a hotel on the corner of E. Liberty and Buckeye Streets
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| − | * 1850 - 1850 Census, indicated 23 guests and employees lived at the hotel. Horace Howard, Landlord live there with his wife, Abigail, and their two sons. <ref>American Hotel Popular Place to Live and Work In. Paul Locher. Daily Record, Wooster, Ohio. 2008 June 21.</ref>
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| − | ===American House, Second Hotel 1867===
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| − | * 1867 - Hotel torn down to make way for newer 4-story building, brick Italianate structure, arched windows, ground floor housed a variety of businesses. On the second floor a large porch with fancy iron railing and decorative columns covered the sidewalk along E. Liberty St.<ref>American Hotel Popular Place to Live and Work In. Paul Locher. Daily Record, Wooster, Ohio. 2008 June 21.</ref>
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| − | * 1870 - 1870 census, listed John Koch, Hotel Keeper with his wife Lucie, along with 4 children. Additional residents included E. B. Eshelman, editor of the Wayne County Democrat newspaper and Matthew McClure, Hotel Keeper at another hotel in the vicinity. <ref>American Hotel Popular Place to Live and Work In. Paul Locher. Daily Record, Wooster, Ohio. 2008 June 21.</ref>
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| − | * 1873 - Commercial establishments included: bank, clothing store, boot and shoe, and a piano and organ store run by T. P. Baumgartner.<ref>American Hotel Popular Place to Live and Work In. Paul Locher. Daily Record, Wooster, Ohio. 2008 June 21.</ref>
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| − | ===Yoder Hotel, 1892===
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| − | * 1892 - Became the Yoder Hotel with building owner Catherine Imgard leasing it to Mary Yoder. <ref>American Hotel Popular Place to Live and Work In. Paul Locher. Daily Record, Wooster, Ohio. 2008 June 21.</ref>
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| − | * 1965 - Building sold to First Federal Savings and Loan Association of Wooster
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| − | ||1856 || 34|| American House || H. Houmard ||
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| − | || 1859 || ||American House || ||
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| − | || 1860-1861 ||628 || American House || ||
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| − | || 1873 || 13, 15, 17A ||American House || Baumgardner||
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| − | || 1884-1885 || 14 || American House || T.S. Hamilton ||
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| − | || 1894-1895 || 83 || Yoder House || ||
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| − | || 1896 || || Yoder House || ||
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| − | || 1900 || 98 || Yoder House || S.J. Morris ||
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| − | || 1904 || 110 || American House || H.H. Ziegler ||
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| − | || 1912-1913 || 147 || New American House || H.H. Ziegler ||American House Block
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| − | ||1915 || 127 || New American House || H.H. Ziegler ||
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| − | || 1919 || 122 || New American House || C.W. Kisling || American House Block
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| − | || 1925 || 211 || American House || ||
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| − | || 1928 || 65 || American House || Ellis Lewis ||
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| − | || 1930 || 70 || American House || Ellis Lewis ||
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| − | || 1932 || 71 || Hotel Bechtel || Harvey G. Bechtel, Pres. and Mngr., <br> Robert N. Bechtel, VP|| Bechtel Hotels Inc
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| − | ||1934-1935 || 113 || Hotel Bechtel || Harvey G. Bechtel, Pres. and Mngr., <br> Robert N. Bechtel, VP|| Bechtel Hotels Inc
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| − | ||1937 || 58 || Hotel Bechtel || Harvey G. Bechtel, Pres. and Mngr., <br> Robert N. Bechtel, VP|| Bechtel Hotels Inc
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| − | ||1939 || 60 || Hotel Bechtel || Harvey G. Bechtel, Pres. and Mngr., <br> Robert N. Bechtel, VP|| Bechtel Hotels Inc
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| − | || 1940 || 109, 153 || Bechtel Hotel || Harvey G. Bechtel, Pres. and Mgr. Opr. || Bechtel Hotels Inc
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| − | || 1943 || 83, 138 || Hotel Bechtel || || Bechtel Hotels Inc
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| − | || 1946 || 311 || Bechtel Hotel || Mrs. Fannie McVey, Asst. Mgr. ||
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| − | || 1952 || 85 || American Hotel || Edw. Englander ||
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| − | || 1954 || 9-CL, 11-CL || American Hotel || ||
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| − | || 1957 || 13, 205 || American Hotel || ||
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| − | || 1960 || Alpha 2 || American Hotel || Edw. Englander, Mgr. ||
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| − | || 1962 || Alpha 3 <br> Street Guide 3 <br> Buyers Guide 20 || American Hotel || Edw. Englander, Mgr. ||
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| − | || 1964-1965 || Alpha 3 <br> Buyers Guide 20 <br> Street Guide 31 || American Hotel || ||
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| − | * 1850, 1852, 1853 and 1859 City Directories
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| − | * 1859 - Williams' Akron, Wooster & Cuyahoga Falls Directory, City Guide & Business Mirror, 1859 by J. H. Baumgardner & Co.
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| − | * 1860-1861 - Ohio State Gazetteer and Business Directory for 1860-1861, Wayne County, Ohio / authored by George W. Hawes
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| − | * 1873 - Caldwell Atlas Business Directory
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| − | * 1884-1885 - Wooster & Wayne County Business Directory
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| − | ==Boarders==
| + | The American House was a longtime provider of respite for many passing through [[Wooster, Ohio]] between the late 1830s and 1960s. During that time it went through several incarnations. The original structure, which began operation as a hotel circa 1837, was built by William McComb and then leased to Jacob Maize to operate for several years. This structure was torn down to make way for an improved building by 1867. <ref> February 17, 2002:"Ask Genie- Keys to the Earliest Wooster Accommodation" by Bonnie Knox, The Daily Record p. F1 </ref> |
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| − | * 1850 US Census for the Town of Wooster, Wayne County, Ohio p. 239B and 240A
| + | It was alternately known as the American House,<ref> Reprint of 1856 Baker's Map of Wayne County Business Directory for Wooster p. 34 </ref> the [[Yoder House]], <ref> 1900 Wooster City and Wayne County Directory p. 14 </ref> [[New American, The|New American House]] (part of the American House block), <ref> 1912-1913 Complete Directory of Wooster and Orrville, Ohio and Wayne County Gazeteer p. 147 </ref> [[Bechtel Hotel (Wooster, Ohio)|Bechtel Hotel]] (part of Bechtel Accommodation Inc), <ref> 1932 Wooster City Directory p. 71 </ref> [[Bechtel Hotel (Wooster, Ohio)|Bechtel Hotel]], <ref> 1940 National's Wooster Ohio City Directory p. 109 </ref> and finally as the [[American Hotel]]. <ref> 1952 Wooster, Ohio City Directory p. 85 </ref> |
| − | * 1884 Wooster City and Wayne County Business Directory
| + | Along with the many name changes, the American House also went through a sizeable number of owners and managers as well as a rotation of businesses within its lower offices. |
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| − | || 1850 || {{Surname|Archer}} || Horrace || 28 || Home || Man of Leisure
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| − | || 1850 || {{Surname|Hannah}} || John || 34 || MD || Broker
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| − | || 1850 || {{Surname|Hannah}} || William W || 27 || OH || Carriage Maker
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| + | * [[American Hotel (Wooster, Ohio)]] building torn down Friday, December 5, 1969. [photograph] to make room for First Federal Savings and Loan <ref> Old Landmark Is Down [[The Daily Record]], December 5, 1969, p. 24. </ref> |
| − | {{Wayne County Democrat article
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| − | | title = It Is Again 'The American' How the Old Wooster Hotel Has Got Back Its Name at a Cost of $25.
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| − | | title = American Hotel, Soon to Be Torn Down, Has Noted List of Owners
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| − | | year = 1966
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| − | {{Daily Record article
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| − | | title = Old Landmark Is Down (and) Last Wall Comes Down
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| − | | year = 1969
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| − | | month = 12
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| − | | day = 05
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| − | | page = {{Cite page|24}}
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| − | | title = American Hotel, Soon to Be Torn Down, Has Noted List of Owners
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| − | | title = Old Landmark is Down
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| − | | year = 1969
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| − | | title = Last Wall Comes Down
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| − | | year = 1969
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| − | | title = American Hotel: Popular Place to Live and Work In
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| − | | author = Paul {{Surname|Locher}}
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| − | ==Gallery== | + | ==Slogans== |
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| − | ===Letterheads=== | + | ==American House, First Hotel 1837== |
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| + | * 1837 - built by William McComb and leased to Jacob Maize to operate as a hotel on the corner of E. Liberty and Buckeye Streets |
| − | File:Yoder House letterhead 1892_0001.pdf
| + | * 1850 - 1850 Census, indicated 23 guests and employees lived at the hotel. Horace Howard, Landlord live there with his wife, Abigail, and their two sons. <ref>American Hotel Popular Place to Live and Work In. Paul Locher. Daily Record, Wooster, Ohio. 2008 June 21.</ref> |
| − | File:the New American House Letterhead_0001.pdf
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| − | </gallery> | |
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| − | ===Logos=== | + | ==American House, Second Hotel 1867== |
| − | <gallery> | + | * 1867 - Hotel torn down to make way for newer 4-story building, brick Italianate structure, arched windows, ground floor housed a variety of businesses. On the second floor a large porch with fancy iron railing and decorative columns covered the sidewalk along E. Liberty St.<ref>American Hotel Popular Place to Live and Work In. Paul Locher. Daily Record, Wooster, Ohio. 2008 June 21.</ref> |
| | + | * 1870 - 1870 census, listed John Koch, Hotel Keeper with his wife Lucie, along with 4 children. Additional residents included E. B. Eshelman, editor of the Wayne County Democrat newspaper and Matthew McClure, Hotel Keeper at another hotel in the vicinity. <ref>American Hotel Popular Place to Live and Work In. Paul Locher. Daily Record, Wooster, Ohio. 2008 June 21.</ref> |
| | + | * 1873 - Commercial establishments included: bank, clothing store, boot and shoe, and a piano and organ store run by T. P. Baumgartner.<ref>American Hotel Popular Place to Live and Work In. Paul Locher. Daily Record, Wooster, Ohio. 2008 June 21.</ref> |
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| + | ==Yoder Hotel, 1892== |
| − | | + | * 1892 - Became the Yoder Hotel with building owner Catherine Imgard leasing it to Mary Yoder. <ref>American Hotel Popular Place to Live and Work In. Paul Locher. Daily Record, Wooster, Ohio. 2008 June 21.</ref> |
| − | ===Photos=== | + | * 1965 - Building sold to First Federal Savings and Loan Association of Wooster |
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| − | File:AmericanHotel-1969-ToBeDemolished.jpg|Image of the American Hotel before being demolished in 1969.
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| − | * 1856 - Baker's Wall Map of Wayne County | |
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| − | File:1884 Sanborn Fire Insurance Map American House Wooster.pdf
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| − | File:1888 Sanborn Map-American House and Archer House.pdf
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| − | File:1892 Sanborn Map-Yoder House (formerly American House) and Archer House.pdf
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| − | File:1898 Sanborn Map- Yoder House (formerly American House) and Archer House.pdf
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| − | File:1905 Sanborn Map- American House and Archer House.pdf
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| − | File:1911 Sanborn Map- American House and Archer House.pdf
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| − | File:1923 Sanborn Map-American House.pdf
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| − | File:Wostr-1837-AmericanHotel.jpg|American Hotel Advertisement<ref> Wooster Journal & Democratic Times, 29-NOV-1837 p.1 </ref>
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| − | File:Page 4 of Wooster Journal And Democratic Times,published in Wooster, Ohio on Wednesday, February 28th, 1838.jpeg|ad, <ref>The Wooster Journal and Democratic Times. Wooster, Ohio. 1838-02-28, p.4.</ref>
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| − | File:AmericanHotel-1966-SoonTornDown.jpg|Daily Record, AUG 4, 1966
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| − | File:AmericanHotel-1969-TornDownImg.jpg|Daily Record, DEC 5, 1969 p.24.
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| − | File:AmericanHotel-1901-NameRestore.jpg|It is again "The American"<ref> Wayne County Democrat, 09-Jan-1901 p. 1 </ref>
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| − | File:Belknap_William_obit_WDR27Feb1892_p3.jpg|William Belknap obituary<ref> Wooster Daily Republican, 27-Feb-1892 p. 3 </ref>
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| − | File:Belknap_William_obit_WJ3Mar1892_p3.jpg|William Belknap obituary<ref> Wooster Jacksonian, 03-Mar-1892 p. 3 </ref>
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| − | File:Belknap_William_obit_WCD2Mar1892_p3.jpg|William Belknap obituary<ref> Wayne County Democrat, 02-Mar-1892 p. 3 </ref>
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| − | <pdf>File:Amer-Hotel-1965-Dec-3.pdf</pdf>|"First Federal Savings Buys American Hotel," Daily Record, 3 Dec 1965, p.1
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| − | * [[Annual Business Review of Wayne County (1887)]]
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| − | ** 1887 - T. S. {{Surname|Hamilton}}, Proprietor; Mrs. T. S. {{Surname|Hamilton}}, Clerk
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| − | The [[Annual Business Review of Wayne County (1887)|American House]], under its present efficient management, has attained a large popularity as a desirable stopping place. The building is a fine four-story brick structure, 60 X 180 feet in dimensions,and has been refitted by its present proprietor and all departments placed in first class order. It contains 30 well lighted sleeping apartments, besides offices, dining room, culinary department, writing room, and two fine commercial sample rooms for the use of traveling salesmen. The tables of the American are noted for the excellence of cooking, and the general appointments and equipment are first-class. Mr. T. S. Hamilton, the proprietor, is widely known with the general traveling public, and has the assistance of Mrs. Hamilton as clerk <ref>Annual Business Review of Wayne County, O. 1887 p.5 </ref>
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