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About
Name
  • Archer House
Accommodation and Food Services
  • Food Services and Drinking Places
Services
  • Hotel
Facts
Founded
  • March 12,1879
    Wooster,Ohio
  • Date unknown
Related
Key Persons
Founders
Owners
Location
  • New numbering
    • 201 E. Liberty St., Wooster, 44691, Ohio
  • Old Numbering
    • 33 E. Liberty St., Wooster, 44691, Ohio

Archer House hotel was constructed in 1878 on the southeast corner of S. Buckeye and E. Liberty Streets, on the site of the earlier wood frame Washington House tavern. The founders, tailor E. B. Connelly and his sister-in-law Melinda, named the establishment after Melinda's deceased son, Archer. Melinda Connelly later remarried to A. M. Parrish, with whom she would operate the hotel until her death. The property passed to heir great-grandson, on who's behalf it was sold to Dr. Alonzo Smith 1923. Archer House was finally purchased by Robert Freeman in 1964, and was razed in 1966. Today, a two story professional building stands on the spot.

During it's history, this building was the social center of Wooster. By 1900, the hotel had electric lights, steam heat, fire escapes and a fine "Sample Room" where salesmen could display their wares. Businessmen went out of their way to stay in this magnificent building. [3]"Downtown Wooster Walking Tour: South Side"

When it was built in 1879, it was reported to be three stories 50 feet high at center front and a basement, had a plate glass front, 60 feet of frontage on E. Liberty street and 100 feet frontage on S. Buckeye street, and contained 50 rooms with all the modern improvements. Mr. D. Graham of Chicago, IL the architect, W. M. Keyser of New Brighton, PA the contractor, and brick work was sub-let to W. W. Smith of New Philadelphia, OH who manufactured his own brick at the County Fairgrounds. Samuel Metzler, of Wooster, OH was contracted for painting, and the lumber for the building came from the D. C. Curry & Co. in Wooster, OH.

  • Ground breaking 1878
  • Completed construction: 1881 by Eber B. and L. Connelly
  • Architectural style: American Corinthian, Italianate
    • Building: stone, brick, and iron, molded hoods over windows, wrought iron balconies above entrances, large pediment on Library Street, Cornice with 2 rows of bead and reel, Pilasters topped with brackets above roofline, Facade rounded at street corner, 8 Chimneys, Colorful awnings- owners response to summer heat
  • Contractor: William M. Keyser (New Brighton, PA)
  • Architect: D. Graham (Chicago, IL)
  • Destruction date: 1966
  • Floor count: Basement 9ft ceiling, First floor 13ft ceiling, Second 12ft ceiling, Third 10ft ceiling, Attic 10ft ceiling
  • Rooms: 48 rooms, 13 chamber/suites on 2nd floor, 21 suites & rooms on 3r floor, whole house will accommodate 56 guests, $2.00 per day
  • Restaurant: 1 dining room for 100 guests
  • Facilities: Parlors, reception rooms, dining room and writing room. First-class culinary department.

Address, Former Numbering

  • 33 E. Liberty St., Wooster, Ohio 44691

Slogans

Timeline

  • 1878 - Hotel constructed on southeast corner of S. Buckeye and E. Liberty Streets, on the site of the earlier wood frame Washington House tavern.
  • 1884 - Wooster City and Wayne County Business Directory, 1884-1885. Shives, Merz & Shives, Compilers, Editors and Publishers, Wayne County Herald, Wooster Ohio.
  • 1894-1895 - Wooster City & Wayne County Business Directory
  • 1896 - Directory of Wooster, Ohio
  • 1900 - Wooster City & Wayne County Business Directory
  • 1923 - Sold to Dr. Alonzo Smith
  • 1964 - Purchased by Robert Freeman
  • 1966 - Property razed

Newspaper Article Citations

  • March 12, 1879: "Building Enterprise. Connelly's New Hotel on the Site of the Old Washington House", Wayne County Democrat, p. 3.
  • June 15, 1966: "The Archer-Hotel Wooster-Due To Come Down Soon, Was Busy Center Since 1878", The Daily Record, p. 30.
  • February 02, 1923: "Deal Renews Talk of New Larger Hotel: Expansion either to the South or to the East is Deemed Possible" by Unknown Author, The Daily Record, p..

John D. Malloy, former landlord of the Archer House in Wooster and a former resident of Orrville, died Saturday evening from a stroke of apoplexy in North Star, Mich., where he was visiting relatives. Mr. Malloy had been a resident of Cleveland for several years after leaving Wayne County. The deceased is survived by his wife and one daughter, Mrs. Charles S. Beardsley of Cleveland. While a resident of Orrville Mr. Malloy ran a piano store. The funeral will be held Tuesday in Macebon, N.Y., near Rochester, Mr. Malloy's birthplace.

—Author Unknown, 
  • October 25, 1926: "John D. Malloy, Former Hotel Landlord, is Dead", The Daily Record, p. 3.

Gallery

Letterheads

Logos

Photos

Maps

  • Sanborn Maps 1884

  • Sanborn Maps 1888

  • Sanborn Maps1892

  • Sanborn Maps 1898

  • Sanborn Maps 1905

  • Sanborn Maps 1911

  • Sanborn Maps 1923

  • Sanborn Maps 1930

Ads

1917

1918

  • ad, [3].

  • ad, [4].

  • Wooster Daily Republican. Wooster, Ohio, 1918-09-05, p. 2

Newspaper Clippings/Full Text

  • Wayne County Democrat, 1879-MAR-12 p.3

  • Wayne County Democrat, 1879-JUN-25 p.3

  • Portrait of John Bolu's dog, "Mack", by Charles Gasche hung in the hotel for many years.

  • Wooster Daily Record, 1966-JUN-15 p.30

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Historical documents

  • Annual Business Review of Wayne County (1887)
    • 1887 - A.M. Parrish, Proprietor

This building was erected in 1881 by Mr. E.B. and Mrs. L. Connoly, wife of the present proprietor, who took possession in 1883. This site has been occupied for hotel purposes for 50 years, the last house having been known as the Washington. As far back as 1828 all the principal elections were held here, and it was the stopping place for the stage coaches previous to the building of the railroads. The present structure is one of the finest hotel buildings in this section of the state, with all modern improvements. The house contains 35 finely furnished sleeping apartments, in addition to parlors, reception rooms, dining room and writing room. The culinary department is under the supervision of an accomplished cook, everything is first-class, and its rates are held at the popular and reasonable rate of $2.00 per day. Mr. A.M. Parrish, the proprietor, is widely known to the traveling public, and has had much experience in this department. [4]

References

  1. ↑ Wooster Republican. Wooster, Ohio, 1917-07-02, p. 4.
  2. ↑ Wooster Daily Republican. Wooster, Ohio, 1917-06-27, p. 5
  3. ↑ Wooster Daily Republican. Wooster, Ohio, 1918-07-09, p. 3
  4. ↑ Wooster Daily Republican. Wooster, Ohio, 1918-07-09, p. 4

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