Archer House

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Archer House
Type Hotels
Industry Accommodation & Food Services
Fate Dissolved
Founder(s) A. M. Parrish, 1884s [photograph], F. H. Connell, 1894s, James Bevard and C. D. List (1900s circ), Parrish Garver, Dr. A. C. Smith
Headquarters 33 E. Liberty St., 201 E. Liberty St. 1915,[1]. Wooster, Ohio, United States
Number of locations 1
Key people Daniel W. Packard, Proprietor (Dr. Garver Adminstrator)
Archer House
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Image from the Wooster City and Wayne County Business Directory, 1884-1885. Shives, Merz & Shives, Compilers, Editors and Publishers, Wayne County Herald, Wooster, Ohio, 1884. R 917.71 W88 1884-1885
General information
Type Hotel
Architectural style American Corinthian
Location Southeast corner of S. Buckeye and E. Liberty St.,
Address 33 E. Liberty St., 201 E. Liberty St. 1915,[2]. Wooster, Ohio
Town or city Wooster, Ohio
Country United States
Construction started 1878
Completed 1881 by Mr. Eber B. and L. Connelly
Destroyed 1960s
Landlord A. M. Parrish, 1884s [photograph], F. H. Connell, 1894s, James Bevard and C. D. List (1900s circ), Parrish Garver, Dr. A. C. Smith
Technical details
Material stone, brick, and iron
Design and construction
Architect D. Graham
Main contractor William M. Keyser
Other information
Number of rooms 1884 Rates were $2.00 per day
Number of suites 35, $2.00 per day
Facilities parlors, reception rooms, dining room and writing room. First-class culinary department.

Comprehensive History

Timeline

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 in 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.

Historical documents

Business letterheads

City directory

  • 1884. Wooster City and Wayne County Business Directory, 1884-1885. Shives, Merz & Shives, Compilers, Editors and Publishers, Wayne County Herald, Wooster, Ohio, 1884. R 917.71 W88 1884-1885
  • 1894-1895 - Wooster City & Wayne County Business Directory
  • 1896 - Directory of Wooster, Ohio
  • 1900 - Wooster City & Wayne County Business Directory

Gallery

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Maps

Newspaper articles

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  • March 12, 1879: "Building Enterprise. Connelly's New Hotel on the Site of the Old Washington House", Wayne County Democrat, p. 3.
  • 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..

Newspaper Ads (Includes Businesses that operated out of

1917


1918

  • ad, [5].

  • ad, [6].

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


Locations

References

  1. ↑ Directory of Wooster and Bloomington, O. 1915.
  2. ↑ Directory of Wooster and Bloomington, O. 1915.
  3. ↑ Wooster Republican. Wooster, Ohio, 1917-07-02, p. 4.
  4. ↑ Wooster Daily Republican. Wooster, Ohio, 1917-06-27, p. 5
  5. ↑ Wooster Daily Republican. Wooster, Ohio, 1918-07-09, p. 3
  6. ↑ Wooster Daily Republican. Wooster, Ohio, 1918-07-09, p. 4

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