Farmers Hotel, like many businesses in Wooster, Ohio went through a number of changes during its history. It was originally mentioned in the Williams' Akron, Wooster & Cuyahoga Falls Directory of 1859 as being located on the north side of W. Liberty St. between Walnut St. and Grant St.[1] By 1884 it had relocated to 21 N. Buckeye St. and was being run as a boarding house by A. W. Melsheimer. [2] The property went on to be the home and business location of John Markel, a cooper. [3] By 1900 it was again being operated as a boarding house. [4] Markel would continue as the proprietor of the Farmers Hotel through at least 1904. [5] In September of 1907 the bones of a human leg were discovered during the building's demolition. [6]
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- Williams' Akron, Wooster & Cuyahoga Falls Directory, City Guide & Business Mirror, 1859 by J. H. Baumgardner & Co.
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1900s
- September 25, 1907: "Human Bones Were Found - Underneath an Old Building Formerly Known as Farmer's Hotel on Buckeye Street" by Unknown Author, Wayne County Democrat, p. 3.
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- ↑ Williams' Akron, Wooster & Cuyahoga Falls Directory, City Guide & Business Mirror, 1859 by J. H. Baumgardner & Co
- ↑ Wooster City and Wayne County Business Directory 1884 pg. 88
- ↑ Wooster City and Wayne County Business Directory 1896 pg. 113
- ↑ Wooster City and Wayne County Business Directory 1900 pg. 52
- ↑ Wooster City and Wayne County Business Directory 1904 pg. 110
- ↑ Wayne County Democrat Sept. 25, 1907 pg. 3
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