Farmers Hotel

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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]


Farmers Hotel
Type Hotels
Industry Accommodation & Food Services
Fate Dissolved
Headquarters 21 N. Buckeye St. Wooster, Ohio, United States
Number of locations 1
Farmers Hotel
General information
Type Hotels
Address 21 N. Buckeye St. Wooster, Ohio
Town or city Wooster, Ohio
Country United States

City directory

  • Williams' Akron, Wooster & Cuyahoga Falls Directory, City Guide & Business Mirror, 1859 by J. H. Baumgardner & Co.
  • Wooster City and Wayne County Business Directory 1884, 1896, 1900, 1904

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Sandborn Map Jan 1898 0001.pdf Sandborn Map Jan 1905 0001.pdf


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Newspaper full-text articles

Farmer's Hotel body 9-25-1907 W. Co. Democrat.png


  • 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.

References

  1. Williams' Akron, Wooster & Cuyahoga Falls Directory, City Guide & Business Mirror, 1859 by J. H. Baumgardner & Co
  2. Wooster City and Wayne County Business Directory 1884 pg. 88
  3. Wooster City and Wayne County Business Directory 1896 pg. 113
  4. Wooster City and Wayne County Business Directory 1900 pg. 52
  5. Wooster City and Wayne County Business Directory 1904 pg. 110
  6. Wayne County Democrat Sept. 25, 1907 pg. 3

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