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HOTELS AND TAVERNS
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Columbus, Ohio
The Ohio Historical Records Survey Project
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FOREWORD

The mid-west AmeriCan tavern and its successor, the hotel, can claim a
significant place in the story of the life of a growing natibn.: There the
travel~worn stranger-~the settler on' his way to- a new home in the VJESt,'the
emissary of trade or of reli'gibn, the politician on the hustings, or the
European visitor seeking out the new and strange sights of the interior--found
a night’s rest from the hardships of the road or made headquarters for a few
days sojourn.

On this part of Erie’s shore at least, the tavern represented the comforts,
if not the luxuries, of contemporary travel. As' abustling community developed,
around themouth of the Cuyahoga the hostelry became the center of an important
social life. Often this could be achieved only when the original institution
was replaced byone--and later others—-offering new and. larger"accommodations.

- Ina few cases the tavern represented social stability and continuity of service
rather than growth, and so has survived as an original landmark.

The entries in this calendar, gleaned from the local records, fromthe
public prints, or from accounts that reflect the wide range of historical sources,
tell the story of the changes wrought in four score years of the community’s
history. At times they indicate the routine of commercialhtransactibns; at
others they reflect the throbbing currents of life for which the tavern or V
hotel was often the vital centers Presented in this form they either tell
their own story or challenge the reader--and more particularly the student of
local history-40 try his hand at putting together the mosaic for which the
entries offer the necessary units of material.

Arthur C. Cole
' Cleveland, Ohio
August 15, 1942

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PREFACE' .

The Historical Records Survey of the Work Projects Administration “began
operation" in Ohio in February 1936.: The Project was organized and operated
by the district supervisors of the Writers" Project until November 1936 when »
it became an independent part of Federal Project No.; 1.; With the termination
of the Federal Projects in September 1939, the Ohio unit became the Ohio
Historical Records Survey Project, sponsored by the Ohio Archaeological and
Historical Society. On August 3, 1941, the 'Ohio Historical Records Survey
Project became a unit of the Consolidated Records Assistance Project in Ohio
Sponsored by the Ohio State University.

V This publication, Historic Sites of Cleveland: Hotels and Taverns, was
prepared and published by the-Historic Sites Survey, asection of the Historical
Records Survey which operated only inCuyahoga County» The Survey oinstOric
Sites was inaugurated in january 1940 although the Historical Records Survey

' functioned in the county from the time of the initiation of the Federal Project
in.1936«

The Historic Sites Survey was planned anddeveloped under the’supervision
of Lillian Kessler with the assistance of Sarah Siegel and Virginia l‘iassey.
The volume was copyread and printed under the supervision of Grace Clift. .
Other persons in a supervisory position who assisted in the preparation of the

, volume were Ruth Sloan, Leon Iiymes, and Hazel Fetzer.‘ The enthusiasm and
interest of the project employees in obtaining the data:and checking for
historical accuracy are to be commended= .

We are especially grateful to the County Commissioners of Cuyahoga County
who have supplied the materiaisand equipment for the publication of this
volume and, in particular, to Donald Lybarger, County Recorder and :qponmr
representative, whogave generously of his time and made many helpful suggestions.
We are also grateful to the many citizens of Cleveland who because of their
keen interest in the history of that community cooperated with the project in
the search for historical data and in the planning of the survey.

This and other publications of the Ohio Historical Records Survey are

' issued for free distribution to public officials and public libraries in Ohio
and to a limited number of libraries outside the state, Requests for information
concerning the various publications of the Historical Records Survey should
be addressed to the Ohio Historical Records Survey Project, Clinton Building,
Columbus, Ohio

Ruth Neighbors

State Director, Service Division
Columbus, Ohio
August 15, 1942

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' INTROD UCT ION

This publication of the Ohio Historical Records Survey is a product of
one of the many unique and outstanding history projects developed in Cleveland
under the inspiration and guidance of the late Robert C. Binkley,IProfessor
of History at Western Reserve University.; No one individual can claim sole
authorship of the idea that led to this comprehensive survey of the historic
sites of Cleveland and this volume on Cleveland's hotels and taverns during
the first century of its growth. Historians, amateur scholars, teachers, and
librarians became aware of the growing demand for local history information
and a few visualized the possibility of employing 'CJPA white collar workers to
correlate such data. Some suggested a survey of place names, others a bibliography
of sources for students of local history, and still others a survey ofhistoric
buildings or a history of transportation portrayed in a series of map studies.

Out of this spontaneous flow of suggestions came this survey resulting
in an accumulation of thousands of abstracts of pertinent information contained
in local governmental records, newspapers, periodicals, city directories, atlases
and maps, and county and city histories. These forms, which have been arranged
chronologically for each site and filed in jackets, have been deposited with
the Western Reserve Historical Society wherethey will be accessible for general
use.

“any persons interested in various phases of Cleveland history have been
helpful and cooperative in the planning and development of the survey.; The
original coordinating and detailed planning was done by Dr.-.'3inl;ley who, asa
historian of vision, could integrate conflicting and varied suggestions into

‘ a workablepattern ofoperation. Clarencellutchinson, Assistant County Engineer,
will Elmer 33. Wight, engineer, were mos; helpful in planning work pertaining to
the development of roads in the Western Reserve. john Love, Business Editor
of theCleUeland Press, and‘ZEose Vormelker, Director of the Business Information
Bureau of the Cleveland Public Library, were helpful in planning the work
pertaining to old Cleveland business concerns. Arthur C..Cole, Professor of
History at‘I'lestern Reserve University, made many valuable suggestions concerning
source material and editorial style. The Committee on Private Research of
Western Reserve University was often helpful.; The Cleveland Public Library,
the Western Reserve University Library, andCase Library were generous in'their
loan of books, periodicals, and newspapers. The survey was ably directed by
the Work Projects Administration under the supervision of Lillian Kessler who
worked closely with Dr. Tl-inlzley in the original planning of the survey.

This volume is presented in calendar rather than in narrative style so
that the reader is led to the original sources from which the facts have
been obtained. Hotels and tavern-s have been arranged alphabetically according
to the last known name. The table of contents lists all previous names with
the corresponding dates. The index contains reference to all names by which
the hotels and taverns were known and the names of persons closely associated

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:11 with the sites The photographs reproduced in this volume were selected by
1 :3 Mr. Louis Baus,‘ Cleveland Plain'Dealer photographer, from his rare collection
of photographs of historic sites in' Cleveland.
‘ ' It is my earnest hope, and the desire of all who have been closely asso-
‘ ciated with the Historic Sites Survey in an advisory capacity. that this '
. publication will inspire others in the countless communities of our vast nation
‘ 1‘ to delve into the original records which tell the-story of America.
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Foreword iii
V" Preface v
LS ' Introduction vii
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'Hotels and Taverns
American House (1837—1925) 1
SuperiOr Avenue
AmeriCan House (1836»1871) 59
Corner Main & Elm Streets, Ohio City
Arcade Hotel '(1846) ’ 60?
No address giVen
Atkinson Hotel (1878) 60:
58 St. Clair Street
Atlantic & Great Western Hotel (1866-1874) 60
206 Seneca (West 3rd) Street
Bates Tavern (1820"1833) 61
‘Newburgh
Beaumont House (1850;1852) ' 63
‘Northeast corner Ontario & Prospect Streets '
Bender's Hotel (1864) 64
,32 RiVer (West 11th) Street
Bergen"s Hotel (1855-1858) . 65
'Newburgh '
BertSche's Tavern (1853) 65
No address giVen '
Birch'House (1851-1877) 66
42 Water (West 9th) Street
Bi'xby's 'I-Iotel (1873) 70:
. No address given
John Blaim Tavern' (1844-18-46) 71
Water Street .
. Boyd House (1857-1858) V 71
. 40 Ontario Street

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‘il Brainard's Tavern (1825~1837) 71 (
Q5 Corner Columbus Street & Scranton Road V
,lfi Briggs House (1877-1880) 72 ‘ (
it: 2591 Broadway
if} Brooklyn House (1858 1859) . 72 ‘
ft Detroit Street
(ff Brown‘s Hotel (1832u1856) 73
, ;Hl Northwest Corner Ontario & Prospect Streets
‘ 'li ' Abbey’s Coffee House (1832-1842); Farmers' & Mechanihs' (
‘ll Hotel (1836r1838), Farmers” Exchange (1842-1848);-Sti11man '
‘ :fll Hotel or Stillman Exchange (1848-1855); Brown’s Hotel
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‘ ifi; Brown’s Hotel (1872-1880) r 80
, l‘fl »Detroit‘Street 4a.. ._l,cu, ' ‘ (
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ilw Woodhill Road & Buckeye Avenue , - ,
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ill Burch House (1867) 90- (
‘ » 1: Next to Vincent & Strum’s Building
‘ll David Dunnell“s Tavern (1812) 90
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UH Burk Tavern (1816 1829) - ' 91
ill Broadway Avenue, Newburgh
’3‘ Burton House (1834) 96
bl Corner Pearl & Detroit Streets ,
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fit California Hotel (1869r1879) 96
j,fl 44 RiVer Street Y (
i,§ Carter’s Tavern (1797a1814) , 97
_h Near junctibn of Superior & UniOn Lanes
ll? Cataract House (1840;1905) 104' i
, y 8820'Broadway
; N Cataract'fiouse (1840;1876); Spencer House (1866+1876):
v } Briggs House (1876-1878); Cataract House (1878—1905)
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Charter Oak House (1865-1891) 115
Broadway near Aetna Road
City Hotel (1836-1890) 116
62 Seneca (West 3rd) Street
Clarendon Hotel (1870- -) ' 134
Corner Sta Clair & Ontario
St. Clair Place Hotel (1870;1881);2Clarendon‘House
(1881e1909); Troy Hotel (1909-1915); Clarendon
‘ Hotel (1915-.-)
.Cleveland Center House (1837n1864) 136
.Cleveland Flats
Cleveland Exchange (1838-1840) 138
I Superibr & Merwin Streets
Cleveland Hotel (1812--) 139
, Southwest corner Superior & Public Square 1
' Mowrey's Tavern (1812-1819); McIntosh’s Tavern (1819-1821);
Kingsbury"s Tavern (1822-1827); Fitch's Tavern (1827-1830);
I Cozzens’ Tavern (1830-1832); Cleveland Hotel (1832-1842);
’ Cleveland Temperance House (1842-1848); Dunham House (1848-1852);
Forest City House (1852-1855); Chase House (1855); Bennet House
) (1855-1859); Bennett's Forest City'House (1859-1863); Russell’s
Forest City House or Russell House (1864-1869); Forest City
House (1869-1915); Cleveland Hotel (1918--)
3' Cleveland Hotel (1858»1877) 181
Ontario & Prospect
O Burnett & Tinker’s Hotel (1858e1859; Burnett House
(1859v1867); Cleveland Hotel (1867-1877)
1 Cleveland House (1872-1885) 187
65 MiChigan Street
6 Cliff House (1869,1882) 188
Riverside Drive at Sloan & Edanola Avenues
‘ Cliff House (1869-1873); Murch House-(1873-1877); Cliff
6 House (1877-1882)
Clinton Hotel (1869-1878) 202
7 "Seneca (West 3rd)-&-Champlain Streets
‘ ' Pritchard House (1869-1871); Clinton lzotel (1871-1878)
)4_ Clinton'House-(1845-1851) 203
194-1967River'Street
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‘1; Club House (1875-1886) 205 i E
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‘ il Track House (1875-1876); Club House (1876-1886) .
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Ifl Columbiena Ibuse (1848-1863) ' 206
1%; 135 Pittsburgh Street
3% Columbus Street House (1872) v 207 ,
1 :l: 185 Columbus Street '
1W Commercial Hote1_(1837-1875) - 203
|w 24 Seneca (West 3rd) Street
‘ lfi CommerCiél House (1837-1846); Commercial Temperance House E
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3““ Commercial Hotel (1841-1845) 217 ‘ E
1 ‘W; Main Street, Ohio City '
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:i Condit House (1814+1859) 213 'E
‘fl Euclid Avenue, Euclid Township‘
ffi Farmers Inn (1814-1825); Condit's Tavern (1825-1851); Condit
gfi; House (1851-1859) »E
' (it Cuyahoga House (1843-1846) 221
‘M: near Upper Bridge, Ohio City E
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If Dalton House (1861) 222
‘ i“ 262 Pittsburgh Street E
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3“ Dille House (1874) 222
3% St. Clair Avenue & Dille Road ‘ F
%a Doan'House (1875) 222
NM 895 Euclid Avenue F
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11 6709 Euclid Avenue _ ‘ F
jgn Dunham Tavern (1823-1853); Welch's Tavern (1853-1859);
$1 Dunham Tavern (1859-1870); Dr. Stephens’ residence (1884~1917);
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Eagle Hotel (1874) - ‘ 230
Columbus Street & Clark Avenue
Eagle Hotel (1859~1862) ' 231
Lighthouse Street
Eagle House (1874 1899) 231
Detroit Street, just west of West 29th Street
Eagle Tavern (1825v1855) 232
‘ Northeast Corner of St. Clair & Water (West 9th) Streets
Sign of the LiOn (1825w1826);.floughton”s Tavern (1826-1830);
Cozzens’ Tavern (1830m1832);-Eagle Tavern (1832—1841); Cook's
' Temperance'fiouse (1841«1855); Eagle Tavern (1855)
Edwards Tavern (1838m1847) 25$
: Kinsman Road, Newburgh
Empire House (1871«1900) . 236
35-38 Water Street
' Euclid Avenue House (1874“1878) 238
Euclid Avenue corner Holyoke, East Cleveland 1
S 'Euclid Hotel (1874~1900) 240
East 14th & Huron Road
‘ ,Euclia Place Hotel (1854 1901) ~ 240
Euclid Avenue & East 9th Street
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European Hotel (1873w1387) 242
180 Seneca (West 3rd) Street
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European House (1855) 242
V Foot of St ;Clair Street
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Farmers” Hotel (1869 1897) 243
74 Miohigan Street
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Farmers Hotel (1845-1864) 243
RiVer Street
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Farr’s Tavern (1868~1869) 246
St, Clair Road, near Euclid Creek, Euclid, Ohio
Fenway Hall (Doan Tavern) (1799«~) 247
Euclid Avenue & East 107th Street
Doaanavern (1799rc1840); Coakley’s Tavern, Temperance House,
Croton Eouse (c1840L1860); Wright House (1860-c1875); Fairmount
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flfi Seneca (West 3rd) and Champlain Streets
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1% 414 Superior Avenue Northwest
fifi Commercial House (1816-1820); Spengler or Spaengler Tavern He]
' 11 (1820:1832): 3. S. Welch's Tavern or Inn (1832—1834);
$1 Commercial Coffee House, Fowler’s Commercial House (1834-1837)
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11 14. 16 Pearl Street (West 25th Street), Ohio City
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‘ ~ 51 Gaige”s Tavern (1829) 318 Ho
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QM 120 Superior Street
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fi+ ' Globe Tavern (1833-1843) 320
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Grant House («1874~) 323
Northeast Corner Belle and Detroit Avenues
Kidney Tavern
Hawley House (1874-«) 324
Southeast Corner St, Clair Avenue and West 3rd Street
Hepburn"s Mansibn House (1830) 326
No address
“ notei noiienden (1884--) ‘ 327
Superior Street (Avenue) and Bond (East 6th) Street
Hopkins Tavern (—1876—) 332
Detroit Street and Hopkins Avenue '
Ingleside Cottage (ante 1876); Hopkins Tavern (post 1876)
Hotel De Europe (1857-1862) 333
St. Clair Avenue ’
1 Rowe’s Inn (1818-1820) . 333
Under the hill on UniOn Lane
5 Hunt's Hotel (~1859 ) 334
St. Clair Avenue at East 40th Street
Ingersoll’s (ante 1859) ~
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62 Center Street
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Erving House (1851-1854) 334
Euclid Road (three miles east of the Public Square)
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jackson House (1860-1872) 335
Euclid Avenue & East 77th Street
9 Welch’s Tavern (ante 1860); jackson House (1860—1872)
Iefferson House (1836-1837) 335
0 Terrace Street, Ohio City, (now West 23rd Place)
, Johnson House (1853-1919) 335
0 Superior Avenue near West 6th Street ‘ '
Johnson House (1853-1873); St. Charles Hotel (1873-1876); .
Johnson House (1877-1885); New johnson House (1885‘1895)l
:3 Saunders Hotel (c1898); New Johnson House (1899-c1910)
Keisel’s Tavern (1852-1860) 353
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H, 'St. Clair Road near Wilson/(East'SSth) Street
;fi; Lake House (1870-1876) 364 Ph
£1 St. Clair and Doan (East 105th) Street,»Glenville.-Ohio ,
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21%. Lake Shore House (1860—1865) 365 D5
j1fl» Foot of Water (West 9th) Street
"1 Lincoln Hotel (Kennard House) (1852-—) , 366
» 1W1 Southeast Corner St. Clair Avenue & Bank (West 6th) Street
11 Angler House (1354-1355); Kennard House (1866—c1940); Er
, -1 Lincoln Hotel (1940--)
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1% Lockwood”s Tavern (1845e1856) 437 Pm
»W Brighton (Brooklyn diatrict, Greater Cleveland)
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“1. Foot of Ontario Street (on Ohio Street)
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'W' South Side of Lorain at TriSkett Road
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'11, McIlrath Tavern (1803~1890) . 439
HQ: Euclid & Superibr Avenues
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1% 'Superior Avenue & South Water (West 9th) Street '
1H; ' Spafford's Tavern (1798:1815); Wallace House (1815-1813);
U1 Merwin’s Tavern (1818—1822); Mansion House (1822-1853) Na
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113 43-47 Water (West 9th) Street .
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i Merchant’s Hotel (1845—1853) 465
Corner Herwin & james Streets
L Merchants' Hotel (1850-1900) 468
Corner Main & River Streets (West Side Flats)
l Miehigan Central Railroad House (1872) 471
20-22 River Street
i Daniel Miles Tavern (1811-1827) 471
Newburgh
haniel Niles Tavern (1811-1819): Hewburgh Hotel (1819-1822);
5 Daniel Miles Tavern (1822-1827)
Erastus Miles“ Tavern (1809—1826) . 47;
Newburgh
7 Honterey House (1848-1849) 475
Eiver Street ‘
3 Mount nape House (1854-1855) 475
70'72 Lake Street .
9 Napoleon Coffee House (1836-1848) 477
St: Clair & Union Lane
9 Napoleon Hotel (1847—1867) 479
Southeast Corner Water (West 9th) & St. Clair Streets
Napoleon Hotel (1847-1848); Capt. mnerick’s Hotel
9 (1848-1849); Napoleon'fiotel (1849-1867) V
National Hotel (c1853- c1858) 480
3 Prospect and Ontario Streets; Waverly House (1853~1855);
Natibnal Hotel (1855-1858)
Natibnal Hotel (1862—1900) 484
Water (West 9th) and St. Clair Streets .
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Navy Hotel (1824~1834) 485
St. Clair and Water (West 9th) Streets Southeast corner
7 McIntosh’s or Donald McIntosh’s'House or Hotel (1824-1834)
Newburgh House (1872-1380) 489
Central Place corner Factory Street
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11 Water (West 9th) and Johnson Streets,-Northeast corner; V
St Unibn Hotel (1857-1859); New England Hotel (1859191900)
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11 32 Lighthouse (Main ) Street
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1 1 fl1 North Ameriean House (1838-1840) ' - 517 :
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1111 Oaks’ Tavern, Abijah (- 1831 -) 518
;EW ' Cleaveland Village (no other address known) 1 Pi
.11] Oblander s Hotel; Fred (1872) 518
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11; Ohio City Exchange (1835-1863) 518
'1fi1 Main and Center Streets. (now West Side) IE
‘ E§1 Hashasoit House (1835wc1837); Exchange, Ohio Exchange
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‘ 1w“ OIJEntal House (1869-1870) 525
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11: Pacific Hotel (1870-1898) 525
1&1 34 or 29 Bank (West 6th) Street
"fl: Bank Street Hotel (doubtful) (c1898)
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11; Perk'nouse (1873»1895) 528
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111 Parker Hotel or House (1870-1891) 530
151 Lorain and Hicks Street (West Side Market House site)
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311 Parker House (1867-1900) 531
' 11 90 River Street 1
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2 Pavilion House (1845~1853) 532
22 Water (West 9th) Street
Pearl Street House (1354-1882) \ 533
5 ?earl (West 25th) and Willey Streets
California Hotel (1854-01873); Pearl Street House
(1373-1882) ,
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Phoenix Eotel (1841-1846) 535
Vineyard Lane.-near Canal Bridge at Packet Landing
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Pittsburgh House (1842«1853) 537
Broadway and Cross Street
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Popular Tree House (1856) ‘ 538
307 Pittsburgh Street
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T‘owell’s “ml (1805-1841) 533 ‘
Detroit and Center Streets
Red House, or Carter's House (1809-01333); POWEII’S Inn
(c1833-134-1)
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Power’s Hotel (1854) 542
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Public House (1856) ‘ ’ 542
47 Seneca Street (West 3rd Street)
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Railroad Hotel (1825—1874) 542
Euclid Road 4 miles east of Public Square,
25 now Euclid Avenue and East 1015t Street
flillings’ Tavern (1825'c1837); Railroad Hotel (c1837—1846) -
Railroad Hotel (1848-4:375) '546
26 Front and River Streets
Farmer’s Exchange (1848-1850); Railroad Hotel (1850-1875)
21 Revere House (1375—1891)} 551
35 Water (West 9th) Street
European House (1875:1882); Revere House (1883-1391)
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Russell’s Tavern (01834-1839) 551
35 Water (West 9th) Street
30: Washington House (ante 1836); Russell’s Tavern (1836-1839)
St.;Char1es Ilotel (1853-1354) 552
31 Merwin near James Streets
St._c1air House (1840-1878) 553
St. Clair and Water (West 9th) Streets

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1 1E Weidenkopf"s Hall (1845-1858)
EflE Shakespeare Tavern (1823-c1838) 564 Ten
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”WE Lorain and TriSkett Road, formerly Rockport.
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9 Switzer’s Hotel (1871-1875) 598
Merwin and Center Streets
Taylor House (1873-post 1878) 598
Glenville,-now St. Clair Avenue and East 88th Street
3 Benton"s or Benton's Taylor House (1873-1878)
William Tell House (1850—1898) 599
3 Front and Meadow Streets
Bath Street House (1850-1856); William Tell House
(1856—1898)
4 Temperance Pavilibn (1846-1850) 602
Ontario and Prospect Streets
5 Union House»(187051871) 605
206 Broadway ,
Unibn House (1846-1853) 606
7 170 River Street
United States Hotel (1845-1861) 606
8 146 River Street
Batchelder's Hotel (1847-c1850) not official
Wade House (c1857-c1876) 509
1 J Wade & Columbus Streets
Warren House («1875-) 612 J
'3 Collinwood
Washington House (1867-1875) 512
J8 38 River Street
Watkins Tavern-(c1819-1867) J 612
11 J Euclid Avenue and East 79th Street
Hildreth & Watkins Tavern, Hildreths Tavern (c1840-c1860)
Weddell House (1845:») 615
Superibr and Bank (West 3rd) Streets
32 West House (1870-1273) 702
Brooklyn Village (now Cleveland Southwest)
92 Western Hotel (1863-1866) 702
J 58 Frankfort Street
84 Western Hotel (1842-1843) 703
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)3 HOTELS. AND TAVERNS
)4 AMERICAN HOUSE
Superior Avenue,'between Prospect and Huron

For nearly a century-—from 1837 to 1925--the American House, Cleveland’s first
39 large hotel, stood on the south side of Superior Avenue, on the site of Original

Lot 75. It was first housed in the upper floors of the Kellogg Block at what

was then 42 Superior Street. Known locally during its first ten years as

“the world’s greatest hotel,” the American House was the scene of all the

10‘ town’s important balls; the visiting great spoke from its iron-railed balcony.

The earlier hotels of Cleveland had started off with more fanciful names;

. the American House was one of a different, or patriotic line, which included
11 a Washington House and 3 Franklin Eouse.
Even after its fame had been eclipsed by the opening of the Weddell House in
1847, the American House remained for years the chief gathering place of
13 politicians and maintained its standing as a leading hotel. until the latter
part of the century. In 1920 the Van Sweringen interests acquired the hotel,
and its life span ended five years later. Soon afterward even the site was
15 swallowed_ up in the Union Terminal development. Settlers Anna ls, V, No. 5,
446, and III, 741; Cuyahoga County Plat Book, 1870; Orth, Cleveland, I, 277,
430; Plain Dealer, Sept. 10, 1925; NHL, April 6, 1937; News, july 8, 1925,
17 Scrapbook V; Press, Dec. 16, 1925.
21 1797 The second surveying party of the Connecticut Land Company built
95 a log store on Original‘Lot, 75, later the. site of the American
"' V House. Orth, Cleveland, I, 430; Settlers Annals, V. No. 5, 446;
Spafford, Map of 1801; Kennedy, Cleveland, opp. 174; Cuyahoga‘
County Plat Boo.h,'1870. ‘

1802 Samuel Huntington, later governor of Ohio, entered into negotiations
with the Connecticut Land Company for a large tract of land including
the site of the American House. Wickham, Pioneer Families, I, 57, '
58; Orth, Cleveland, I, 234, 235, 430; Settlers Annals, IV, 495;
lbid., v, No. 4, 353; ibid , v, No. 5, 446. ’

1802 The property acquired. from the Connecticut Land Company by Samuel

Mar. 28 Huntington was deeded to him, Trumbull County Deeds, D, 434, 435;
Orth, Cleve land, I, \430; Wickham, Pioneer Families, 1,57; Settlers
Annals, V, No. 5, 446a .
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1 3 333 1810 Cleveland land, including the American House site, was traded by 3
I 333 Nov. 29 Samuel Huntington to Robert B. Parkman for land at Painesville, 3 183‘
3‘ 3333 Ohio. John Walworth was agent for Parkman, and his Painesville ‘ Se
: : 3 3: farm was included in the trade. Orth, Cleve land, I, 703; Wickham, 3
3’ 3 333 Pioneer Families, I, 57, 58; Cuyahoga CountyDeeds, C-3, 382, 384.
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1 g 3 1819 The agreement exchange negotiated by John \Valworth, as agent for i N‘
3 3 3 3 June 4 R. E. Parkman, for certain of the Huntington properties, was legally _3
‘3 " ratified. Cu-yahoga County Deeds, C-3, 383, 384. ,
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3 33 1819 The American House site was includ ad in property sold by Robert 3
33 June 10 B. Parkman .to David Long for $2500. Cuyahoga County Deeds, C-3, 183‘
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3 3 3 Mar. 31 dollars cash and other considerations were named in the deed'as 1
3 33 the purchase price. Cuyahoga County Beeds, '3—7, 389-390. 183‘
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' 3333 1830 [he American House site was acquired from Leonard Case and his 3
333333 ' Sept. 22 wife by James Kellogg, a contractor and paper manufacturer, who
3 333: had. come that year from Northfield, Conn. Cuyahog