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The following list of names for this building until it was destroyed by fire March 28, 1934 was: | The following list of names for this building until it was destroyed by fire March 28, 1934 was: | ||
− | Liberty Hotel | + | * Liberty Hotel |
− | Easley House | + | * Easley House |
− | Porter Hotel | + | * Porter Hotel |
− | Bloomfield Hotel | + | * Bloomfield Hotel |
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File:hotel bloomfield aka Old Easley House.jpg|Undated - Photograph of the Hotel Bloomfield, also known as the Old Easley House. | File:hotel bloomfield aka Old Easley House.jpg|Undated - Photograph of the Hotel Bloomfield, also known as the Old Easley House. |
Revision as of 14:51, 12 March 2020
The history of Old Easley House as recorded by Old Canal Days Museum, C.E. Gainey:
Old Easley Hotel--Built in 1840
Destroyed by Fire--March 28, 1934 at 4pm
The old Liberty Hotel built in 1840 was originally constructed as a storage of grain for canal shipment, then later remodeled for use as a hotel by Mr. Easley and was known as the Easley House for many years.
The old building was constructed of 12"x12" oak timbers with cross beams 50' long, which was cut out of the nearby forests. President Garfield as a boy drove mules on the Ohio-Erie Canal which passed directly beneath its massive portals and he must have hung out at the Easley House at some time. President Wm. McKinley stayed overnight here while campaigning for the presidency in 1896. In later years this building was purchased by Ed and Al Nichter, the third floor was removed and a new roof built thereon, the upstairs was remodeled into several modern apartments. The lower or first floor where the saloon once flourished was rented to John Goshorn for theatre and school furnishing display. The other room on the West side of the building was rented to Miss Williams for a Beauty Parlor.
The following list of names for this building until it was destroyed by fire March 28, 1934 was:
- Liberty Hotel
- Easley House
- Porter Hotel
- Bloomfield Hotel