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The old Pitts Tavern was the original hostelry on this site. A two-story building, the second floor at one time housed the jail. This in no way interfered with the revelry of hotel residents and guests on the floor below. In 1827 it was replaced with the Franklin House, a brick building which burned in 1861. Almost immediatelyafter this, constructon of the Webster House was begunwhich still stands.*****/A*1*$ In1j -*Mkmm-wt mh/'A,, ,vit,yv * ■ ■ lt;y *Though the hotel has passed through the hands of a*numberov/ners, Mr.Brown, who leased itin 1946, is the first to bestow a historical name on the building. Now known as the Hotel Pickering, it takes its name from the council held by representatives ofthe United States Government, headed by Col. Timothy Pickering, and Indians of the Six Nations. The famous Pickering Peace Treaty was signed in Canandaigua in 1794 as a result of this meeting.*Today the Hotel has sixty-five beautifully decorated and furnished rooms each provided with a private radio, adequate accommodations for one hundred guest a- It also has a well-equipped soda fountain and luncheonette; the Lobby Shop which dispenses remedies and cosmtics, candy and smoking supplies; and a nicely appointed tap room. It houses the Greyhound Terminal, and Western Union Office. For the convenience of guests and patrons, there are four public phone booths, locker boxes for parcels and modern rest rooms.PHONE4; * *•• * ♦ lt; *#• *• v % . • • iA• . .« .w,*SOUTH MAIN STREETCANANDAIGUA, N. Y.
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Canandaigua Daily Messenger
Canandaigua, New York, US
Tue, Dec 09, 1947
Page 47
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