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Predecessor Of Webster HouseBurnedDownlnl860,By HERBERT J. ELLIS, City Historian !The Webster House, fire o fesv nights ago was the second hotel five on that site. Tts immediate predecessor, the Franklin House was burned down in March I860,There have been three hotels Oil that site. The first hotel, called the Pitts Hotel, was a combination jail and hotel It was built in the early years of the last century. The jail was an the second floor at the front of the building. The windows of the jail were not too far above fhc street, so it was possible for the inmates to converse with their J friends on the street.In those days people were J jailed fur not paying Lheir bills,. and those put in jail were mostly of that kind. (I believe that the ? merchants would approve of5 such a law today!)The Pitts Hotel was replaced . by a new brick building in 18276 by the local banker, Thomas I Beals, . It was named the Frank-a lin House, and was destroyed byfire in 18G0. The Franklin House was noted for its grand bar, and was the meeting place for the•*l Today'sr.• Almanacay By United Press International Today is Tuesday, Feb. 7 the •- 38th day of 1907 with 327 to h follow,\ The moon is' in its last quarter,•® The morning stars are Jupitern jdandies of the village.The Franklin House /was' in jkeen competition with the Blossom Hotel,' which stood where the Canandaigua Inn stands, and was also destroyed by fire. Immediately after the ruins □f the Franklin House were cl eared1 a way, a new hotel was erected the Webster House, the one which burned the other night. This hotel was thought to be die last woivd in construction. It maintained.its popularity for many years. At one time it provided a 3ms service to meet the . trains, tine of the early people* tors was F.O, Chamberlain, a a public - spirited citizens whose home was where the Yacht Clubi-Id.The history of the hotels in Canandaigua is very interesting. Probably one of the most colorful hotels oF more recent times, was the Tracey House, located where the vacant store is now next to the Davidson Shoe Store, It was conducted by a Mr. Cu-lick, whose family, I believed, originated in Gulick in 'the Bris* tol Hills. The hotel was the meet ing place oF the sporting crowd. Mr. Gulick owned a stable of fast race horses, and stabled them on Mill Street.In last week's Sunday Democrat and Chronicle, Arch Mer-till wrote that a traveler ly the name of William Darby passed through Canandaigua 150 years ago and found 14 taverns.At the turn of the century there were 20 hotels, restaurants and bars by actual count in Can-; andaigua.
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Canandaigua Daily Messenger
Canandaigua, New York, US
Tue, Feb 07, 1967
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