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Pickering Hotel ‘'ale I Is Being NegotiatedNogolicilions are underway today 01 tlie purcl 1 cisc of the Pickering loicl, lung a landmark in 'Canan-laigiui, ul Vj2 South Main St., By he Hole] SI 101i Corp., headed by \Irs. Ed no Coir -Sanders and her son, Louis J-;. Cole, formerly oper-EiloJ’5= of Ihc Hod Top Im\ at Kusl Bloomfield.J lie new owners contemplate many extensive imp rove men Is and modernization of llie hotel building when Hilt;y lake over. No uelual dale ha? been set for Ihc doling of the large real estate deal bn I. it is hoped that it will be accomplished early in December. The properly is being purchased from the Hotel Pickering Co-, inc., of which John Stoll is presideiiL.Mrs. Sanders and Mr. Colo have had extensive experience in Ihc operation ol restaurants and inns. Max Cohen of Cyrmiidiugua is the attorney handling transfer of the properly.The old PiUs Tavern was the original hostelry on this silo. In Hie two-story building, the second flour at one time housed the jail. This in no way interfered with lha revelry of Ihc hotel residents and gnosis on the floor below. In 1B27 it v.*as replaced with the Franklin House, a brick building which burned in Almost immediatelyafter this, construction of the Webster House was begun and the same structure still stands.The hotel got Its present historical name in 1946. It was lei ken from the council held by representatives of the U. S. government, headed by Col, Timothy Picketing and Indians of the Six Nations. The famous Pickering Treaty was signed in Canandaigua in 1794 as a result. of this meeting,• It has accommodations for '100g 13rats in ila G5 rooms- Today it also' houses Hie Greyhound . Bus tennmal and the night office of tbfi Western Union Telegraph Co.
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Canandaigua Daily Messenger
Canandaigua, New York, US
Wed, Nov 25, 1953
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