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Early Canandaigua Hotels Recalled By City HistorianWebster House later was culled g the Pickering Hold, 11 burned v? in 19GV. 2Older residents will g. remember an old wreck dam building that stood on South Main Slrecl, dose to the oo sidewalk between Foster Street ^ ami Phelps Street, called ite Foster buikling. It hod been a 01 iwlel built by Captain Marlin | Dudley in 1796. II had a dance ^ hall on live top flour where the co young people used to go for ~ their square dances. That was ' about the only public place £ where the young people had v fun. After the signing of the g Pickering Treaty in 179-1, I be s people were relicvod of their tear of the Indians, fell more n relaxed, and had more fun q among Lbemsclves. The Fester w building was hurried down in gWIL gAswther old hotel was the g-Washington Hold built in 1B14 ^ ncxL to the Ontario County Jail c on Ontario Street. U was run by P “Honev Lincoln. yThe Tracey House rxi the east side of Soutfi Mo in Street next to the Davidson Shoe Store was | run by a man named Elisha ^ Gulick, a lover and owner of w fast race horses that were to stabled nn Mill Street. James J, Cummings walked a tight rope across Main Street from the top floor of the Tracey House to the top floor of the Webster when lie was 14 years of age.And lie r old time botd is the Lake Breeze Hole! at the foot of South Main Street, When it was built in the. Iasi century it was known as the Southern Ret real. This is one of the few old hotels still in existence.Tlvc Bales Tavern which stood on the corner of Perry Place and North Main Streel, was a stagecoach slop. 11 whs built in 1791 by Phirveas Bales ond is now a residence at the end of Perry Place.The Ontario House was lorn down when Lhe building used r«s , the Masonic Temple was erected. It was a low wooden ; slmclurc.third Largest hotel in town. It «*• was three stories high. The VU veranda' In front was two fS stories high. On the second fcti floor were two suites and 10 |©sleeping rooms. On the third floor were 19 sleeping rooms. *■: The office and dining room were on the first floor. * :Mr. and Mts. Masseth's •' family will be remembered by tty older generation. Their son * ./ Caarles Masselb became a dentist. A daughter, Lulu /Masse th, married Melvin Spencer, and their daughter .Mrs. Barbara Spencer Wright, la associated with The Daily Messenger. Mr. and Mrs. Mnsseth had another daughter,Ida May.Tte Musseth House was sold to Mr. Thomas Flynn about 190B, and the name was changed to the Imperial Hotel. Loler on, it was sold to the Elks Club which still owns it.Throughout the years, there have been many taverns and hotels In Canandaigua. The largest was the Canandaigua Hotel. The next lTgest was the Webster House and the Ihird largest was, as mentioned, the Masseth House. Space will not . permit me to tell abewt all the taverns and hotels in Canandaigua. IThe first lug tavern svas built j and operated by Joseph Smith t‘ in 17B8, and located on land at tte font nf the lake. He was preparing to receive the *earliest pioneers. He was there but a short time. hAnother of the earliest j-taverns was built and con- -•ducted by Mr. and Mrs. .Nathaniel Sanborn in 1790 where the post office is today. Their tavern was known far and wide. Colonel Timothy Pickering stayed there while he i guided the Pickering Treaty i Council held across the street on the courthouse square, cTurner, in his history, no mes cthe famous people who stopped cI at the Sanborn Tavern while ^ j passing through Kanandargue, * I The list reads like a history of -I I be United Stales at that period, tI Mrs. Sanborn lived to be very !I elderly. She furnished much ij information on early Canan- ■I daigua to historians. Her 1 1 Spelling BeeI WinnersI Four teams competed in a 1 spelling contest at Canan- ’ I daigua Junior Academy 1 Tuesday witli the following 1 results:I Seventh Grade — first,I Elizabeth Yates, Team L;I second, Jim Lahue, Team L;I 'tlurd;\J^nifer Bottorf, Team I L; and fourth, Eric Frarey.I Team Y. Team L won teamI honors,I Eighth Grade — first, Katy I O'Hanlon, Team B; second,I Andrea VanTrOCet, Team B;I Uiird, Sandy Uhlcn, Team K;I fourth, Anna Nilson, Team K.By HERBERT J, ELLISCity HistorianIn the year 1875, -JosephMasseth came to Canandaigua looking foe a site to erect a hotel. After looking diligently for some time, he decided on a location on Railroad Avenue I Niagara Street) next to where the firehouse now stands. His thought was, that being dose to the railroad station, nls hotel would attract much of the passenger traffic that came in on1-the trains.In those early days there •wore three railroad lines coming into Canandaigua: the New York Central, the North* ern Central (a branch of the Pennsylvania Railroad) and the Batavia branch, commonly called the Peanut. A freight train cr a passenger train came into Canandaigua every hour of the day. The station, comprising the ticket office, waiting room, and other facilities, was in the basement of the Canandaigua Hotel.The Massuth Hotel was theFDR THOSE OF you with gowl eyetIgHt. the sign on lhe fciUdiigsays Imperial. It’s now known as the Elks Lodge, but It was one of Canandaigua's major hotels in the late 180te and early 1900s. It was also known as the Masteth House. 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Canandaigua Daily Messenger
Canandaigua, New York, US
Fri, Nov 28, 1975
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