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Recalled By City Historian■*)viJL-J. *'' *b'tiPtirtSV---»»SrrinBAHI.Y HOTEl, OWNER — Joseph Masseth (center) owner uf the Masse Hi House In the Inlp isili Century fcs shown here wilh his family. At left is bis son, Charles; at right Is Mrs, Masse lh, ]n Iront are two dniiglit^rs, I.ulu lt;Ecffi pnd Ida May Mnsseth. His hotel was in Lhc bulldJng now occuplcd by the Elks Club on Ningara Street next to the firehouse. (Photo cuurlcsy of Mrs, Rarbara Spencer W'righU daughter of Ullli Masseth Spencer.)daughter was the firsL wlu'le hotel man. He was one of Eho child to be born in Canan- most prominent men in the daigua. In the history of Main village. He was tall and hands'I reel houses by the late Dr, some. He met every stage John H. Jewel I, he Idls about coach.Dr. Dungan, an early in those days the rich physician, singing evenings in planters of the' south came the tavern with Mrs. Sanborn north to see Niagara Falls, ard and (he SaUoustaU Rirls. Those they always stopped off with were happy days. ’‘Bill” Blossom. The story goer,The Blossom Hotel, the that one day as one of the predecessor of the Cnnnn- planters was unloading from dnigua Hotel, was built in L014. the stage coach, a blade boy U was taken over by William who was working in the hoteL (Bill'*) Blossom in 1R2L recognized him as his formermaster from whom he had run away. The boy made a hosty exit and was never seen again.People occasionally objected tn what they considered Blossom's high prices. A full course dinner was 25 cents, and Ihe rooms were a dollar a night. One of “Bill*1 Blossom'sHistory savs Ik? was Ihe idealJunior Academy To Have ConcertCanandaigua Junior Academy will sponsor a con* cert on Tuesday Parting at 8p.m. in tbe junior academy - greatest days was ;when ijcauditorium. There is no charge arrangedJthe banquet’ andfor admtssiun, ' program of speech-making byrerformtngwil] be the Junior prominent men, to honor theAcademy Concert Bond and Marquis de LaKayette on theWind Ensemble, both under the ™Bht of Ju™ z, 1825 when thedirection of L B. Phillips. Mark Marquis visited CanandaiguaBradley will conduct the Jnnior «n his tour of the United Stales.Academy Orchestra, and Mrs, Canandaigua was then only 36Maruot Baum will lead her y®Ofs old. _Mr. Blossom attended Ihe First Congregational Church. Afier he retired he lived in the house on North Main Street, now occupied by Mrs. Henrietta Ranncy Smilb. He is buried in llie Pioneer Cecneterv.A bolef called the Pitts Hotel Oil the wcsl side of South Main Struct, was nlso tlie jail. It was succeeded by the Franklin House on the same location. It was noled for Its unusual lunging sign.Then followed on the same spot, Uie Webster House which this generation remembers. One of its first proprietors was Sir. Chamberlain, who lived on tlic West !ake Road in the house now occupied by the Canandaigua Yacht Club. TheWebster House later was called the Pickcring Hotel. II burned in 19(7/.Older residents wall remember an old wreck at a building that stood on South Main Street, close to the sidewalk between Foster Street and Phelps Street, called Ihe Foster building. It had been a irate] built by Captain Marlin Dudley in 1796. it had a dance hall uu live top (lour where the young people used to go for their square dances. That was about the only public pJace where the young people had fun. After the signing of the Pickering Treaty in 17H, the people were relieved of their tear of Ihe Indians, felt more relaxed, and had more fun among themselves. The Foster building was burned down in 1911.Asuthcr old hotel was the Washington Hotel built in 1B14 ncxL to the Ontario County Jail on Ontario Street. U was run by “Honey Lincoln.The Tracey House on the east side of Soulfi .Main Street next to the Davidson Shoe Store was run by a man named Elisha Gulick, a lover and owner of fast racc horses that were stabled nn Mill Street. James Cummings walked a tight r-ope 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.Another old time hotel is the Lake Breeze Hotel at the foot of South Main Street. When it was built in the lasL century it was known as the Southern Ret real. Tkiis is one of the few’ old hotels still in existence.Tlve Bates Tavern which stood on the corner of Perry Place and North Main Street, was a stagccoach stop. 11 was built in 1791 by Phineas Bales ond in now a residence at the end of Perry Place.The Ontario House was torn down when Lhe building used as the Masonic Temple was erected, It was a low wooden slmelure.V.3r*3crtT•00xoi0VHf |w**2TOV5tft21nnsi33D-03i—-CTQ C WJ*0PTOftc/iJohn W. 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Canandaigua Daily Messenger
Canandaigua, New York, US
Fri, Nov 28, 1975
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