How the Site Was Bought
E Z Wallower describes securing an option on the Harrisburg Penn Harris site for a grand hotel. He outlines location advantages near Capitol Park, the Post Office, Walnut Street, and railroad stations. Stackpole and Henderson Gilbert secured the option after negotiations with Hampton Largon and attorney General Carson, delivering a historic achievement for the Weightman estate.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
E. Z. Wallower
Harrisburg
Susquehanna
Llouse Corner
Capitol Park
Walnut Street
B. J. Stackpoe
Henderson Gilbert
Philadelphia
Front and Market
Commonwealth Hotel
Third
Locust
Desideratum
Hampton L. ‘Argon
Carson
Weightman
Penn-Harris
Ir. Stackpole
Obez
Wallower
All Roads Lead to Harrisburg Penn Harris Hotel Opening
Travelers along the William Penn Highway hailed new and planned hotels in Reading Johnstown and Harrisburg as it expands highway improvements. The Penn Harris Hotel in Harrisburg promises to attract Lincoln Highway traffic and position Harrisburg as a regional tourist and market center with better east west routes and feeder roads under state plans.
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M. H. James
William Penn Highway Association
Associated Highways Organization of Pennsylvania Ravelers
Pennsylvania
Berkshire
Reading
Fort Stanwix
Johnstown
Penn-Harris
Harrisburg
William Penn
Philadelphia
Lancaster
Gettysburg
Chambersburg
Lincoln Highway
Pittsburgh
New Jersey
Easton
New York
Allentown
State Highway Department
Dauphin
Lebanon
Berks
Millerstown
Ebensburg
Cambria County
Lewistown
Belleville
Huntingdon
Hollidaysburg
Cresson
Blairsville
Greensburg
Sproul
Erie
Warren
Elmira
Binghamton
Boston
York
Baltimore
Runaburg
Commonwealth
Frank C Lewin Built The Penn Harris Hotel In Harrisburg
Frank C Lewin outlines the Penn Harris project's challenges during wartime in the Telegraph. From blasting shale to water-filled foundations and embargoes, the build faced shortages, cold winters, and labor limits. Yet by steady effort the hotel rose, praised as the region’s finest and a credit to Harrisburg.
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Frank C. Lewin
Penn- Harris
Telegraph
Penn-Harris
Coal Administration
Coul
W. L. Stoddart a Big Figure in Building World
William Leo Stoddart emerges as a leading planner in hotel design with plans for a new hostelry in Harrisburg. The interview explores decades of experience and the Penn Harris style, hinting at a grand project and the local fascination with architectural innovation.
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W. L. Stoddart
Penn-Harriss
Harrisbure
Dom Paul Kruger
Transvaal
Telegraph
William Leo Stoddart
Penn-Harris
Stoddart
Adam
Penn Harris opens to public with big opening dinner
The Penn Harris Hotel opens tonight with a public inspection tomorrow and a celebratory dinner at seven. Manager Wiggins reports high demand with 175 legislators seeking rooms and hints at expansion along Walnut Street if demand remains strong.
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Wiggins
Penn-Harris
Penn- Harris
Walnut Street
Harrisburg
Penn-Harris Company
E. Z Wallower
Martin G. Brumbaugh
D. L. Keister
Frank A. Dudley
United Hotels Company
George 8. Reinoehl
Chamber of Commerce
Recent Work of W. L. Stoddart Architect of the New Penn Harris Hotel
A compact survey of W. L. Stoddart’s projects while with George B. Post & Sons. Listed are office and bank buildings in Evansville Augusta Atlanta Perth Amboy Cleveland Little Falls Schenectady and New York projects including the Empire Life Building and Prudential Newark. Describes totals and roles as chief superintendent over a decade.
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W. L. Stoddart
Penn-Harris Hotel
Citizens National Bank
Evansville
Ind
Empire Life
Augusta
Chronicle
Connally
Atlanta, Gay
Forth Amboy Trust Company
Perth Amboy
N. J
Prudential
Newark
New York Stock Exchange
New York
Williamson
Cleveland
Ohio
St. Paul
Hawes the Resident Hotel Architect Relives Harrisburg Work
Ralph Hawes, resident architect, recalls staying in Harrisburg to finish the Penn Harris building. He credits overcoming construction difficulties and finishing the project with high character work. Hawes outlines his career from Ridgefield Conn to New York projects and war service.
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Susquehanna
Ralph KE. Hawes
Harrisburg
Ridgefield
Conn
Twenty-second National Guard of
New York
Asell
Civic Club Welcomes Meeting of Women’s Clubs in Harrisburg
Mrs William Henderson announces Harrisburg will host the Federation of Women's Clubs annual gathering. She notes previous hotel and meeting room issues kept Reading and other cities from hosting, and praises Harrisburg's new facilities and homey atmosphere for traveling women and civic activity.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Penn-Harris
Civic Club
William Henderson
Reading
Harrisburg
Civico Club
Harrisburg Hotel Deal Signals Confidence in City
The Harrisburg Hotel Company plans the Penn Harris project after raising 1.3 million with strong local backing. The Penn Harris Hotel Company, operated by United Hotels Company, will lease the hotel and pay earnings to Harrisburg’s investors, with a 4 percent minimum and 7 percent maximum returns, plus a 49 percent share of net earnings.
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Harrisburg Hotel Company
Penn-Harris Hotel Company
United Hotels Company
Ten Eyck
Albany
Seneca
Rochester
N. Y
Onondaga
Syracuse
Jefferson
Peoria
Utica
Portage
Akron
Ohio
Harrisburg
Steam Shovel Mystery Delights Penn Harris Club Members
In a humorous scene at Third and Walnut, the Sons of Rest debate whether the steam shovel remains in the Penn Harris Hotel cellar. John Newton and others clash over whether it has been brought out, while Warwick M. Ogelsby hands out banquet tickets as discussion shifts to dinner plans and exotic dishes.
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Sons of Rest
Famous Order
Third and
Walnut Streets
Third
Penn-Harris
John Newton
Market Street
Newton
Tim
Edmund James
Camp Hill
Arthur Newbold
Newbold
Sons of Host
Lewin firm completes Penn Harris despite WWI difficulties
The Lewin company with offices in Washington and Chicago built the Penn Harris Hotel in 1917, finishing it despite war shortages. Three thousand loads of material and peak crew of 800 marked the project. Credit was given to Superintendents Shortes and Johnson and foremen Almquist Bartel and Crollg for timely completion.
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New York
Chicago
Arrisburg
Harrisburg
Chamber of Commerce
Frank ©. Lewin
North Third Street
Twelfth Street
N. W
Washington
Peoples’ Gas
Chi
Penn-Harris
L. BE. Shortes
J. Johnson
Gus Almquist
Harry Bartel
H. 8. Gilbert
John Crollg
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IIT
Schenectady County Court House
G, Siegle
Schenectady County
Hodgman Rubber Co
Mica Insulator Co
Mfg
Cavanagh Loft and Mfg
Vitagraph Company of America
Hodgman Pe Co
SRU Es Secevict Oes
Buile
Rosebank
Schenectady
Tuckahoe
Brooklyn
N.Y
Tenafly
Hackensack
Ware
Greensboro
N. C
Farragut
Knoxville
Tenn
San Carlos
Pensacola
Pla
Savannah
Atlanta
Macon
Dempsey
Ponce de Leon Apts
Winecott
Birmingham
Ala
Hawes
Singer
Bossert Hotel
St. Joseph's Orphan Asylum
Meadow Brook Hunt Club
Long Island
University of Florida Agricultural College
Bridge
Shore Road
First Avenue
Lady of Presentation
George Crocker
Hoboken
Herbert J. Pratt
Ramsey
Mr. Hawes
EK. Z. Wallower
William T. Hildrup Jr
Warwick M. Ogelsby
Edward Hailey
J. William Bowman
Edwin
Herman
William Jennings
E. J. Stackpole
A. C. Stamm
David E. Tracy
F. Z. Wallower
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