Patricia, Short answer, no. But.... Are you talking about the Village Square Colonial Apartments, on the northwest corner of the square? Or the Hotel Mt. Vernon which once sat on the north side of the square where the tire store is now? The first was built in the early-mid 1880's. Bits about it can found in the local newspapers. The latter was built in 1889 and destroyed by fire in 1909. There is rather more about it in the newspapers. There was a restaurant with the hotel. some space was used by other businesses. Pool hall, too! It was managed by different parties almost yearly and was probably never much of a money maker for the group of original investors. We have a photo of it under construction and another of the rear around 1900. A third shows a portion of the roof in the winter of 1889-90. This one shows all of downtown Mt. Vernon shot from the roof of the Presbyterian Church, looking to the north, up Main Street. Re Deb Rowe's question on the Haley House. I don't know if George Haley had anything to do with the hotel on the northwest corner of the square. I do know he had a hotel on South Hickory Street as far back as 1867. It was call the "Haley House." In an ad in the Spring River Fountain it is located as "House on Cassville Street, Geo. Haley, Prop." I believe Cassville Street is the modern Hickory Street. There is precedence for this. Center Street was once called Springfield Street. I think, way back when, a main street leading away from the center of a town was often named for the next large town/county seat it encountered. Just pointing the way. The route wasn't a straight shot. There is a Mt. Vernon Street in Springfield and one in Stotts City, too. What is your interest? Let me know if yu want more specifics. Gary Daughtrey LCHS 1st VP ----- Original Message ----- From: <Roulx@aol.com> To: <molawren@rootsweb.com> Sent: Wednesday, June 06, 2007 8:54 PM Subject: [MOLAWREN] Mt. Vernon Hotel > Does anyone have a fairly complete history of the Mt. Vernon > Hotel....various owners and dates, restaurant(??) etc.? > > Patricia > > > > ************************************** See what's free at > http://www.aol.com. > > ------------------------------- > To unsubscribe from the list, please send an email to > MOLAWREN-request@rootsweb.com with the word 'unsubscribe' without the > quotes in the subject and the body of the message > > > > -- > No virus found in this incoming message. > Checked by AVG Free Edition. > Version: 7.5.472 / Virus Database: 269.8.7/830 - Release Date: 6/3/2007 > 12:47 PM > >