Thank you very much. Fred > > From: "George F. Nagle" <[email protected]> > Date: 2004/04/25 Sun PM 07:29:19 EDT > To: [email protected] > Subject: RE: [PADAUPHI] White Hall Hotel > > My 1887 edition of Boyd's Harrisburg and Steelton Directory has the > following listing: > "WHITE HALL HOTEL, S. L. Crall, 217 Market" > > To help locate it, the address of the Dauphin Deposit Bank was 213 Market, > so this building was two "doors" to the east on the same side of the street, > or about one half block from the outdoor market stalls which were in the > square at Second and Market. The hotel was apparently a Crall family > business, as it was listed as managed by S(imon)L. Crall, and three other > Cralls worked and lived there: Eugene A., Jacob C. and Oscar O. > > In 1894 there is a listing for the Commercial Hotel, run by Emilio Russ, at > this address. Augustus Russ was bartender here. No Cralls are listed in > the Harrisburg Directory in 1897, begging the question: where did they go? > The Russ family, however, was definitely in the hotel business. In 1894 we > find listings for the Hotel Columbus (229-233 Walnut) managed by Alexander > Russ and owned by Narcissus Russ, the Grand Hotel (314 Market) run by Lewis > Russ, and the Hotel Russ (423 Market) owned by Patrick Russ. > > By 1897 the Commerical Hotel has been renamed the Hotel Arnold, run by > Martin L. Arnold. > > The last Directory I own, 1919, lists 217 Market as the Hotel Carlton, run > by J. William Rodenhaver. > > George F. Nagle > Editor, Afrolumens Project > http://www.afrolumens.org/ > > > -----Original Message----- > From: [email protected] > [mailto:[email protected]] > Sent: Sunday, April 25, 2004 3:20 PM > To: [email protected] > Subject: [PADAUPHI] White Hall Hotel > > > Hello Friends, > > The 1887-90 city directory for Hgb. should show the White Hall Hotel. > Can anybody tell me its address? Was it on lower market near the farmers > market? Thank you very much, Fred > > > ==== PADAUPHI Mailing List ==== > To unsubscribe first check and see if you are getting list or digest mode > then e-mail [email protected] or > [email protected] with unsubscribe in message. > > > > > > ==== PADAUPHI Mailing List ==== > DAUPHIN COUNTY PA GEN-WEB site > http://www.maley.net/dauphin/ > >