Name/Title
Powhatan HotelEntry/Object ID
IMG3314Description
Powhatan Hotel. Artist was Wright, Philadelphia. Glued to cardstock. The Powhatan Hotel was built in 1892 on the lot where the old Jefferson Memorial Hospital was located on 3rd Avenue in Ranson. It later became the Powhatan College for Young Women and then St. Hilda's Hall, a school for girls.
Hotel Powhatan was also known as Wormley's Inn, after its proprietor, James T. Wormley, son of James Wormley, a prominent African American hotelier in Washington, D.C..Acquisition
Accession
602Source or Donor
Moore, Garland H., III from estate of Garland H. Moore, Jr.Acquisition Method
GiftMade/Created
Place
* Untyped Place
Powhatan HotelNotes
Date: 1900 circa