Patee House Lottery News Article St. Joseph Newspress April 1, 1945
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Patee House Lottery News Article St. Joseph Newspress April 1, 1945
There was never a breath of scandal when John Patee won his own lottery. His $140,000 hotel was raffled off 80 years ago.
In connection with the raffle a surprise tribute was paid a the honesty of Mr. Patee. Not a complaint was voiced that there was anything was wrong with the raffle.
Newspaper photo: Pattee house raffle ticket. This $2 lottery ticket on the Patee House for the April, 1865 lottery of that four-story hotel is owned by James E. Cox, president of the Sun Manufacture Company, which occupies the former hotel building now.
Newspaper photo: Raffle Prize...This is the former Patee House at Twelfth and Penn streets, which the owner and builder John Patee won back in the raffle conducted in 1865. The building now houses the Sun Manufacturing Company
Newspaper photo: Rear View of old Pateetown Landmark. The Sun Manufacturing Company building at Twelfth and Penn streets, formerly was the old Patee House. It was build in 1856-58 by Joan Patee,who furnished it as the second best hotel in the United States. In later years it was a girls school, sanitarium and overall factory.
