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Two pages of typed facts and summaries on discolored non archieval paper. The papers include history of some of the early Hotels of Waupun. Typed and hand written corrections would indicate possibily that this is a first draft of someone's report/research.
HOTELS.
Wilcox House
1845 - J. F. Ackerman built a hotel
Seymour Wilcox built the Exchange
1847 - Rufus Dunlap built the Dunlap Hotel.
1848 - Calvin Carrington built the Carrington House (Boston Houses)
1871 - Carrington House called Shipman House was burned.
Kimball House fitted up after Shipman House fire.
1868 - Western House - S. C. Hills, prop.
1876 directory -
Gasthaus - C. Hanisch (Commercial)
Exchange - A. Spannagel
Western House - Hills
Robbins House - James Robbins Wn. e of Mad.
Simpson House - Mrs. M. A. Simpson Wn. e. of R.R.
New York House Milwaukee House
Ohio House
1892 - National
Blaisdell House. Blaisdell ran the Brunswick House.
New York House -
Milwaukee House -
*Hand written note: 1886 - Reynolds House - Later Blaisdell House*
Community Auction Sales - 1925
Waupun Driving Park Association - 1887. Pres. M. Heath,
Sec. H. Markle
Reorganized - 1892 - Pres. D. P. Doty; Sec. E. D. Doney
These two bought up most of the stock.
Reminiscence about hotels by LL. Young.
SIMPSON HOUSE - Mrs. M. A. Simpson. Two buildings on north side of Main St. East of the railroad.
Mr. Ernest Stevens - "In the early days -'40's to '80's, Horicon Lake or Marsh was a mecca for hunters as-game was abundant. Many sportsmen came from Chicago. There was a hotel for their Accommodation at the settlement of Chester (East Waupun). It was built by Mr. McEwan, grandfather of Hugh McEwan in the 70,s at the cost of $5,204.There were more than fifteen rooms, a nice dining-room and a bar-room. Michael Hall bought it from Mr, McEwan for $2500.
George Wilcox - "On June 1, 1845 (opening of the Exchange Hotel)
"June 1, 1845 - four feet of snow. Soon melted by rain. Dance that night in the Hotel. 100 couples. People came from Green Bay, Fond du Lac, Madison and Milwaukee. Some of the teams were taken to Ackerman's barn. The swale by Althouse's shops was so full of water that it was necessary to swim the horses across."
Louis Spanagel - reported that his father, August Spanagel, who had first first come to Waupun in 1847 but went into the country for a number of years during the time of the "Nigger" war
He returned about 1863 and took over the Exchange Hotel. Louis recalled that as a boy he crawled in around the chimney to put out a fire. The Exchange Hotel, which at a later time was called the City Hotel, had 25 rooms, five rooms having two beds each. It was heated by a long stove which could take six pieces of cord wood at once. The cooking stove had eight griddles, and a long pipe, in the straight part of which there was a large drum used for baking. Louis Spanagel remembered watching the Boston House, or the Shipman house, as it had been named by its proprietor, burn down in 1871.
* Typed as document was written.Acquisition
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2016.0083Source or Donor
Waupun Historical SocietyAcquisition Method
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