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Showing posts with label Prohibition. Show all posts

Wednesday, March 18, 2009

A Little More Information About the Closure of the White Hotel

Please Visit the Historic Pelham Web SiteLocated at http://www.historicpelham.com/.Please Click Here for Index to All Blog Postings.Recently I provided a little information on the closure of the White Hotel in the late 19th century. See Thursday, March 12, 2009: The Reason the White Hotel Was Shut Down and Split from One Building Into Two Cottages. Today's posting to the Historic Pelham Blog

Thursday, March 12, 2009

The Reason the White Hotel was Shut Down and Split from One Building Into Two Cottages

Please Visit the Historic Pelham Web SiteLocated at http://www.historicpelham.com/.Please Click Here for Index to All Blog Postings.Two similar-looking buildings sit side-by-side at 303 Wolfs Lane and 307 Wolfs Lane. Their similarities are no coincidence. They once were part of the same building, the White Hotel.The White Hotel was a "hostelry" built in about 1870. By the late 1890s, New York

Thursday, February 7, 2008

Village Elections in Pelham in 1900 - New York Athletic Club Members Campaign Against the Prohibition Ticket in Pelham Manor

Please Visit the Historic Pelham Web SiteLocated at http://www.historicpelham.com/.Please Click Here for Index to All Blog Postings.The Village of Pelham Manor election of 1900 appears to have been "one of the liveliest contests" in Westchester County. The prohibition debate was raging. The President (i.e., Mayor) of Pelham Manor was Inventor E. T. Gilliland. He was running for reelection on