Berwick Hotel
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The Berwick Hotel is located on the northeast corner of Wheeling Avenue and Sixth Street and was built in 1887 for Colonel
Joseph D. Taylor
in the Second Empire style. The building was placed on the National Register
on 1983-03-29.
on the other side of town. The old house was torn down to make room for the larger structure covering the entire lot. Taylor chose the name Berwick from his brides hometown of North Berwick, Maine
. The hotel opened to much celebration on 1887-08-16.
The hotel was partially burned down in the fire of 1891 that wiped out much of the northern side of Wheeling Avenue. Taylor rebuilt the hotel which reopened in 1894 under the supervision of J.P. Murdough. When fire wiped out much of the block again in 1895 the hotel was spared due to a fire wall built on its east side. The hotel was leased to Charles Mast and H.V. Atkinson around the same time and remained as supervisors until the 1930s, when the hotel opened as apartments. The hotel has continued to serve this function to this date.
Colonel (United States)
In the United States Army, Air Force, and Marine Corps, colonel is a senior field grade military officer rank just above the rank of lieutenant colonel and just below the rank of brigadier general...
Joseph D. Taylor
Joseph D. Taylor
Joseph Danner Taylor was a U.S. Representative from Ohio.-Biography:Joseph D. Taylor was born in Goshen Township, in Clermont County, Ohio...
in the Second Empire style. The building was placed on the National Register
National Register of Historic Places
The National Register of Historic Places is the United States government's official list of districts, sites, buildings, structures, and objects deemed worthy of preservation...
on 1983-03-29.
History
The property where the Berwick Hotel was built was bought by Joseph Taylor in 1866. He built his house on the site until the 1880s when he moved into his Queen Anne style houseColonel Joseph Taylor House
The Colonel Joseph Taylor House is located at 633 Upland Road in Cambridge, Ohio. The house was listed in the National Register on 2008-08-29.The house was built by Samuel Hannaford for Colonel Joseph Danner Taylor, an influential 19th century educator, attorney, business leader, and politician. Col...
on the other side of town. The old house was torn down to make room for the larger structure covering the entire lot. Taylor chose the name Berwick from his brides hometown of North Berwick, Maine
Maine
Maine is a state in the New England region of the northeastern United States, bordered by the Atlantic Ocean to the east and south, New Hampshire to the west, and the Canadian provinces of Quebec to the northwest and New Brunswick to the northeast. Maine is both the northernmost and easternmost...
. The hotel opened to much celebration on 1887-08-16.
The hotel was partially burned down in the fire of 1891 that wiped out much of the northern side of Wheeling Avenue. Taylor rebuilt the hotel which reopened in 1894 under the supervision of J.P. Murdough. When fire wiped out much of the block again in 1895 the hotel was spared due to a fire wall built on its east side. The hotel was leased to Charles Mast and H.V. Atkinson around the same time and remained as supervisors until the 1930s, when the hotel opened as apartments. The hotel has continued to serve this function to this date.
Further reading
- Kerrigan, William; Images of America: Cambridge; Arcadia Publishing; Chicago, Illinois; 2006 ISBN 0-7385-4001-3