Richmond dispatch. [volume] (Richmond, Va.) 1884-1903, 1888-12-09

NtiF Htai fftti tVl 'AiNth lDi WV fh'i
Exchange IN New York, aud proving to be /
OF wroag Dimensions, we're rejected, ana 4
we're bought for the Exchange Bank. Ihey I
were brought ny ship 70 Rockets, ana 4
thence. VITA teams OF oxen square long (
were hau,ed 10 their present site. The hre /
Of the evacuation wac all around and ABOUT 4
them, but luckily they sustailed very niue (
! injury, and stand to-day, as they have STOOD
si0ee 1887, models OF work aud material
the OLD coLUmIAS.
/ The Columbian Hotel. (ike every hotel N /
I Richmond. with The exception of The spots I
wood aud American,) towards tic end Of the /
war frl into the hands OF The Coniederhe I
/ Government, or some department thereof /
/ ard finally persisted 10 the evacuation IRE. /
/ II was much pstronized by planters, ana /
many men doing business Ia that nelshboi-
hood took their dinners there. IL occupied |
! ne preseat O. ain ana Cation. Exchange /
corner, but ran farther up shockoe SAP To- /
/ wards ShOckOe warehouse. Prior 10 1890 /
/ the Columbian was operated by W. Spots /
I wood u. Crcnshaw. 10 lS59-'60 bis son. |
Mr.. Lewis y. CTenshsw, ere ted the Sp0is- !
wood Hotel on the site OF Tan.Bark llall, /
southeast corner Of Main aud Eighta Streets
TIE sPOrsWOOD.
THIS bouse having sheltered hosts
81 great men, Including General lee, /
jefferson Davis, and General Grant, /
after having escaped tbe evacuation /
tire, which burnt around and about snd /
! beyond il. fell d victim to FIRE IN the midst /
n Chtisimas festivities. and on the 25th day /
Of December. 1870, was totally DESTROYED /
with eight ~ Il. Inmates, rs sic 10 no" oc- I
/ cupied W PAGES block, wherein are me Oh
Gees OF The chesapeake sud Ohi0 Runway /
Company and the stores Of various enter
/ pIslLg merchants
G0DDiN's TAVERN.
Belopring 10 the l0ns.agO was G0ddln's
| Tavern fnow Iaunigsn's), that famous Old !
/ place on Brook avenue, where The great /
! gushing snring. flowing from mstbe basin,
| the splendid court aud cooling shade, ana /
! hOspitable proprietor standing under The /
| arch welcomed the traveller and made u a |
pleasant place for country and city people, !
/ and for barbccues and pic-nlcs.
II was bunlt about 800 by the older Martin |
/ Baker. and after his death Tor seVei al years |
/ Kas carried on hy Martin Baker. Jr., ana !
afterwards 10y Mr. William smone tue !
/ butcher. About 1853 the property was
purchased hv Csptan John GOddin. IA.
/ Their Of Wellington Goddn, who enlarged !
/ n and kent 70 for several years as Bac0ns /
! Onuier nronch Tavern. lie retirei from /
/ bofcI-kteping about 1850. Next t!e pro- /
/ perry was purchased by Bishop McGhl, who !
| established there tDc 81. Francis De sales In
/ Urinary, an institution that, under TIE care
/ OF sisters OF Mercy, did q great puhhc SER
/ vice, and, The war coming ON. Wa, ahie 20
/ furnish 10 many wounded and iOrlorn SOL
/ der the comforts Of nome.
| In the extensive grounds adjacent the Con-
/ feierlcv had iis depot Tor receiving aud fur
ni.hug bor-es aud mules for The army, ana
otcn there were acres aud acres covered by
I i..ts pf them cDTTF- LOOKING
aum1is. for bofse-ieed was scarce IN those
/ daFs. The property now belongs 10 MT.
/ Tnomss y. llannigan and is restored 10 old
/ time uses having bar, wagon-ysrd, lodg-
/ iDgrO0ni', &c.
AMERICAN.
or other hotels. the American, which oc-
| cunied The lot now covered by Levy Bro
| Tiers store and the FIRE and Marine In
| surancc Office. was one ~ The best II was
owned ly Mr.. Henry FXail, aud built in
/ lSfSand enlarged M 1853. When the war
broke o,i Colonel J. l.. Darlington was
| keeping d. Mr. A. J. Ford also Kept II
once II went down IN the FIRE Of the eNscua-
/ uOn.
F0Rp's HOTEL
ForG's Hotel succeeded The Powhaian
/ House: the Powhatln House succeeded
Mrs. Dnyal's boarding. house. known A. The
] NDNtNEalF iiiNIi't ANs +AAt !. Vi' NN' 'Nf'-fH'
| tally Quilt new house, which in appears
ance and comfort Is very good. II Is on one
Of the hest hotel sites IN Richmond.
Brackets Tavern. on Broad erect be-
tween Fret and second, was butt for BUSH
ness purposes and then turned into tavern,
and then turned back into lts original uses,
and so coutinued until q few years ago.
when IT gave way TO 2 spendid blocb OF re-
tail stores.
OTHERS STILL.
As Tor other hotels and layerns that for
time doomed INTO prominence and then van
ished into ob,curIty, their name IS Legion,
and f. would be as difficult IS useless to
cunmerate them; yet we except the follow
ing:
Richsrds's Tavern was on the north side OF
| Broad between Fifth aud Sixth streets, ard
being an unslghily old framed structure
was IN or about 1856 torn down 20 make way
FOR the present buildings. II once belonged
TO Beniamin Green.
The Iudian Queen was The name OF IA
nous house keps by Colonel GOpdtll, aud
later by Mr. Duval on The northeast corner
Of Twenty.third sud Nam streets; and the
present IT. Jane, bult by John A. BelN!n.
| ESQ, had a predecessor hall century ago IN
| the Virginia Inn. which. however. unlike
the ~. James, ifOuted Governor street. The
| Old swan Tavern must not be forgotten. IL
stood Oh Inc north side OF Broad between
! Fichth and Sinih streets and extended from
! Ninth more Than bali way up tue square. II
was 4 big establishment ia RS day. and be-
Meath it, roof many members OF the Legisla-
ture found homes during their stay here.
Only part OF rs original front Is now seen,
and many at its outiying buildings have
been either desiroyed or concealed from view
bY modem structures.
movements ia Favor OF Ru Up-rOwn
Rsotei.
The time has COW come when in the opin-
ion OF the community Richmond should
have hotel yet in the track Of The westward
growth OF the town.
Great fortunes have been spent here In
building hotels under bills, down hills, aud
where they ought not have been, and the con-
SEQUENCE - that few Of the houses Of the
long ago were projected with view to meet
the present eXireucy. Now the demand Is
for an uptOwn hotel that viii satisfy wealthy
tourists and invalid travellers. IL Is an age
when people of large means, or many OF
them, stay st home very little. 10 the sum-
mer they either 60 abr0ad TO visit their noble
KIN across the water OF repair 10 their seaside
| or mountain-tOp villas, and m The winter
Journey lelsurely southwark, keeping lust
u little ahead o. severe weather, until In the
|
fashionable winter resorts IN Florda
To catch Som0 OF this rich and luXursnt
class OF travel the Richmond people hsye
now resolved to buld new hotel sn up
town hotel. one after modern requirements;
not large, hut elegant; not 90 q noisy, dusty
business thorOughiare, TINT on fashionable
avenue. Two previous attempts In tins d.
recti0n have been made; 9th failed when
success was almost within reach. Now
movement is on iO0t--alrcady SO we'll backed
thsl failure Is not to he thought Of.
with the wealth in Richmond really the
money should have been easily raised WIKI.
ont public canvass, hut maoy OF our capt.
lsnsts are modest; they ws,t TO be assed.
We'll, they are going 70 Oc asked now Major
Norman V. Randolph. who is engineering
this end OF The enterprise. following up the
great work done by General Joseph K. An
derson, Lewis Ginier, Jobn +. Branch, anu
others. has appointed the following gentle
men to canvas the city and get subscriptions
10 SUNS OF SIPS aud upward. The hnsn-
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