The Stark County Democrat. [volume] (Canton, Ohio) 1833-1912, 1902-05-27

n ANTOJ has had some veteran ho-
~ tel-keepers, among them George
Dewalt. William Hawk, ST., and sam
uel Slower, but probably none OF them
served longer in that capacity than
Frederick IIipp who died in Canton
ten years ago; few old citizens Will
remember Fred Hipp, as young lad
when he started as an errand boy
al Hawks Eagle hotel in Canton, and
al once showed faithfulness and abll-
ity in the business he had chosen. He
was for a while with Samuel Hawk,
as clerk of the American house, at
Massillon. After the death of William
Hawk, Sr., Mr.. Hipp returned to Can
ton and assisted in running the Eagle
or Hawk hotel in Canton, and after
that Fred Hipp was in charge OF the
American house in Wooster Tor some
time, probably about two years;
from there he went to Bolivar, Tus-
carawas county, where he erected a
new hotel as shown in our illustration,
today, and named the hotel the
American" which he run quite sue
cessfully for fourteen years, and es~
tablshed a reputation of keeping one
Of the hest hotels in the country, and
very often travelling salesmen and
others would make 1t an object TO
avoid larger towns than Bolivar so
that they might have the fine accom-
modations of Hipps American house
! in Bolivar.
| After having the American house in
Bolivar for fourteen years, Mr.. Hipp
returned to Canton and purchased the
| American house in this city, which at
that time was a large two-story frame
| building which stood on East Tusca-
rawas street where William Stuart
now has his furniture store; said ho-
tel had been kept for years before by
| Samuel Slower, John ID. Snider and
others, and when Mr.. Hipp got pos
session OF the hotel it lost none of its
good reputation, but rather grew III
favor with the travelling public. At
! ter a few years of prosperous 'busi-
ness Fred Hipp decided to build a
three-story brick building to take the
place of the two-story frame that had
stood so many years; this project Mr..
| Hipp carried through successfully
and built a fine three-story brick
building, that is likely to stand for
many years; although given up for
hotel purposes, 1t is well filled with
stores and other occupants, and 1t Is
one of the good substantial business
blocks on East Tuscarawas street in
| Canton.
After the rebuilding of the hotel and
for over twenty years Hipp's Ameri-
can hotel in Canton was known as one
of the best in northern Ohio. About
fifteen years ago, Mr. Heipp retired
from the business and resided with
his family at 235 North Walnut street,
and there died about eleven years ago.
His widow lived there until last winter,
| when she died; the children still own
the homestead and his daughter, Mrs.
A. r. Miller, is still living there.
Frederick Hipp was born in Ger
many in 1923 and came to the United
States when but little boy in 1880.
When the family first came to Ohio
they located at Zoar, and from there
Fred Hipp came to Canton and be-
gan his life work with William Hawk,
Sr At that time Mr.. Hawk kept the
Eagle hotel. which was three-story
brick building standing in the south
west corner Of Market and Tuscara-
was streets where the First National
bank Is now located: at that time