American House

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American House

1876

01 05 A. D. Hitchkock, proprietor of the American House, will formally open the house next Friday evening with a Social Party. WR

1889

11 08 Mr. Michael Owens died at the home of his son in Eau Claire on Friday of last week. He formerly lived in Watertown and was one of the best known and most highly respected pioneers of that place. He was for many years the proprietor of the American House, now owned and run by Mr. Christopher Smith. The news of Mr. Owens death is sad to many of the old settlers of Watertown, who knew him in the prime of life. Juneau Tel

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Christopher Smith, 1909, 216 W Main, saloon

1909

05 21 Sold by Spear to Merriman; leased by William Cooper WG

10 08 New Hotel Proprietor: Joseph Blouin of Fall River, Maas., has purchased the hotel furniture and good will of the American House of William Cooper and has taken possession of the same. He is a brother-in-law of J. T. Heon, proprietor of the Northwestern Hotel, and comes to our city well recommended as a hotel man and good citizen. WG

1911

05 25 Robbed A Blind Man

Friday evening a blind man arrived in this city from Richland Center and put up at the American House. He was met by a man at the hotel who pretended to know him, and they went to a room together. Shortly after the stranger left the hotel, saying the blind man was asleep and that he would return later for lodging. The stranger did not return and when the blind man awoke he found that he had been robbed of $30 in cash, a certificate of deposit on a Richland Center bank and a new overcoat. The fellow who is accused of the robbery was only a short time in the city and expected to go to work Saturday digging gas trenches here. WG

1913 118-120 Water, Boarding House

1915

11 11 J. D. Casey is breaking ground for a new automobile garage on his property in Water Street, north of the site formerly occupied by the American House. The building will be fireproof, one story, and will have a frontage of 80 feet and a depth of 60 feet. Mr. Casey has the local agency for Maxwell automobiles and other cars. WG