League of American Wheelmen tour from New York City to Staunton, Virginia with a stop in Lancaster. Seen here in front of the Stevens House Hotel. Digital image only.
Stevens House Hotel - opened November 19, 1874 as New Hotel. Christopher Hager moved to get place for traveling salesmen to stay in downtown Lancaster. He sponsored a public stock sale and name of hotel to be person responsible for most stock sales. There was a dry goods merchant at 21 E. King Street - Hoar & McNabb (c. 1872 to 1898) - was Joseph Hoar, and when stockholder voted they voted to call it after Thaddeus Stevens. In 1917 Ralph Alexander bought out participants and subsequently inherited by his daughter, Mabel Alexander Shoemaker. Torn down for apartment house during winter of 1963 - 1964.
The Stevens House was built in 1874 as a community project. It was one of the first projects undertaken by the Lancaster Board of Trade, which played a major role in raising funds for the construction. The building was torn
