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This 1890s Photo shows the Hotel French with two stories. Note that
later it had three stories as one was added between the second story and
the roof.
The building now known as the Hotel French was originally
a private residence. When first used for hotel purposes it was known as
the Fuller House. It has had many landlords. In December, 1896, the property
was purchased by M.S. French, for several years landlord of the Allen House,
and was remodeled and occupied by him in the spring of 1897. [1897 History]
Marcus Shepard French was first in Mansfield in 1880 as a brick
mason. His wife was Henrietta Nares who came from a family of brick
masons. They married in New York state in 1873. I imagine that she met
Marcus as an employee of her family's business. Henrietta's niece, Caroline
Nares, lived with them in 1910. In 1913 Caroline married Harry Smith
and they took over the hotel from her aunt and uncle.
Marcus French, son of Henrietta and Marcus, also entered the
hotel business. He ran the Troy House in Troy, for some time, also
Ward house in Towanda, and died of an aneurism in 1919 in the Hotel Langwell
in Elmira where he was employed. [Joyce M. Tice] |
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Mansfield Hotel, Mansfield PA 1930s
This was torn down in the late 1950s
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I would be very grateful to receive scans of other Mansfield
Hotel Postcards or Photos
Use HIGH resolution and email as a jpg file attached to your email.
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| This is a 1931 ad from a Mansfield Year Book. |
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| Hotel : French Hotel / Mansfield Hotel |
| Township: Mansfield Borough, Tioga County
PA |
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| Year: 1880s / 1930s / 1950s |
Postcard Submitted by: Bill Klauk
Photos from Chester P. Bailey |
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