Elizabeth Demarest 1897
Sarah Duryea 1897
William Leonard 1897
Louisa Powell 1891
Fritz Runge 1897
Augustus Sharf 1897
Mrs. E. H. Smith 1879-1882
Mary Smith 1897
Alanson Van Nostrand 1897
William W. Vooris 1897
Mrs. G. H. Walters 1913
Mrs. William A. Winers 1912
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Owned by Charles Hagenah in 1906. It was located at 801 Conklin Street. He sold it in 1928 to people in Oceanside. They renovated it and offered lunch and dinners as well as Sunday dinners. The boarding house contained 18 rooms.
In December of 1938, the House was once more sold to owners from New York City. It was given a liquor license in 1948. It was bought again in February, 1950 by Fred Boerge and Walter Radeleirs where they held a grand re-opening. They sold it to Henry Bliem that August.
In 1961, it was under The Conklin House, Inc. and Dominick Cozzette was listed as President. Last mention in the Farmingdale Post was April 1977.
Source:
Farmingdale Post
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Francis Peckwell took over in 1817. The hotel was located at 136 Fulton Street. Before that, it was Thorne’s Tavern
It was associated with Robert Mitchell in 1820. There is no mention if he was the manager or owner.
In 1822, a mention is made of a Mrs. E. Mitchell as the former proprietress.
In 1937, there was a Fulton Hotel under new management by J. Curry at 665 Fulton Street
That became the Paragon Hotel in 1938. Its grand opening was in April of that year.
In 1939, the address of the hotel was 745 Fulton Street with Elsie Spiegeleire as proprietress. In 1945, Adam Spiegeleire was the owner.
In 1946, it was still being managed by Adam. It was called Adam’s Fulton Hotel.
The last mention of the hotel in the Farmingdale Post was in 1965
Sources:
Evening Post
Farmingdale Post
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The Half Way House Hotel was located on the corner of Main Street and Route 110 (where Ace Hardware now is). A large barn, a carriage shed and a large chicken coop also were on the property. John Hassel's parents moved into the sixteen room house in 1906. There was no gas, no electricity, and no running water. There were two hand pumps: one at the kitchen sink and one in the barnyard.
The bar room took up the side portion of the house with two round tables and a large mahogany bar that ran the length of the room. In the side room off the bar was a round table where people could play cards or talk. Under the bar room was a cellar where there was a walk-in ice box that kegs of beer were stores and kept cold by 100 lb. cakes of ice. The beer was sent from New York city via the Long Island Railroad.
The parlor had wall-to-wall carpeting, chairs, couches, and knickknack shelves. There was also an oak upright Story & Clark piano. The upper floor contained eleven bedrooms, Each bedroom was furnished with a bed, dresser, chair, and wash stand.
While the family lived there, they installed steam heating and gas lighting. The barn had three stalls for the horse and cow and a space for a four-wheel one-seated buggy and a four-wheel two seated surrey. There was a hay loft above with a pigeon coop and a pig pen at the back of the barn. Attached to the back of the barn was a shed that held a station wagon, farm wagon, and sleigh.
The Halfway House served as a stopping point for stagecoaches travelling between Eastern Long Island and New York City. The hotel was sold in 1958 and torn down and turned into County Line Bowl.
Source:
Notes from John Hassel
James S. Baldwin Eastern Parkway 1915
Michele Brescia Eastern Parkway 1915-1917
Raffael De Lucia Eastern Parkway 1918
Charles S. Donley Sportsmen’s 1891
Clara Dullin Babylon Turnpike 1918
Otto Hahn Babylon Turnpike 1915
Herman Harms Nassau House 1891
Casper Helbock Babylon Road 1917
Stephen Hendricksen 1897
Adolph Hofstetter Main & S. Front 1918
Charles Jocher Fulton St. 1915
J. Katz Fulton Street 1918
Tony Mannillo Main Street 1918
Henry Minke Fulton Street 1916-1917
A. Powell Main Street 1859
Martin Riester Fulton Street 1908
Ignatz Schmitt 1897
John Tuite Main & Conklin 1908
Townsend S. Wright 1897
Philip Zink Hunter’s Home 1891
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Bennett Cottage Harmanus Bennett 1905
Brown’s Hotel Abner Brown Main Street 1906-1915*
Conklin House Charles Hagenah 1926
Dupignac’s Hotel William Dupignac Main Street (1/2 south of RR)
East Farmingdale Hotel S. M. Bookman 1933-1935
European Hotel Eastern Parkway Rocco & Dominick Posillico 1912-1914
Farmingdale Hotel 145 Main Street 1934-1947*
Farmingdale Hotel 1891 Denton Mott
Farmingdale Inn William Nathaniel Richardson July 27, 1929
Forest House/Hotel C. G. Keil 1905-1913
Fulton Inn Patrick Kiernan 1926 H. Ratcliffe 1933-1935
Grant Hotel Fulton Street 1916-1918
Hawthorne Hotel 745 Fulton Street. Fritz Runge Family 1904-1910
Ketcham Boarding House 700 Fulton Street Mrs. A. G. Ketcham. 1923-1930s
Ketcham Hotel Andrew Ketcham. 1923-1929*
Kiernan’s Hotel Patrick Kiernan 1928-1935
Lafayette Inn Babylon Turnpike 1915
Lakeside House Mrs. A. Seaman 1915
Leonhardt’s Hotel. NE Corner Main & Fulton. Philipp Leonardt. Sold to Susanna B. Stellyea in 1908
Nassau House Otten Brothers 1901
Maple Grove House William Smith 1905-1907
Maple Tree Cottage Mrs. Seaman 1928-1935
Pinelawn Park Hotel Charles J. Laderer 1907
Pleasantview House Mrs. George Bedell 1913-1915
Seaman’s Rest Mrs. M. Seaman 1934-1935
Sportmen’s Hotel Charles Donley 1891
Walter’s House Mrs. G. H. Walters 1905-1907
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The Kunz Hotel was located on Eastern Parkway. It was built by Jarvis Lattin in the 1880s and sold to Fred Kunz in 1900.
Walter Webber purchased the building in 1910 and re-named it the Parkway Hotel.
In the Nassau County Telephone Directory, it was listed as Parkway Hotel from 1915-1917.
In 1937, the hotel was remodeled into apartments.
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The Paragon Hotel was the birthplace of Conklin Ketcham. It was located at 665 Fulton Street. It eventually became a Fulton Hotel. On April 30, 1938, t held its grand opening. The proprietors were Louis Maistri and Eugene Gazza.
In December 1951, Nick & Johnnie took over management of the hotel. In March 1965, it was under new ownership and had a new name. It was owned by Ernest Perez and was called Dirty Ernie’s Paragon Hotel & Café. The hotel was turned into a room house for men who paid by the week and the downstairs café was a neighborhood bar.
The hotel was demolished in September 1973. It is now a McDonald’s.
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Rathgeber’s Hotel was located on the corner of S. Front and Main Streets.
It was built by Sidney Wright. It was bought by William Rathgeber from John Scholl in 1917. It housed the Farmingdale Amusement Palace. In 1924, the Amusement Palace was run by John A. B. Jackson, George Beierling, and Thomas Leonard. The Palace held events such as music and dances.
It was sold by Rathegeber during Prohibition and the building was razed in 1934.
Source:
“Landmark to be Torn Down. Was ‘Amusement Palace’.” Farmingdale Post. December 21, 1934
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