Binghamton, its settlement, growth and development . General Whitney and WilliamWoodruff kept store in a part of the building previous to its destructionby fire in 1805. A new tavern was at once rebuilt on the site and Squire Woodruff was its landlord. The house afterward had variousother proprietors, one of whom was Joseph Congdon. The buildingwas eventually removed to the corner of Washington and Henry streetswhere it still does duty as a clothes cleaning and dyeing is one of the oldest buildings in the city. In 1809 David Brownson built and opened a tavern on the west sideo
Binghamton, its settlement, growth and development . General Whitney and WilliamWoodruff kept store in a part of the building previous to its destructionby fire in 1805. A new tavern was at once rebuilt on the site and Squire Woodruff was its landlord. The house afterward had variousother proprietors, one of whom was Joseph Congdon. The buildingwas eventually removed to the corner of Washington and Henry streetswhere it still does duty as a clothes cleaning and dyeing is one of the oldest buildings in the city. In 1809 David Brownson built and opened a tavern on the west sideof the Chenango river, on the corner where now stands the Congrega-tional church edifice. A few years afterward Samuel Peterson becamelandlord and changed the name to Petersons tavern, by which it waslong afterward known. Under landlord Peterson the house was a famousresort, for he was one of the village worthies and an old soldier of thewar of 1812-15. In later years the name was changed to the Chenangohouse, but in 1859 the buildings were Exchange Hotel, corner of Court and State Streets. The Broome County house, on the site of the present Exchange build-ing, was erected in 1828 by Lewis Squires and Joseph B. Abbott. Thehouse was soon afterward sold to Lorenzo Seymour, under whose pro-prietorship in 1838 the building |was burned. It was at once rebuilt, 494 BINGHAMTON, ITS SETTLEMENT, however, and took the name of Phoenix hotel. It was a noted hos-telry in its day, and when stage-coaching was at its height the house wasone of the most popular resorts on the route between Kingston andBath. About 1842 the name was changed to Exchange hotel, and wasso continued until 1897, when the building was remodeled for mercan-tile and office occupancy. Ways hotel was built sometime during the thirties by Albert Way,and was conducted by him many years. It was a large frame buildingand occupied a prominent site on Court street where now stands theHotel Crandall. A. J. Crandall, who w
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