. Binghamton : its settlement, growth and development, and the factors in its history, 1800-1900 . d 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 1843 the name was changed to Exchange hotel, and wasso continued until 1897, when the building was remodeled for mercan-tile and office occupan
. Binghamton : its settlement, growth and development, and the factors in its history, 1800-1900 . d 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 1843 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 was Albert Ways son-in-law, be-came owner of the property and also carried on a hotel many like ten or twelve years ago the old building was replacedwith a large four story brick structure, to which when finished the nameHotel Crandall was I Prospect avenue,building. The Lewis house was built in 1849 by Col. Hazard Lewis, immedi-ately after the opening of the Erie railroad, and has been maintainedunder its original name to the present da}. During the early historyfrequent changes of proprietors were made, but in 1874 William Shan-ley purchased the property and has since been its owner and house is of ^rame construction and retains much of its original ap- GROWTH AND DEVELOPMENT. 495 pearance, with the exception of the mansard roof, which the captainadded (with another story) in 1881. The Lewis house always was, andstill is, a comfortable travelers home. The Mersereau house was built about 1850 and stood on the east sideof Chenango street, just south of the Erie tracks. It was built for andkept by George W. Mersereau, one of the genial old landlords of thevillage, who was frequently known among his friends as
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