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J. H. Philbrooks
J. H. Philbrooks, proprietor of the Huntington and Grand hotels, Richmond, Ind. The Huntington House was originally opened by Oren Huntington about 1850. He was the owner without change till his death, and the hotel was conducted by him till 1879, when it was leased by R. F. Jones, and was thoroughly renovated and refurnished throughout, and from that time till the present has been one of the best hotels in the State. It is located on the southeast corner of Main and Seventh streets, directly in the center of the thickest business portion of the city. The building is a four-story brick, fronting 100 feet on Main and running back to the alley on Seventh street, a distance of 140 feet. It contains sixty-four rooms, fifty of which are well-furnished sleeping apartments. There are ten sample-rooms for commercial travelers, a baggage elevator, a ladies' parlor on the office floor and a gentlemen's sitting-room separate from the office. The dining-room is 40x50 feet in size, and can comfortably seat 100 people. Mr. Philbrooks became proprietor of this house and later he purchased the Grand Hotel, ten doors from the Huntington, which is used as sleeping apartments, the meals beijig served at the Huntington. He runs the house in first-class style in every respect, and is well deserving a liberal patronage.
Source:
History of Wayne County, Indiana. Chicago: Inter-State Publishing Co. 1884. Volume 2