The Hotel Revere (Pomeroy, Washington) through time

Seen Through Time A review of the Hotel Revere as seen by the camera
	1900 -- Devastation

	1900... Most of Pomeroy's downtown burns to the ground. The shell of Elsensohn's Mercantile is to the left, propped by by timbers. The Hotel Revere and the Black Building on the corner of (then) 3rd and Main (Now 7th and Main) are all that are left. This picture shows that the story of the 1900 (north side of Main) and 1901 (south side of Main) separate fires are probably not true.

	The same picture with the two remaining to this day buildings identified.

	Somewhere between 1900 and 1903

	The cancellation on this postcard is December 30 190?, Pomeroy Wash. The cancel on the front is that of Middletown, Calif dated January 3, 190?. The stamp on the reverse is a Scott #300 issued in 1903. The legend on the card reacs "EAST MAIN ST., LOOKING WESTWARD, SHOWING COURT HOUSE, POMEROY, WASH. FROM BLACK'S DRUG STORE." That looks like the post-fire courthouse behind the cancel.

	The Hotel Revere on 7th Street in Pomeroy -- Pre 1913

	South on 7th Street, you are looking at (clockwise starting at left) the First National Bank of Pomeroy, The Cardwell Building, the Hotel Revere, and the Black Building. The picture is dated by the lack of the (brick 2nd) Seeley Opera House which would be seen just south of the Cardwell Building. The First National Bank building burned in ____ and was replaced in the 1960's by a 60ish blue building. The Cardwell Building, The Hotel Revere, and the Black Building remain to this day and are three of the primary historic buildings in Pomeroy. The other two are the Seeley Opera House and the Meyers Hardware (_____ Building) Building.

	Pomeroy's Main Street in the early 1910's

	Taken from the roof of the Hotel Revere, this view is east along Main Street in Pomeroy. This picture was dated by approximate age of the vehicles and the use of horse-drawn wagons with the motorized automobiles.

	The Revere teens or twenties

	Taken from the center of Main Street westward by what is now 6th street is this Main Street View. The cars are older that the 1922 picture (below), and there are no buggies, so I am guessing at a late teens (1910's) date. There is also no vertical neon sign on the Hotel, but there is the horizontal sign in front of the main doors.

	Pomeroy's Main Street in 1922.

	This picture is taken from one of the rooms in the Hotel Revere looking east along Main Street. It is dated from the cancellation on the reverse. Compare it with the picture above that is approximately 10 years older.

	The lonely Hotel Revere

	All by its lonesome, this cropped photo of the Hotel Revere Building show it prior to installation of the vertical neon "Revere Hotel" sign. otherwise undated.

	Pomeroy's Main Street

	Sometime in the early to mid 1940's, looking East along Main Street. Two things to notice in this picture are the Stop Light at the intersection of 7th Street and Main and the older neon vertical "Revere Hotel" sign. By 1948, the sign had been changed to that shown in the picture below.

	The Revere Hotel circa 1948

	This picture was donated to the Revere Collection by Mrs. Alvin Landkammer of Pomeroy. She had received it in a Christmas card in 1948 from Viola Rickman, who operated the automobile parts store in the retail portion of the building that fronted on Main Street.

	Looking West on Main Street, 1950's

	In this picture, taken during the 50's, you really have to strain to see the Hotel Revere, located off in the distance at the left. This picture was taken from the corner of 9th Street and Main.

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