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Herkimer Hotel
Manufacturer: Maddock Pottery User: Hotel Herkimer – Grand Rapids, Michigan Date of examples: circa 1910-1924   Notes: The three-story Hotel Herkimer, at the corner of South Division and Goodrich Streets in Grand Rapids, Michigan, opened in 1895. It was enlarged in 1905. By 1910, it contained English, Mission, and Colonial-themed
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Harrisonia Hotel
Manufacturer: Maddock Pottery User: Harrisonia Hotel – Lowell, Massachusetts Distributor: Mitchell Woodbury Company Date of examples: circa 1915-1923   Notes: The Harrisonia Hotel, at 17-21 Central Street in Lowell, Massachusetts, was built around 1915. An illustration in the 1917 Hotel Red Book shows it as a seven-story building. A 1919
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Gulf Stream Hotel
Manufacturer: Maddock Pottery User: Gulf Stream Hotel – Lake Worth, Florida Distributor: John Wanamaker Date of examples: circa 1925-1954   Notes: The Palm Beach Post announced plans to build what would become the Gulf Stream Hotel on May 9, 1920. Construction finally began in 1923, and the six-story, 132-room Gulf
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Hanover Hotel
Manufacturer: Maddock Pottery User: New Hanover Hotel – Philadelphia, Pennsylvania Distributor: John Wanamaker Date of cup: circa 1900-1924   Notes: The 10-story Hanover Hotel, on the corner of Arch and 12th streets, opened April 1894. A later eight-story addition gave it a total of 200 rooms, with 75 private baths.
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Hampton Hotel
Manufacturer: Maddock Pottery User: Hotel Hampton – Albany, New York Date of examples: circa 1908-1924   Notes: The eight-story, 200-room Hotel Hampton, near the corner of State and Broadway, opened before 1908. In 1923, a 100-room annex on Pearl Street was added. Over the years the Hampton contained a dining
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Green Moors Inn
Manufacturer: Scammell China User: Green Moors Inn – Kittery, Maine Date of example: circa 1923-1947   Notes: The Green Moors Inn, on US Route 1 in Kittery, Maine, opened May 27, 1923. It operated 14 hotel rooms on the second floor, but it was primarily a restaurant that served "The
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Hamilton Hotel
Manufacturer: Maddock Pottery User: Hotel Hamilton – Washington D.C. Date of egg cup: 1922   Notes: The 11-story, 310-room Hotel Hamilton opened December 1922. It had a 400-seat main dining room, three 60-seat private dining rooms, and a 170-seat ballroom. It continues to operate in 2022. The Hamilton Hotel Corporation
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Green Inn
Manufacturer: Maddock Pottery User: Green Inn – Narragansett Pier, Rhode Island Distributor: Mitchell Woodbury Company Date of examples: circa 1915-1924   Notes: Greene's Inn was opened in 1888, by Mr. N. R. Green.  It operated year-round on the American plan. By 1915, it was operated by George Samuel Tucker, and
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Hampshire House 2
Manufacturers: Scammell, Syracuse Name of user: Hampshire House, NYC Date of examples: 1937 – 1950s   Notes:  The 37-story Hampshire House, at 510 Central Park South, was finished in 1932 but remained empty before it opened on Sept. 15, 1937. It is listed in the 1937 Hotel Red Book as having 500
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