Manufacturer: Syracuse China User: Washington State Normal School – Monroe Hall Border Pattern: Mistic – Underglazed Pattern #70501 Distributor: Tull & Gibbs Furniture Store, Spokane, WA Date of plate: Circa 1916 Notes: Originally founded in 1882, as the Cheney Academy with a gift from Benjamin P. Cheney, it became the Washington

Manufacturer: Syracuse China User: Washington National Airport – Terrace Dining Room Date of plate: 1941   Notes: Construction began in 1940-41 on Washington National Airport, located south of Washington in Arlington, Va. The airport was renamed in 1998 as Ronald Reagan Washington National Airport. Ethel Pilson Warren was the interior designer

Manufacturer: Maddock Pottery Co. User: Washington Hotel – Shreveport, LA Date of service plate: 1924   Notes: This 9-story, 250-room hotel opened December 15, 1924 in Shreveport, LA. In 1928, it annexed the older Youree Hotel and became the 450-room Washington-Youree Hotel, home of the Zephyr Room. In 1953, the older Youree

Manufacturer: Syracuse China User: Washington Hotel – Seattle, WA Date of plate: pre-1920   Notes: James A. Moore, who actually finished the 100-room Washington Hotel on Denny Hill, built a much larger hotel on Second and Stewart streets in Seattle, also naming it the Washington Hotel. The 14-story, 250-room (with bath)

Manufacturer: Syracuse China User: Washington Athletic Club Date of plate: February 1931   Notes: Opened in 1930, the 12-story building located at 1325 6th Avenue, Seattle, WA, was a luxury hotel complete with an elegant dining room, five floors of exercise facilities and a full-service salon. The logo has the WAC

Manufacturer: Scammell China User: Warwick Hotel Date of plate: 1923 – 1927   Notes: Located at West Avenue and 25th Street in Newport News, Virginia. Work on the hotel began in 1882 and was formally opened with a reception for 200 guests on April 11, 1883. The 100-room, four-story hotel is

Manufacturer: Scammell China User: The Warrior Hotel, Sioux City, Nebraska Date of plate: 1928 – 1930   Notes: Constructed as the Fontenelle Hotel in 1930; this 11-story, 250-room hotel was known as The Warrior by the time it opened in 1931. Omaha hotel magnate Eugene C. Eppley purchased The Warrior in

Manufacturer: Shenango China User: Warm Friend Tavern Date of bowl: 1960   Notes: From Holland, Michigan's Facebook page, the Warm Friend Tavern stood on the spot in Holland, Mich., where the City Hotel was built in 1872, to be followed by the construction of the Hotel Holland in 1898. It was razed

Manufacturer: Warwick China User: Wardman Park Inn Distributor: James M. Shaw & Co., New York Date of plate: 1918 – 1922   Notes: Located at Connecticut Avenue and Woodley Road in Washington, D.C., construction of The Wardman Park Inn began in 1916 and opened in 1918. It was designed by Frank