Manufacturer: Syracuse China User: Fort Worth Club Date of platter: October 1955 Notes: According to the club's website: "On June 10, 1885, the Commercial Club was officially chartered by the state of Texas and a new era of Fort Worth's history began. As Fort Worth continued to grow, due largely in part
- October 27, 2020
Manufacturer: Warwick China User: Fort Stanwix Hotel Date of platter: 1920s – 1930s Notes: The eight-story 200-room Fort Stanwix Hotel was located at 332 Main Street, in Johnstown, Penn. Construction began in 1914 and was completed in 1915. By 1923, a 300-seat convention hall was added. According to Hotel Red Book
- October 27, 2020
Manufacturer: Warwick China User: Fort Ligonier Hotel Date of platter: 1920s – 1930s Notes: The Fort Ligonier Hotel was located on the Lincoln Highway West in Ligonier, Penn. Built and owned by E.S. Shuck, the 75-room wooden structure, with gable ends, was enlarged in the 1930s to 100 rooms. Shuck also
- October 27, 2020
Manufacturer: Syracuse China User: U.S. Army Quartermaster Corps, Fort Lee, Virginia Date of plate: 1966 Notes: This plate bears the insignia of the Quartermaster Corps of the U.S. Army, which is headquartered at Fort Lee, Virginia. Fort Lee is also the home of the U.S. Army Quartermaster Corps Museum, the Army
- October 26, 2020
Manufacturer: Warwick China Co. User: Fort Henry Club Distributor: H. P. McGregor & Co. Wheeling, WV Date of plate: 1939 Notes: Located at 1324 Chapline and 14th streets in Wheeling, West Virginia, the Fort Henry Club was named for the 1774 stockade fort on the nearby Ohio River and founded circa
- October 26, 2020
Manufacturer: Syracuse China User: Hotel Fort Hayes Date of plate: 1953 Notes: The Hotel Fort Hayes opened in Columbus, OH on November 24, 1924 and closed March 4, 1977. It was demolished in May 1977. Pattern design by Mrs. Albert Pick. ID and photos contributed by dbstoneware
- October 26, 2020
Manufacturer: Scammell China User: Fort Harrison Hotel Date of service plate: 1928 – 1930 Note: Located at 210 S. Fort Harrison Avenue in Clearwater, FL, this 11-floor, 250-room hotel opened in 1926 at a cost of $5,000,000. The Fort Harrison was Clearwater's first skyscraper with the Crystal Ballroom on the top
- October 26, 2020
Manufacturer: Jackson China User: Fort Findlay Hotel Date of plate: 1960 Notes: Fort Findlay Hotel, 201 S. Main Street, Findlay, Ohio was built in the early 1950s. It was named after the first structure built in Hancock County in 1812. The hotel later became a Motor Hotel. Ivory body, brown border
- October 26, 2020
Manufacturer: Scammell China User: Fort Armstrong Hotel, Rock Island, Illinois Date of service plate: 1923 – circa 1927 Notes: Completed in 1926 and designed by prominent Chicago hotel designer Charles W. Nicol, the Fort Armstrong Hotel provided 160 guest rooms, plus ten apartments on the top floor. Other facilities included a
- October 26, 2020
