It’s time once again for #FlashbackFriday with the Whitewater Historical Society. Here is a turn-of-the-twentieth-century photo of Whitewater’s new luxury hotel, the Walworth Hotel, opened in January of 1891. Today, it is known as the Landmark Building with the Ground Zero bar.

The Walworth Hotel had a banquet room and served gourmet meals on holidays and was the most up-to-date place to stay during the early 1900s. Hotels like these soon became obsolete, as increasingly good roads in the 1920s allowed visitors to come to the city for day trips rather than extended stays. But, during its heyday at the turn of the twentieth century, the Walworth was “THE” place to stay in town.

Join us next week for more from the Whitewater Historical Society.

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