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The additions and alterations began in 1884 and completed 1886 altered entirely the whole aspect of the house and converted it into a hotel of large proportions. The old construction was carefully examined and wherever requisite either renewed or strengthened. In addition to the ordinary plastering, the whole building was painted externally.
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In 1909, it was enlarged and improved. There were then 260 rooms with baths, enough accommodation for 500 persons. It was substantial stone and concrete structure, lit with electricity and gas, and containing three elevators. There were 200 baths en-suite and numerous public baths on each floor. The
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Jeremiah Harnett took a lease from the Corporation and associated with himself the late Mr. Dodge. The lease then entered on formed the groundwork one between Walter Aiken and the Corporation of Hamilton. James Russell Mead assumed control for the season of 1894. During the
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Curious to discover what was likely to happen to the
Hamilton Meteorological Station, on the top floor of the Hamilton Hotel, now that B.O.A.C. are giving up Darrell's Island and their flying boats for Kindley Field and Constellations, a Royal Gazette reporter visited Dr. W. A. Macky Bermuda's
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Government, then the Corporation of Hamilton, it was used for various purposes until it was destroyed by fire December 23, 1955 and replaced with the current City Hall.
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Hamilton Hotel. D. A. Crowell (died August, 1888, Sohooley's Mountains, New Jersey) conducted the hotel for a short space. The
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