Form 10.300 (July 1969)

. . U N I T E D STATES DEPARTMENT O F THE INTERIOR

NATIONAL PARK SERVICE

INVENTORY. - NOMIElATlON FORM

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Ent le r Hotel (Rumsey Hall) i n t h e l '9 th 'century was n complex of s i x adjacen sec t ions , inc luding the b r i c k c a r r i a g e house--all wi th a uniformity i n s t y l e and n a t e r i a l c of t h e Fedora1 period. Research shows t h a t t h e r e was a r e a l proximity i n time of building. A t p resen t i n t h e s t r u c t u r e t h e r e a r e 32 rooms, 7 bathrooms, 2 ent rance h a l l s , and an unfinished basement under the e n t i r e property. - . .._. . ,.. .--_ * - I . . -- .. 8 - B u i l t about 1786, t h e o l d e s t of t h e p r o p e r t i e s was - the home and h o s t e l r y of P h i l i p Adam Ent le r , Jr. This dwell ing was burned i n 1912.

A walking a l l e y 'separated i t f&m t h e s e c t i o n b u i l t i n t h e 1790's. S t i l l s tanding, t h i s i s the nucleus of what t h e deed books c a l l "The En t l e r Hotel Property." This bu i ld ing represen t s t h e a r c h i t e c t u r e of t h e Federa l period a s i n t e r p r e t e d i n Shephcrdstown--2 s t o r i e d b r i c k cons t ruc t ion , Flemish bond; molded b r i c k %?ater t a b l e ; s tone foundation; hand-hewn ornamental wooden keystones a top trfndows and d o o n ~ a y s ; s a a l l window panes and s h u t t e r s ; and a f an l i g h t e d f r o n t door. The window sashes have been changed and t h e s h u t t e r s removed. Steep concre te s t e p s have been s u s s t i t u t c d f o r t h e wooden stoop which had supplanted t h e o ld s tone s l abs . I n 1913 the hand-rived sh ing le roof v3s replaced by double hand-seamad metal. The exposed gable end i s f in i shed ~75 th barge boards. The corn ice is d e n t i l i n design. There a r e two s e t s of twin chimneys, ca r ry ing 12 f l u e s .

The corner s e c t i o n (German end ~ t i n c e ~ s S t r e e t s ) , b u i l t be fo re 1809, is of s l m i l a r cons t ruct ion but s i ~ p l e r i n d e s i m . The decora t ive l e n t e l s a r e gone; splayed b r i c k arches t ake t h e i r p laces . The corn ice i s p la in . The ttro entrances are shop-type, double doors wi th l a t c h e s . The he igh t of the c e i l i n g s i n t h e u n i t described i n t h e preceding paragraph and t h e contour of t h e l o t made it possible f o r t h e roof lize t o b e maintained h e r e and y e t t o hove a three-s tor ied bu i ld ing f o r c o m e r c i n l use. The roof covering the corner a r e a is p a r t i a l hlp, s h i n g l e once, ~ c e t n l now. The fashion i n t ~ h i c h the west c h f m e y of t h i s p a r t i s centered betyeen t h z double c h i m e y s of t h e older p a r t a f f o r d s an a t t e n t i o n - g e t t i n g t r i n i t y of smoke s tacks .

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The next s e c t i o n , fac ing Pr incess Street ,was 'a p a r t of t h e h o t e l proper ty by 1815, The f i r s t f l o o r hcused a lobby aad d in ing room. A l a r g e door with s i d e l i g h t s , transom, end overhead cover, supported by p i l a s t e r s , became the main entrance t o t h e enlargsd e d i f i c e . Ths porch and s t e p s were removed and the door secured when t h e bu i ld ing was. converted i n t o a domi to ry .

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The l a s t sec t ion designed f o r h o t e l ' us'= was t h e k i t chen a r e a , sandwiched between the o lde r sec t ions and t h e c a r r i a g e house. (me o r i g i n a l k i t chen had been i n t h e f a n i l y l i v i n g q u a r t e r s and t h e basement rooms where t h e quantity cooking was done, the l i n e n s l a m d e r e d , and the wines stored.) A dumb wai ter vent t o the c e l l a r .

The o ld ca r r i age house, adjo in ing t h e property, had t h e s e c h a r a c t e r i s t i c s : b r i c I c ~ r u c t F a n , r~nrmaILhond-4~w_stonel~oundations; s m & l ~d~dow_s__

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The bacl' of t h e p r o p e r t y can b e t r e a t e d toge ther . Though t h e windows y e t have t h e sma l l panes wi th t h e o l d bubble g l a s s , t h e s h u t t e r s have been taken o f f . Some a r e s tacked on the premises. On one s i d e a veranda of two g a l l e r i ~ wi th t h e o r i g i n a l r a i l i n g and s p i n d l e s and connect ing s t e p s between f l o o r s , runs i n t o a s i n g l e - s t o r i e d back porch on t h e o t h e r s i d e . Two of t h e t h r e e back doors a r e o r i g i n a l . Underneath t h e porches i s a passageway from which heavy o ld doors l e a d i n t o t h e c e l l a r rooms.

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. - ... Despi te renovat ion , t h e a u t h e n t i c i t y of t h e i n t e r i o r i s amazing. S i g n i f i c a n t f e a t u r e s s t i l l evidenced a r e t h e woodwork, encompassing t h e mante l p i e c e s wi th h o r i z o n t a l " l i nen fo ld" carv ing , cha i rboards , s i x p a n d l o d doors , -a four-fold f a n l i g h t e d door between t h e l a d i e s ' p a r l o r s , and Dutch doors t o c l o s e t s , t h e o ld hinges, H, liL, and s t r a p , much o r i g i n a l window g l a s s , a s t o n e h e a r t h i n t h e f r o n t p a r l o r , two basement f i r e p l a c e s , and a broad s t a i rway wi th f o u r landings Prom t h e ground t o t h e a t t i c .

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l i n e . A f t e r World War I1 i t was converted i n t o a u n i t of 8 rooms f o r s t u d e n t s l a t e r i t was made i n t o 2 apartments .

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S T A T E M E N T O F S IGNIF ICANCC - . The s t o r y of En t l e r ~ o t e l ' w a s held togethez by Flemish bond const ruct ion , a longevity of family ownership, and t h e r epu ta t ion I'or s e w i n g t h e b e s t beef i n town. - - _ - . -

. T . -f.'>L. .- - Shepherdstown was on the high road be&en Bal th iorc and t h e Southwest, and wagoners i n t h e e a r l y days, haul ing goods from the Chesapeake Bay p o r t t o a s f a r south as Tennessee, stopped i n tbe c e t t l e n e n t overnight . Thcre were numerous saloons, inns , m d o rd ina r i c s . T'nough E n t l e r Hotel FJCLS t h e . s t a t u s h o s t e l r y where t h e p ro fess iona l men s tayed, come of t h e g m b l i n g and cock-fighting, promoted a t o t h e r tovezns housing d r i v e r s , w a s c a r r i e d on i n the innyarcl of Ent ler . A t t h e back of t h e h o t e l on one occasion a d e a l e r from t h e Southwest, who had l o s t h i s c a t t l e Eoncy a t cards , sho t himself.

There were two h o t e l s i n t o m run by t h e Gnt lers i n t h e e a r l y 1800's. Joseph's was c a l l e d t h e Great Western; b ro the r Daniel 's bore t h e f a x i l y name s i n c e it incorporated t h e o ld Enclcr pi-op'erty, built i n the 1 7 8 0 ' ~ ~ t he f i r s t u n i t ~ f ' t h e six sec t ioned E n t l e r Hote l Property. The f a c t is not su rp r i s ing , s i n c e t h e i r grandfa ther , Ph-ilip Adam Ent le r , Sr . , had been a butcher and innkeeper i n York, Pennsylvania, be fo re coning t o Shepherdstown. The e l d e r P h i l i p hzd brought s~i-ith him fron Germany i n 1737 a c e r t i f i c a t e s t a t i n g t h a t i n 1796 h e had coinpleted his f u l l t h r e e yea r s a s an apprent ice t o Johannes En t l e r , butcher.

Tradi t ion says t h a t when James Rui.;lsey, having been appointed by Pres ident George Washington i n 1785 t o supervise the p r o j e c t f o r u t i l i z i n g the Potomac River f o r navigat ion , came t o Shepherdstown, he spent a timc with the E n t l e r s before e s t a b l i s h i n g h i s home. La te r , srhcn t he ~hesapenke'and 3hio canal became a r e a l i t y , o f f i c i a l s connccCed with t h e cons t ruct ion of Lock 38 (Shepherdstown Lock) l i v e d a t E n t l e r Botel .

rhe h o t e l feature^ i n early accounts of o d u e l fought i n 1809 on t h e bfaryland s i d e of the r i v e r . I n t h e match between Peyton Smith and Joseph 3olmes, who had quarre led over cards , the records show t h a t the wounded young Smith was brought t o M r . E n t l e r ' s h o t e l , where he d ied i n Room I on :he - t h i r d f l o o r , _before_ hi_o DO ther! s_ a r r i v ; l l - k r n FSinchester, - - -

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INVENTORY - NOMINATION FORM Jefferson

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applying for and renewing of licensee to sell "spiritus liquors." On April 14, 1845, the council granted permission for the Market House to be enlarged and "buff-washed similar to Mr. D. Entler's Hotel."

Social affairs were sometimes held in the large dining room. On January 30, 1847, a supper was served for Col. John Francis Hamtramck, a West Point graduate 1819, a U.S. Indian Agent, a Military Governor in Mexico, Captain of the Shepherdstown Light Infantry, and Mayor of Shepherdstown, 1850-54. As a young man, the honoree, upon the death of his father, Col. J. F. Hamtramck, Sr. , who had been an of ffcer on General George washington's staff, became the ward of General William Benjamin Harrison. A copy of the hand written invitation is attached.-' '

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The Shepherdstown Register, Vol. 1, No. 1, December 4, 1849, announced that Quadrille Parties were to be given at Mr. D. Entler's Hotel. - The old papers indicate that in the 1850's land could be re~ted and taxes paid there. Public sales were held in front of the hotel. Among the managers sponsoring a cotillion party in the hotel on February 20-; 1855, were H. Shepherd, R. D. Shepherd, and Col. J. F. Hamtramck. .. After the battle of Antietarn, September 17, 1862, Shepherdstown, three miles away, became a big sprawling hospital where churches, storerooms, and homes were turned into makeshift wards. Some of the most severely wounded were taken to Entler Hotel, where they were tended by Dr. Richard Parran, who lived only a block down German Street. In the latter part of the century, it was not uncommon for a veteran of the Civil War to return to spend a night in the room in which he had recuperated in the fall of 1862.

On October 28, 1865, in the first issue of the Shepherdstown Register to be, published after a four year cessation during the Civil War there was this - simple announcement--

Entler ~otel Shepherdstown, W. Va.

J. P. A. Entler, Proprietor

There had been a change in proprietors (J.P.A. was a son of Daniel) and also an acknowledgment of the new state of West Virginia, a concession that many of the other advertisers refused to make. The old hotel had weathered the conflict. --

On July 4, 1867, the Potomac Mills and Manufacturing Company entertained "the said company and citizens of the Corporation" at dinner at J. P. A. Entler's Hotel.

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In a special business edition of the Shepherdstown Repister for April 12, 1889, the following advertisement was run:

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Having r e c e n t l y l e a s e d t h e above house f o r a term of y e a r s and r epa i r ed i t and r e fu rn i shed i t , I a m now prepared t o r e c e i v e bo th permanent and t r a n s i e n t g u e s t s a t low rates. There is a sample room f o r commercial men and f i r s t c l a s s accomodat ions are fu rn i shed t o summer boarders . Boats f o r f i s h i n g a r e provided a t a nominal charge. P o l i t e and hones t s e r v a n t s , b r i g h t and a i r y rooms, a well-provided t a b l e a t a l l seasons , enab le t h e p r o p r i e t o r t o o f f e r every comfort t o t h e gues t s .

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E n t l e r Hotel had one of t h e f i r s t two te lephones i n J e f f e r s o n County. It and t h e one a t t h e o f f i c e of t h e ~ h e ~ h e r d s t o v m - R e g i s t e r were both i n s t a i l e d on December 14 , 1898 -- c o s t , $ 2 4 . n year .

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The main p a r t of E n t l e r Hote l h a s been spared from f i r e s e v e r a l t imes . . . In February 1899 t h e s t a b l e s behind t h e b u i l d i n g were burned. The insurance company of Harr i son and Schley pa id t h e h o t e l $250 f o r l o s s . The l i v e r y s t a b l e s were r e b u i l t and aga in i n 1936 they went up i n f lames, t h rea t en ing t h e e n t i r e town, s i n c e t h e f lood waters of t h e Potomac River had taken ou t t h e b r i d g e and t h e water pumps...On February 21, 1910 t h e c a l l FIRE brought h e l p t o E n t l e r Hote l ; p l ay ing w i t h matcheo t h e daughter of t h e manager had set h e r room i n a b l a z e i n which she l o s t h e r l i fe . . .On Novembcr 8 , 1912, came E n t l e r Ho te l ' s g r e a t e o t f i r e t h r e a t . I n "Shepherdstown's Most Des t ruc t ive Conf lagra t ion ," f lames syept t h e n o r t h a i d e of German S t r e e t between King and P r i n c e s s S t r c c t s , oparing t h e Old T o m H a l l nnd F i r s t Col lege Building (McMurran Ha l l ) on ons co rne r and t h e main s e c t i o n of E n t l e r Hote l (Rumsey Ha l l ) on t h e o the r .

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A f t e r t h e b i g f i r e , E n t l e r Hote l was never q u i t e t h e Sam=, bu t t h e r e a r e t hose around who remember i t s l a t e hey-days. A n a t i v e who s t i l l l i v e s only a few door s from t h e b u i l d i n g , r e c a l l s Chris tmas 1900. A b l i z z a r d had l e f t many drummers s t randed a t t h e h o t e l . townspeople, f e e l i n g s o r r y f o r t h e i r p l i g h t , decided t o cheer them up w i t h a l ~ o a e t a l e n t show, t h e n a t i v e was l i f t e d t o t h e t a b l e from which she r e c i t e d "Twas t h e Night nefore Christmas. " Her chaperoning mother beceme v e r y apprehensive when t h e t r a v e l i n g salesmen showered k i s s e s upon h e r p r e t t y blonde daughter-a f ive year old. . .The l o c a l bank p r e s i d e n t can never f o r g e t h i s f i r s t awful t a s t e of beer a t t h e age of f o u r , 1904, i n t h e taproom of E n t l e r Hote l , which h i s unc le managed. Another r e c a l l s t h e t r e a t o f :d in ing i n 1905 a t t h e h o t e l w i th her father. - T h e u h i t e t a b l e cloths,which tquched t h e f l o o r , - . swayed - -- i n t h e

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On January 28, 1912, t h e h e i r s s o l d t h e E n t l e r Ho te l P rope r ty t o E. H. Reinhar and M. B. Baker. Sec t ions were r e n t e d u n t i l J u l y 30, 1921, when t h e S t a t e Board of Cont ro l of 1-Jest V i r g i n i a pa id $10,500 t o Elr. Re inha r t and t h e h e i r s o M r . Baker (among whom was Neston D. Baker, S e c r e t a r y of L?ar under P r e s i d e n t Wilson) f o r t h e complex which, renamed Rumsey H a l l , became t h e f i r s t men's dormitory on t h e Shepherd College campus.

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I n 1950 when i ts s e r v i c e s as such were d i scon t inued , t h e b u i l d i n g w a s d iv ided i n t o f a c u l t y apartments . The l a s t occupant t o l e a v e o h m t h a t usage was abandoned s a y s t h i s about Rumsey Ba l l :

"Enjoyed l i v i n g i n t h e 'town-house' wing of Rumsey ( E n t l e r ) H a l l du r ing t h e l a s t t e n y e a r s of i t s occupancy; loved i t s charm and spac iousness and my r e g r e t a t having t o l e a v e was teapered by t h e f a c t t h a t from my new home a c r o s s t h e s t r e e t , I can s t i l l en joy t h e s a t i s f y i n g a r c h i t e c t u r e and d i g n i t y of t h e f i n e o ld house. Neglected thchgh i t is, I do n o t want a gap i n t h e sky i n p l a c e o f i ts b e a u t i f u l chimneys and roo f l ine . "

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breeze through the-open double door on P r i n c e s s S t r e e t . The napkins, i i o n e d s o smoothly t h a t t h e f rayed edges resembled f r i n g e , hung over t h e backs of t h e cha i rs . . .Therc i s a 75 yea r o l d man who s a y s t h a t having twelve o ' c lock d inne r a t t h e h o t e l on a day away from t h e farm was g r e a t . Roast beef w a s a r e a l t r e a t f o r a boy r a i s e d on ham and chicken. . .Several r e c a l l whispers passed among t h e s p e c t a t o r s a t t h e 1912 c o n f l a g r a t i o n t h a t vengeance w a s being wreaked upon t h e town. The f i r e had des t royed t h e c a f e , and t h e sa loon was i n t h e p a t h of t h e flames. However, t h e main s e c t i o n s of t h e h o t e l d i d su rv ive , i nc lud ing t h e b a r , b u t its s p i r i t s had weakened.

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The i f ~ o n ~ p m y i n p map and s u n e y , made by authority of the Forporntion offleers under order of Junr. 13, 1907 (page 13.5). was made Lyi County S u r r e m r James K. Hendriclip in J u ~ e . 1907. It r i l l be noted t l ia t t h e Ccr,or.ttio i lines a re designated, tosether with Hendelron's Addition jrhich was added the tojbrn in 179s and laid out i..t; lots r a d rtrcetr. T h i s addition is no~v the location of Ilumrey P a r k , having h i e d tl, develop for huilding purposes as expected.

This map also shows "Tnlsscll'; Addition'' which will be seen is not included ~vi th in tlie CorLor:Ltiull linlib. The present, Corpor~t ion l imi t s .u shown by the man are .he same a s al ter the enrL~.lrgeement of the toim ~ " t S i f 7 % . - m e k ~ ~ - h a v f R + beewm&e s h e e &hat date.- - - - - - - - - - -- - - -- - - - - . - -

T h e distances shown w o n t h e m3P indicate '!lie corllers a s they appeared i n 1907-md not a s they r e r e originnllp-although but s l ight variations exist.