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217 Radcliffe Street - Cross Keys Hotel / Presbyterian Manse
Owned by Raymond F. Pental, Jr. at time of survey. -
211-213 Radcliffe Street - Bertucci Maren Associates, Cross Keys Hotel / Samuel Pike House
Owned by Andrew Bertucci at time of survey. -
119 Radcliffe Street - Old Delaware Printery, Cottage Hotel
Owned by C. Willard Berglund at time of survey. -
117 Radcliffe Street - Cottage Hotel
Owned by Kaleny Inc. at time of survey. -
111-113 Radcliffe Street - White House Hotel
Owned by Vincent Conca at time of survey. -
4 Mill Street - Bristol House Hotel, Whitmore House
Owned by Edward T. Bethel at time of survey. -
[A steam engine heads north toward Trenton as it crosses the Canal at Mill Street]
This was between locks one and two. The building in the center is the restaurant and hotel located at Mill Street crossing. Otter and Bath Street would be to the left of the picture. W.H.H. Fine was proprietor of this establishment known as the “Railroad House.” -
"Red Lion Inn. Torresdale, Pa. June 8, 1906"
Located on US Route 13 along Bensalem Township side of the Poquessing Creek. -
Postcard: "3278 -- National Hotel, Fallsington, Pa."
"Aunt Leina" written on front of postcard.
Written on back of postcard: “Dear Sister, I don’t know just how long I will be up here. We are going to do some sewing. When I get back to Bristol I will try and get down [illegible] will be settled by that time …Sister Girl." Addressed to Mrs. Watson Davis, Eddington, Bristol Twp., PA. Mailed May 1903 3 pm. -
[Hotel Closson (Keystone Hotel)]
“For: Ralph Radcliffe” inscribed on back. -
"Canal Bridge, Hotel Closson, Bristol, Pa."
Hotel Closson, viewed over canal bridge that connects Otter and Mill Streets. This was the terminus of the trolley line to Newtown and Philadelphia. The railroad tracks crossing the intersection required that trolley passengers walk across the tracks and continue the journey to Morrisville down Mill Street. -
[Ford car parked next to the former Keystone Hotel which stood at Bath and Otter Streets]
Across the street is the Acme Grocery Market on Bath Street at Otter Street. It appears that a cook and five waitresses are posing outside the hotel (all unidentified). The Keystone Hotel was formerly called the Hotel Closson. -
[Mill Street as it slopes down to the Mill Street Wharf]
On the left is “Bannister” a tombstone business. On the right is Stocks Hotel & Restaurant. Both were removed. A large three story building replaced it with five condominiums and two restaurants on the street entrance. -
Illustration: "Bath Chalybeate Mineral Springs, Bristol, Pa. Presbyterian Church"
This illustration is of the hotel and bath houses at the Bath Spring, which formerly was located on the north side of the railroad embankment on Bath Street. Presently, two gas stations, a restaurant-diner, and the Lower Bucks Hospital occupies the site. It was a spa of national importance recognized by the American Philosophical Society of Philadelphia. Dr. Benjamin Rush was one of its main supporters. Dr. Joseph DeNormandie of Bristol was the attendant physician. Eventually the spa, which was popular between the end of the Revolutionary War and 1821, declined when the Saratoga Springs in New York became the main spa. At this zenith, the spa had a race track, thirty-room hotel and other entertainment. Patrons came from the West Indies and various states. Bristol’s other hotel also housed guests. Patrons usually stayed a month or more in summer. -
[Keystone Hotel]
Closson House Hotel at the corner of Bath and Otter Streets--proprietor was Wilson Closson. Between 1900 and 1932 this was the terminus of an electric trolley line that connected Doylestown with Bristol. Later it was called the Keystone Hotel. A fire destroyed it in the 1980s. A new building was erected and it is now the location of the local judge. -
[Innkeeper Arthur Townsend, owner of the Keystone Hotel located at Bath and Otter Streets]
The hotel was formerly called the Hotel Closson. The building was destroyed in November 1980 by fire. In the late 1970s it was renamed Mari’s Closson House. -
Postcard: "Clossen House, Bath & Otter St., Bristol PA."
This is the center of Bath and Otter Streets. The trolley visible on the left was a line that began in Bristol and connected with Doylestown. The trolley line from Philadelphia to Morrisville via Bristol stopped here and passengers were required to cross the PA railroad tracks on foot and meet at the trolley on the other side to continue the journey. The Clossen Hotel was originally called the Exchange Hotel. Its final name was Keystone Hotel. Following a fire in 1980, it was demolished. A District Court Justice replaced it. -
"Otter and Bath Streets, Bristol, Pa. 1909"
Hotel Closson at Otter and Bath Streets. Later it was called the Keystone Hotel. The trolley in the picture went to Doylestown. -
"Clossen [sic] House, Bath & Otter St., Bristol, PA."
Closson House Hotel at the corner of Bath and Otter Streets. The proprietor was Wilson Closson. Later it was called the Keystone Hotel. A fire destroyed it in the 1980s. A new building was erected and it is now the location of the local judge. -
[Closson Hotel on Bath Street at Otter Street]
Trolley in view begins at Closson Hotel and runs to Doylestown. Hotel Closson was later called Keystone Hotel. Presently (1998) the hotel side is now the District Justice Office. -
"Bath and Otter Street, Bristol, PA, Aug. 23, 1905"
On the right is the Closson House Hotel, later called the Keystone Hotel. Electric trolley tracks extended north to Doylestown. Tracks on Otter Street connected Philadelphia and Morrisville via Bristol.