Gaar House Hotel. University of South Florida Tampa Library still image eng Gaar House Hotel on Old Main Street. The history of the building is interesting. In 1884, Ralph Palmer bought a lot on Main Street for $235. He constructed a residence but never lived there, instead selling it to Adeline Graham for $2,300, nearly ten times the price he had paid for the lot. Adeline Graham opened a hotel offering good food and accomodations along with a view of the Manatee River. When DeSoto County was created in 1887-1888, the court papers for Manatee County returned to Bradenton and for a time the bottom floor of this building served as the county courthouse. The county paid rent of $300 per year. Ralph Palmer then bought the hotel back and re-sold it to Mr. Volney A. Gaar in May 1896. Gaar purchased the Henry Coe house on the south side of the hotel in 1908 and joined the two wooden structures together. V.A. Gaar won the position of city tax collector in Bradenton's first regular city election of January 1904. His son, William "Billy" Gaar lived in the large building until his death. The hotel building was sold and torn down in 1984. Gaar House Hotel on Old Main Street. The history of the building is interesting. In 1884, Ralph Palmer bought a lot on Main Street for $235. He constructed a residence but never lived there, instead selling it to Adeline Graham for $2,300, nearly ten times the price he had paid for the lot. Adeline Graham opened a hotel offering good food and accomodations along with a view of the Manatee River. When DeSoto County was created in 1887-1888, the court papers for Manatee County returned to Bradenton and for a time the bottom floor of this building served as the county courthouse. The county paid rent of $300 per year. Ralph Palmer then bought the hotel back and re-sold it to Mr. Volney A. Gaar in May 1896. Gaar purchased the Henry Coe house on the south side of the hotel in 1908 and joined the two wooden structures together. V.A. Gaar won the position of city tax collector in Bradenton's first regular city election of January 1904. His son, William "Billy" Gaar lived in the large building until his death. The hotel building was sold and torn down in 1984. Gaar House Hotel (502 Main Street) United States Florida--Manatee County--Bradenton Manatee County Public Library Historic Photograph Collection
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Gaar House Hotel on Old Main Street. The history of the building is interesting. In 1884, Ralph Palmer bought a lot on Main Street for $235. He constructed a residence but never lived there, instead selling it to Adeline Graham for $2,300, nearly ten times the price he had paid for the lot. Adeline Graham opened a hotel offering good food and accomodations along with a view of the Manatee River. When DeSoto County was created in 1887-1888, the court papers for Manatee County returned to Bradenton and for a time the bottom floor of this building served as the county courthouse. The county paid rent of $300 per year. Ralph Palmer then bought the hotel back and re-sold it to Mr. Volney A. Gaar in May 1896. Gaar purchased the Henry Coe house on the south side of the hotel in 1908 and joined the two wooden structures together. V.A. Gaar won the position of city tax collector in Bradenton's first regular city election of January 1904. His son, William "Billy" Gaar lived in the large building until his death. The hotel building was sold and torn down in 1984.
Gaar House Hotel on Old Main Street. The history of the building is interesting. In 1884, Ralph Palmer bought a lot on Main Street for $235. He constructed a residence but never lived there, instead selling it to Adeline Graham for $2,300, nearly ten times the price he had paid for the lot. Adeline Graham opened a hotel offering good food and accomodations along with a view of the Manatee River. When DeSoto County was created in 1887-1888, the court papers for Manatee County returned to Bradenton and for a time the bottom floor of this building served as the county courthouse. The county paid rent of $300 per year. Ralph Palmer then bought the hotel back and re-sold it to Mr. Volney A. Gaar in May 1896. Gaar purchased the Henry Coe house on the south side of the hotel in 1908 and joined the two wooden structures together. V.A. Gaar won the position of city tax collector in Bradenton's first regular city election of January 1904. His son, William "Billy" Gaar lived in the large building until his death. The hotel building was sold and torn down in 1984.
Gaar House Hotel (502 Main Street)
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Florida--Manatee County--Bradenton
Manatee County Public Library Historic Photograph Collection