Commercial House

Commercial House - Credit: Wikimedia Commons

The Commercial House is a historic hotel located at the intersection of 5th and Main Streets in Keithsburg, Illinois. William J. Patterson built the hotel to be his own house in 1849; however, he sold it the next year to Samuel Phelps and moved to California, where he died. Indiana native David Wolfe purchased the building and opened it as a public house in 1875.History of Mercer and Henderson counties : together with biographical matter, statistics, etc. Chicago: H.H. Hill, 1882, 134. Read more on Wikipedia

type: NRHP
date from: 1849

Source: en.wikipedia.org