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THE FRAZER HOUSE

[Welland Tribune, 29 March 1895]

            Contractor Geo. A. Ellsworth has received instructions from the executors of the Gibson estate to proceed at once with the work of remodeling the above house, and already a staff of men are at work under his direction. Ornamental hardware floors will be laid throughout, every room freshly papered and decorated, and bathrooms, closets, and other modern conveniences introduced, including hot air heating for the entire building. The bar-room will be moved to the west end and a handsome office and sitting room, with plate glass fronts, constructed in connection. Ample rooms will be fitted up for commercial men, and the house put into first class shape from cellar to garret. Landlord Nelson Pitton, the present lessee, is already on hand and under his able management we predict that the Frazer house will soon again regain the old time popularity with the travelling public. Mr. Pitton is an experienced hotel keeper, having catered to the public at Paris, Ont., and Grand Rapids, Mich. The remodeled hotel will be fittingly named “The Arlington.”

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