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Bedminster Hotel / Howard Hotel / Willie’s Tavern The building was erected in 1780 by Aaron Melick for his son, John, who was returning home from the Revolutionary War. Since that time it has served as a pub, a polling place, a pool room, a package store, a political forum, a speakeasy, a hotel and a restaurant. In 1893 a man named Willie Howard came to Gladstone with Charles Pfizer and served as huntsman for the Essex Hunt. In 1898 Willie and his wife, Bertha, upon Willie’s retirement, purchased the Bedminster Hotel, as it was called, for $5,000. The hotel was renamed the "Howard Hotel" and in 1912 the first indoor plumbing was installed. The name was later changed to Willie's Tavern....where you can still grab a sandwich and a pint today! It is even noted that one of Pfizer’s favorite horses, named after his daughter, was buried behind the hotel.
Bedminster Hotel / Howard Hotel / Willie’s Tavern The building was erected in 1780 by Aaron Melick for his son, John, who was returning home from the Revolutionary War. Since that time it has served as a pub, a polling place, a pool room, a package store, a political forum, a speakeasy, a hotel and a restaurant. In 1893 a man named Willie Howard came to Gladstone with Charles Pfizer and served as huntsman for the Essex Hunt. In 1898 Willie and his wife, Bertha, upon Willie’s retirement, purchased the Bedminster Hotel, as it was called, for $5,000. The hotel was renamed the "Howard Hotel" and in 1912 the first indoor plumbing was installed. The name was later changed to Willie's Tavern....where you can still grab a sandwich and a pint today! It is even noted that one of Pfizer’s favorite horses, named after his daughter, was buried behind the hotel.
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