The New Merchants Hotel, at the corner of Fourth and New Streets, was a hotel and popular drinking destination. Steel workers would also stop in the hotel bar on the way home from work. The establishment was not just for the guys though; ladies had their very own lounge at the hotel.
"They would close New Street in wintertime for sledding between Packer and Morton, so you really just had to walk out your door, and your friends would be there." - Mrs. Pat Girke, former resident.
The only day I ever skipped school in my life was in October 1967. The Red Sox were playing the St. Louis Cardinals. Me and my buddy… we didn’t plan it too well. We didn’t have a place to go watch the game. So we came up to the Student Union building at Lehigh and we got caught!
Architect: Edward T. Potter (1831-1904)
Dates: 1865-1869, 1890-1891, 1957-1958 Remodel & Addition
Type: Academic, Multipurpose
Name Variations: The University Center, UC
Style: High Victorian
This building is located at 24 East 3rd Street and is split to house two stores: Asian Bistro II takes the eastern half, but there is currently an empty storefront to the west. The earliest record of 24 East 3rd Street was in 1924, when proprietors Sol and Rose Phillips rebuilt Philli
