New Merchant's Hotel

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. The hotel building no longer exists. However, it is still a popular drinking destination as the building that replaced the hotel is the home to, Molly's, a popular local drinking establishment.

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