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A Look Inside the Hammel House Inn |
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History |
| There has been a tavern on this site in Waynesville since 1799. The Hammel House Inn stands in the same tradition of great old inns with the Golden Lamb in Lebanon, Ohio and the Florentine Hotel in Germantown, Ohio. The original building was a log tavern owned by James Jennings. It was replaced in 1817 by the present frame part of the Inn. The brick addition came in 1822. The Inn has had many renovations and owners over the years. It was remodeled in 1857, 1872 and most recently in 1987. Nathaniel McLean, the brother of the U.S. Supreme Court Justice, John McLean was the Innkeeper from 1838 to 1841. He sold the inn to Enoch Hammell. In 1844 he added a third floor ballroom to the establishment. The next owner was Ollie Casey Gustin. The Hotel Gustin, as it was called after 1901, was noted for its genteel service. It later became a boarding house and in 1934 became an apartment building. The Purdum and Maudlin families restored the Hammel House Inn in 1987. |
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