Crook's Hotel Building

Crook's Hotel Building

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West Branch's first schoolhouse occupied a one-acre lot here from 1853 until 1870. Nate Crook owned and operated a barber shop and restaurant in this building in 1871. By 1877 he had expanded his operation to include a hotel and livery. Over the years the building has housed several hotels and restaurants.

Schoolhouse Original Site

West Branch's first schoolhouse, now at Herbert Hoover National Historic Site, occupied a one-acre lot here from 1853 until 1870, when it was moved to the school grounds at Downey and College streets.

Crook's Hotel & Schoolhouse Or...

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Images of Crook's Hotel and the original site of the West Branch Schoolhouse.