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The creation of the Red Caboose Motel began with the incorporation of "Red Caboose Lodge, Inc." [a] by Donald M. Denlinger on January 9, 1967. [13] Denlinger, who has been called a "tourism industry legend", also developed the Mill Bridge Village camping resort, the Fulton Steamboat Inn and the Historic Strasburg Inn.
Chester has been hurt for decades by corrupt politicians and organized crime. [71] Chester's Republican Party political machine was one of the nation's oldest and most corrupt. [72] John J. McClure took over from his father, William McClure, in 1907 [72] and was the political boss for the machine until his death in 1965.
Before the present building was constructed in 1863–66, [2] the site was occupied first by the pub The Golden Talbot and later by The Royal Hotel. The Golden Talbot was recorded as being "ancient" in its 1751 mention in one of the local weekly newspapers and had been in operation during the reign of Elizabeth I.
This historic hotel is a four-story, brick structure that was designed in the Italianate style. The original hotel was built in 1853, and was a three-story, brick, L-shaped structure with a steeply pitched gable roof. The building was later enlarged and modified in 1888, 1894, and 1924. [2] The building has been converted to apartments. [3]
Approximately 54% of all full-time undergraduates are from Pennsylvania with 45% coming from the rest of the country (predominantly Delaware, Maryland, New Jersey, New York, and Virginia), and 1% of students originating from outside the U.S. [31] The acceptance rate for undergraduate applicants in fall 2013 was 65.5%.
Electrification was completed the following year and the trolley was open from Newtown to Fernwood in 1895. By 1889, the reorganized Philadelphia and West Chester Traction Company had completed the track to West Chester. At the turn of the 20th century, the automobile began to disperse the urban populations over the countryside.