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Author: ShookGenealogy
Surnames: Barnhart Hayes
Classification: queries
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There were two Central Hotels listed in the Porter County Directory published in 1902. The
New Central Hotel was owned and operated by C. R. Barnhart and his wife Marie E. Barnhart
and was located at the corner of Main Street (today's Lincolnway Avenue) and Lafayette
Street. The Grand Central Hotel was located at 23 West Main Street, which is present day
23 West Lincolnway Avenue. The owner and operator of the Grand Central Hotel was Ed. A.
Mee.
Neither Imperial Art Studio nor A. E. Hayes is listed in the 1902 Porter County Directory
or in the 1893 Valparaiso City Directory.
The Imperial is listed in the 1885 Valparaiso City Directory at the top of pages 61, 71,
77, and 89: "THE BEST PLACE IN THE CITY IS at the 'IMPERIAL,' 21 W.
Main." A. O. Hayes, however, is not listed in the 1885 Valparaiso City Directory.
Given the address of the Imperial, is must have been located next door to the Grand
Central Hotel. The Grand Central Hotel does appear in the 1896 Sanborn Fire Insurance Map
- but no photography studio is shown to be adjacent to the hotel. There is a "Sample
Room" shown to be within the hotel, and this may have possibly been the photography
studio. The exact same information is shown in the 1982 version of the Sanborn Fire
Insurance Map for Valparaiso.
The only probable candidate as to whom A. E. Hayes may be given the 1880 and 1900 Federal
Census enumerations for Porter County is a 1880 listing for an Arthur Hayes, aged 15,
working on farm and living in Center Township, Porter County, Indiana - possibly the Hayes
you're looking for, but unlikely.
It may be that A.E. Hayes was a student at the university and only operated his studio in
Valparaiso while attending the university. Upon graduation he may have packed up and left
the city.
I hope this information can assist you in your research.
Steve Shook
Moscow, Idaho
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