Keene Springs Hotel
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This two-story frame building was erected by Mason Singleton. White sulphur water was discovered circa 1848; its medicinal qualities made hotel and adjoining tavern popular summer resort of 1840s and 1850s. Captain G. L. Postlethwait was its most noted host. This was place of safety during cholera panic in Lexington.
Site sold to A. McTyre in 1857; to F. S. Wilson in 1868.
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