Union Hall Inn, Johnstown, NY
Audio Excerpt | Current Photo | Historic Picture

Interview with: Mr. Robert Cross, who's family owned the structure for 16 years
Interviewed by: Ryan Callery, Cassie Cirillo, Justine Case, Christopher Lavigne, Erica Kelly and Deb Callery
Interview date: June 12, 2001

Transcript of audio excerpt:

Justine Case: Can you tell us what you know about this building and its history.

Bob Cross: When my father bought the house in 1910 it was a two family house. And, have any of you gone to Union Hall for dinner? As you walk in, there's a dining room on the right and a dining room on the left and you walk straight through and there's a restroom, a lady's room. When we lived there, that was open all the way back and my mother put a Dutch door in, you know, a Dutch door where the top opens, and we had a nice rock garden out back. And my mother, we lived there at that time, this was when I was a little boy, I can't remember that.

On the left hand side as you go in, the street side, a family by the name of Laney lived there. We lived on the right side and when I was very young, we occupied the entire house except where the bar is. There was not doorway going through to the bar. That was occupied, there was a living room, a kitchen, and above there were two bedrooms and a bath occupied by a woman by the name of Lise Bowers and then we occupied the rest of the house.
We used to talk a lot about Nick Stoner killing an Indian for maybe killing his father, but I think that's all myth really.

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