The Cabell House.
One of the best known boarding
houses in Charlottesville is located at
No. 852 West Main street, just one
block west of Union Station. Convenient
to the business section of the city.
Electric cars stop at the door. About
five minutes' walk to the University.
The Cabell House gives the best homelike
comforts at reasonable rates. This
house has been thoroughly renovated,
newly papered and neatly furnished
throughout. Large commodious dining
room, which will seat about fifty
people, fronting a beautiful green lawn.
The rooms in this hotel are large and
airy, everything about the premises
is scrupulously clean, and the guests
receive the best attention. It is conducted
by Miss Pattie J. Daffan, and her
two nieces Misses Nannie G. and Dora
L. Shelkett.
What is now the Municipal building
or City Hall and Police Headquarters
was occupied before the civil war by
the old Merchants & Farmers bank,
and the vaults may still be seen in
City Treasurer Walker's office. Later
it became the residence of Dr. John
Thornley, a retired naval officer.
The old three-story red brick house
on the North West corner of Jefferson
and McKee streets was formerly the
post-office and a bank, and later the
residence of Dr. A. Robert McKee, a
Justice of the Peace whose strange rulings
and decisions caused much comment.
