The Hotel Sterling, Trenton
My Dad Ed MacNicoll sent me this cool picture. Its not
on the list of Hotels I have for 1957 but here are the
Trenton hotels listed:
American House Hotel 35 S Warren, Earle Hotel 3 E Hanover,
Hotel Hildebrecht 27 W State, Hollywood Hotel 317 E Front,
Hotel Delaines 152 Perry, Hotel Hamilton 456 S Broad,
Hotel Hanover 137 E Hanover, Hotel Jersey 200 S Broad,
Hotel Leonard 85 S Clinton, Hotel Rainbow 222 N Broad,
Hotel Stacy-Trent 49 W State, Hotel Warren 15 Warren,
The Howard 213 E Hanover, Penn Hotel 81 S Clinton,
Peterson Hotel&Bar 204 N Willow.
UPDATE: According to a few net sources The Hotel Sterling
was located at 18 West State Street. Part of it was once
where NJ Governors stayed in the early 1800s a WPA book
says...I read NY Times articles saying President Woodrow
Wilson gave some speeches here in his NJ Gov days:)
In 1957 my Trenton Directory says this is the address of
"City Cab Company".
7 comments:
Mack:
Do you know the address of the Serlling Hotel?
Hi JoeB I just found it and will add it to the post:)
My father's friend Leonard Caputi owned the Hotel Leonard, across from the railroad station, later on I think he also owned the Hotel Penn. He also had a very popular ice cream parlor next door. That railroad station was something else in those days. Regards, Ralph again.
Hi Ralph:)
I found this on the Net,
looks like Leonard Caputi's wife:
Barbara K. Caputi NEWTOWN, PA - Barbara K. Caputi, 81, of Pennswood Village in Newtown, PA, died Sunday May 31, 2009, at St. Mary Medical Center. Mrs. Caputi was a longtime resident of Yardley, PA, before moving to Pennswood Village four years ago. Mrs. Caputi was a librarian retiring from the Morrisville Library in Morrisville, PA. She was graduated from Trenton High School and Albright College. Also an artist, she exhibited at Phillips Mill and Pennswood Village Gallery, as well as juried competitions and other galleries and was a member of the Princeton Art Association. She was a member of the Yardley Friends Meeting. Her interests included history and genealogy, and she loved the Delaware River and Long Beach Island. Wife of the late Leonard Caputi, she is survived by two sons and a daughter-in-law, Leonard M. and Alison Caputi of Equinunk, PA, and Raymond V. Caputi of Fleetwood, PA; a daughter and son-in-law, Elizabeth C. and Wayne Hunt of Union Hall, VA; a sister, Eleanor Hart of Ellensburg, WA, and six grandchildren, Danni and Vince Caputi, Gina and James Caputi, Joshua Hunt and his wife, Leslie, and Cody Hunt. A memorial service will be at 1 p.m. Saturday, June 13, 2009, at the Yardley Friends Meeting in Yardley. Please bring your remembrances of Barbara to share during the service. In lieu of flowers, memorial contributions may be made to the Yardley Friends Meeting, 65 N. Main St., Yardley, PA 19067. Arrangements are under the direction of the FitzGerald-Sommer Funeral Home, Yardley, PA.
Mack, Here's a story that has just a bit of a tie in with the Sterling Hotel. At least I think it does.
When two of my uncles got out of the service, after WWII, they had a variety of jobs , all in Trenton. One of their jobs, was driving taxis for the Capitol Cab Co. The main cab stand, with a phone box, was at Front and Broad, across from the SunRay Drug Store. I'm pretty sure that was the name. There was a Men's Clothing store on the same side as the cab stand. (Anyone know the name). Anyway, when I was 9 or 10 years old. My uncles used to pick me up and I would ride around with them until late at night in the Taxis. It was a big deal for me and I loved it. Of course, this was during the summer, when I was out of school. We had no air conditioning in the cars, but we rode with all of the windows down. The town was all lit up and there was a buzz of activity at that time. Most of the cabs were 1946 Plymouths, painted Black and White, with the logo being the State Capitol dome on the doors. They had one older 1941 Chevrolet taxi. A lot of our fares, were GIs coming into Trenton from Fort Dix. We picked them up at the Train Station. I remember that they always wanted to go to the hot spots (bars). One of the dropoffs was a bar in the basement of the Hotel Sterling. This was at W. State and Chancery Lane. (Anyone know the name of the bar). I believe they had live entertainment. We also took soldiers to bars on Front St. It was great fun riding all over Trenton, picking up and dropping off fares. My uncles were great conversationalists, and talked with everyone. Sometime during this period, they got radios in the cabs and we were then "Radio Dispatched". At the time, Terminal Cab was located at State and Broad, in front of the newstand, and possibly at the railroad station. I think there may have been another cab company located at the bus station on Perry St. Does anyone know who owned Capitol Cab? Was it the Agabiti Bros?
Mack: this Mrs. Caputi would be too young to be my father,s friend,s wife. His name may have been Vincent.In answer to Ray of Villa Park, the clothing store he referred to was called Hall,s Clothing. I believe the Capitol Cab Co. was owned by the Frascellas. the Agabiti Bros. were contractors. Frank Agabiti was a very close friend who owned Cedar Gardens and was an excellent bowler.
Gents,
My name is Josh Hunt, I noticed your posts about Leonard and Vincent Caputi. Leonard was my grandfather and Vincent was my great grandfather. Barbara was married to Leonard. I know that Vincent owned a Hotel in Trenton, my grandmother kept extensive genealogical records of the Caputi family tree, and talked about the family history quite a bit. Thought it was an interesting discussion so I figured i'd throw this info out there, maybe it will be helpful.
Cheers!
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