Today in Wheeling History: October 27--The "Wheeling Sunday Register" reported the remodel of the upper floors of Bader & Mauer’s Saloon and Restaurant into a stag hotel was almost completed (1901).
A stag hotel was a hotel that catered only to men. In October 1901, the Bader & Maurer stag hotel on Market Street in Wheeling, West Virginia had a beautiful new metal ceiling installed in its café, furnished by the Wheeling Corrugating Company and attracting much attention for its semi-gothic deep panel design. The 5-story building at 1429 Market Street has a long history. In the 1880s, it housed Charles Neuman's dyeing and tailoring business. Charles Bauer operated a saloon there in 1901 before Bader & Maurer took over. Hotel rooms were added upstairs. In the early 1900s, owners included the Finnigan Brothers and Kurutz Brothers. During Prohibition, it housed the Washington Restaurant downstairs. In the 1940s, mob boss Bill Lias operated it as Zeller's Steak House with gambling. It has remained a bar since then, with a jazz club in the back "Rathskeller" portion at one point. The building is architecturally significant in Wheeling. (https://tinyurl.com/39mpynhj) (https://tinyurl.com/2v8nybtx) (https://tinyurl.com/m5usp4e3) (https://tinyurl.com/yhxzd8h6)
A stag hotel was a hotel that catered only to men. In October 1901, the Bader & Maurer stag hotel on Market Street in Wheeling, West Virginia had a beautiful new metal ceiling installed in its café, furnished by the Wheeling Corrugating Company and attracting much attention for its semi-gothic deep panel design. The 5-story building at 1429 Market Street has a long history. In the 1880s, it housed Charles Neuman's dyeing and tailoring business. Charles Bauer operated a saloon there in 1901 before Bader & Maurer took over. Hotel rooms were added upstairs. In the early 1900s, owners included the Finnigan Brothers and Kurutz Brothers. During Prohibition, it housed the Washington Restaurant downstairs. In the 1940s, mob boss Bill Lias operated it as Zeller's Steak House with gambling. It has remained a bar since then, with a jazz club in the back "Rathskeller" portion at one point. The building is architecturally significant in Wheeling. (https://tinyurl.com/39mpynhj) (https://tinyurl.com/2v8nybtx) (https://tinyurl.com/m5usp4e3) (https://tinyurl.com/yhxzd8h6)
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