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Wescott Hotel, Richmond, Indiana, 1906

Subjects
Hotels & InnsStreet Scenes
Card type
Printed photo
Date
c. 1906 (Early)
Front of Wescott Hotel, Richmond, Indiana, 1906, c. 1906 printed photo postcard
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Back of Wescott Hotel, Richmond, Indiana, 1906, c. 1906 printed photo postcard
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About this postcard

The Wescott Hotel stands at the corner of Tenth and Main streets in downtown Richmond, Indiana, a five-story brick building with a rounded corner turret. Storefronts and awnings fill the ground floor, including one marked "Fletcher Hardware Co." Utility poles and wires cross the foreground. In 1906 Richmond was a railroad and manufacturing center, and a corner hotel like the Wescott served commercial travelers and visitors to the downtown business district.

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Wescott Hotel~Richmond, Ind.
PostmarkedRichmond, IN, November 5, 1906, 13:00
Stamp
Addressed to
Miss C. Harlow S. Hassett

44 Spaulding St. Amesbury, MA

Postcard record

Postmarked, Richmond, IN
ConditionGood
Place addressedMiss C. Harlow S. Hassett, 44 Spaulding St., Amesbury, MA
Place depictedRichmond, IN
receivedMA
Stamp1c Benjamin Franklin, Scott #300, green, issued 1903
Stamp1c Benjamin Franklin, green, issued 1906
NotesWhite border with textured/pebbled paper surface; handwritten location note in blue ink on lower margin: "Cor 10th and Main St." Postmark: RICHMOND, IND. NOV 5 1 PM 1906; receiving mark: MASS. NOV 5 8-30A 1906. Undivided back ("THIS SIDE FOR THE ADDRESS"), 1¢ green Franklin (1906) adhesive, white-bordered textured card; light edge wear and a small stain at left.

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Wescott Hotel, Richmond, Indiana, 1906, postcard, c. 1906. PostalPast Collection. https://postalpast.com/postcard/wescott-hotel-richmond-indiana-1906. Accessed November 2, 2026.