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Powers Hotel, Rochester, N.Y., c1905. Creator: Unknown.
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Powers Hotel, Rochester, N.Y., c1905. 'Powers Fireproof Hotel' opened in 1883. It had four dining rooms, a banquet hall seating 500, and almost a dozen stores opening off the lobby. Famous guests who stayed at the Powers included Mark Twain, Cornelius Vanderbilt, Babe Ruth, Franklin D. Roosevelt, and Lou Gehrig. Note shops sell Remington typewriters, coal and confectionery.