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The west half of the building known as the
Revere Hotel on Main Street was built in 1887, by J. M. Pomeroy. It
was constructed as a stage coach stop. Mr. Pomeroy's divorced wife
married St. George and they operated the hotel and dining room and renamed
the structure the St. George Hotel.
The second half of the pressed brick
building to the corner was constructed in 1889 -1891, also the second story
with more rooms and apartments was added in 1902, in like design.
Two United States
Presidents signed the register. President Grover Cleveland came to
Pomeroy by train, then took the stage to Lewiston and was a frequent
visitor. It is rumored that President Cleveland was on his way to a
rendezvous with his mistress. President Benjamen Harrison had friends in
Kamiah, Idaho and stayed at the St. George enroute there.
Records for the Revere were
wrapped tightly and put into a pipe, and the pipe is embedded in concrete
in the front steps of the Maple (Spinner's) Hall building.
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