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The Kenmar Hotel

The Kenmar Hotel on Pennsylvania Avenue, photographed for the federal survey in 1991. The railroad track in the foreground is the old main line right of way, by then a transfer siding. — The Kenmar Hotel on Pennsylvania Avenue, photographed for the federal survey in 1991. The railroad track in the foreground is the old main line right of way, by then a transfer siding.Historic American Buildings Survey, National Park Service (Town of Mount Union, HABS No. PA-5974, photograph 11), Library of Congress stg01

The Kenmar Hotel in 1908. A brick town on the main line drew a steady stream of visitors, salesmen, investors, and railroad men, and they all needed a bed and a hot meal. A hotel like the Kenmar was a sign Mount Union had arrived.

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Caption from the Historic Mount Union page archive: “1908 Kenmar Hotel”. Community archive, not a published record.
Photograph credit: Historic Mount Union archive

Checked 2026-08-23 · Historic Mount Union collection

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A ferry on the Juniata near Mount Union, as Myer Souders describes it

A ferry on the Juniata near Mount Union, as Myer Souders describes itShared by Myer Souders

Perspective View of House Looking North. Gable End Not Visible in Photograph Was the Canal Side. - John Sharrar House, West Water Street near Division Street

Perspective View of House Looking North. Gable End Not Visible in Photograph Was the Canal Side. - John Sharrar House, West Water Street near Division StreetLibrary of Congress · pa2853.photos.038950p

$View of Office Looking South. - General Refractories Company, Office, Market Street, Mount Union$ View of Office Looking South. - General Refractories Company, Office, Market Street, Mount UnionLibrary of Congress · pa2851.photos.038947p

“The New P. R. R. Station”, as Charles Welch's history of Mount Union captioned it in 1909.

“The New P. R. R. Station”, as Charles Welch's history of Mount Union captioned it in 1909.Welch, History of Mount Union, 1909 · stg08

$General Interior View of Packing Shed, No. 1 Works - Harbison-Walker Refractories Company, Packing Shed$ General Interior View of Packing Shed, No. 1 Works - Harbison-Walker Refractories Company, Packing ShedLibrary of Congress · pa2727.photos.134465p

View of Grefco Houses Looking South Along Water Street - Town of Mount Union

View of Grefco Houses Looking South Along Water Street - Town of Mount UnionLibrary of Congress · pa2822.photos.038890p

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