After taking an almost deadly elevator ride to the top floors of the hotel, we found a table, still set since the day the hotel closed.

P&LE was formed on May 11, 1875 by William McCreery, a prominent Pittsburgh businessman, merchant and railroad builder.

The building was designed by Ulysses J. Lincoln Peoples, with the construction totaling a cost of $80,000 – equal to about $2.5 million today.

There have been theories as to why these marks were used. Still though, nobody has been able to 100% decipher their meanings, if any.

After only a year of being in business, a fire broke out and destroyed their entire establishment. All that was saved from the blaze was one piano.

Molly Stark Sanatorium was opened on August 23, 1929, and would provide help and care for Stark County residents who suffered from tuberculosis. The facility was named in honor of General John Stark’s wife.

The La Salle Theatre in Collinwood, Ohio was built in 1927 and first opened as a movie palace. For years the theatre remained a popular local spot, until a decline in the 1980s.

While much of Windsor sits quiet and empty today, it was once a bustling little town with a lively history often overlooked.

One piece of Ohio’s great history that is far too often neglected, and rarely talked about sits in Pomeroy, Ohio, unfortunately rotting away. One thing we can do is keep the stories alive.

The diner is one of the 600 or so still standing today. This is quite a feat, when you consider that there were previously over 6,000 of these diners across the United States.