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The building is today being restored under the ownership of Tonia and Missy Osborn, proprietors of the Jitterbug Café.
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Tonia Osborn checks messages next to the wall of historical articles featured in the Jitterbug Café in Utica.
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The stairs between floors of the hotel wind around a massive Art Nouveau newel post that will be given a new finial during restoration.
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The central hall of the third floor shows the stylishly curved walls typical of the Art Nouveau style of the period. Typical of a hotel of this period, the restrooms were located at the end of the hall. All guests had to share.
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Some of the original brass numbers can still be found on the doors of the small hotel rooms.
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Some of the rooms feature hall windows, which would allow light from the bright side of the building to penetrate across the structure.
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A fragment of very old flamingo wallpaper found on one of the walls in the hotel.
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To make the hotel rooms into apartments later on, some small bathrooms were created. This one is the tiniest. This one may be kept as a souvenir of the building’s apartment days.
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Out the loading door of the adjoining Hufford Building’s carriage house was Bootlegger’s Crossing, where locals say illegal alcohol was unloaded from boats during Prohibition.
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An original Odin Stove found in the basement of the hotel. In the early days, guests would select how many hot coals they wanted for their stoves as part of their overnight rate. A porter would bring the hot coals up from the basement to go in the guest’s stove.
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Remnants of the hotel’s basement heyday as a speakeasy during Prohibition can be found under the stairs: dozens of old moonshine and whiskey bottles.
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During restoration, the new owners discovered the original tile floor of the Quick Hotel’s lobby. It can now be seen in the Jitterbug Café.
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The décor of the coffee shop celebrates its past. This mural unites the café’s debut with memories of the building’s 1920s speakeasy.
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This vintage postcard image shows the Quick Hotel in Utica, not long after it was first built by Benjamin Quick in 1910.
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