1886
John A. Lantz Builds a Large Resort Hotel in Aurora
John A. Lantz, who had moved to Aurora in 1870, erected a large hotel in 1886. Morton's biographical history described it as a famous country resort patronized during the summer by affluent visitors from larger cities.
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Oren F. Morton, A History of Preston County, West Virginia, vol. II (1914), p. 735
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