Orleans Hotel Site of Prohibition-era Raids
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Issue Date
2017-05-27
Authors
Ballard, Matthew R.
Publisher
County of Orleans
Keywords
Village Of Albion , Businesses , Hotels , Orleans County , Prohibition
Abstract
While the United States "enjoyed" the consequences of the 18th Amendment, photographs of the Orleans Hotel show a bar void of liquor bottles and bar stools. In 1922 the Hotel was one of several businesses raided by Sheriff Scott Porter for selling intoxicating liquor.