Introduction
Chester House (1)
Chester House (2)
Chester House (3)
Chester House (4)
Chester House (5)
Chester Road Hotel
Chester School
Chester Volunteer Fire Company
Cross Roads Schoolhouse
Crystal Lake
Culvert over Black River
East Main Street
Entrance to Hacklebarney State Park
Federated Church
Grove Street
Leck’s Luncheonette
M.E. Church
Methodist Church
Milltown Bridge
Muskrat Inn
Muskrat Valley
Pleasant Hill Cemetery
Presbyterian Church
Ralston
R.R. Station
Square and Mill Street, German Valley
St. Lawrence the Martyr
The Institute Boarding House
Welcome Home Farm

Muskrat Inn

Muskrat Inn, Chester, N.J., postcard, undated.

The property shown here dates back to 1899. Then, it was known as the Depot House, but it saw its share of turnovers. In 1906, it was known as the Anthracite Hotel, a nod to the coal being carried on the rails through Chester. The owner, Lorenzo T. Current sold the business to William Kohler in 1925. He, in turn, sold it to Edward Hann, who ran cockfights out of the tavern. Hann willed the tavern to his niece, Luella O’Neil, who sold it to Bernie Wallace. This Chester mainstay still carries his name today — Bernie’s Hillside Tavern.

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