OUR HISTORIC HOTEL

Solid brick. Four stories. A hundred feet along Water Street. The interior had mirrors and furniture shipped in from Philadelphia. Two wings extended out the back of the building and enclosed an elaborate garden with a fountain, where concerts were sometimes performed. The garden even had a zoo in the 1870s, complete with a monkey named Ike, who was said to have the run of the place.

Once upon a time, it was a popular meeting place for local groups and clubs. The Rotary and the Kiwanis met there, and many meetings and conferences were held there. Out of town visitors came to these to see the majestic old hotel.

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The Fallon was basically a self-contained ecosystem for the guests. There was a newsstand for reading material, and of course a bar. There was a small library, and a barber on the premises in case of haircut emergencies. Pretty much anything you needed could be found without leaving the building.

There was even a boat landing. At the point where the garden met the Susquehanna River, a dock was built to launch boats from the hotel property. Long before Water Street saw its first Regatta on Labor Day, there were elaborate Regattas in the river, held for the pleasure of the guests.

In addition to boats, you could enter and leave the Fallon by horse and wagon, too. A local man named Ben Whiting ran the service, taking a carriage drawn by several horses back and forth to the railroad stations. Picking people up from the stations, Whiting was known to frequently call out,”Free bus to the Fallon House!”