Show Old Washington Hotel Passes In History A wealth of history is associated with the old National hotel on Pennsylvania Pennsylvania Pennsylvania Penn Penn- sylvania avenue recently purchased by the city to mal make e way for a n new municipal center Built in 18 1826 a. a this hostelry was for years ears the largest hotel south of New e York Not only did Henry Clay live and die at the National reports George Rothwell Brown in the Washington Herald but from its doors Old Hickory Vall walked ed to the capitol one March morning to take i the oath as President On the day daj that Lincoln was Inaugurated the hotel roof root held sharpshooters who ho bo covered that point of the parade Until the OH American Federation of Labor moved move into Its new building It used the hotel for Its headquarters |