Fort Stanwix Hotel Sugar Tongs 1885 R.Wallace Silver Plate
Silvertone Sugar Tongs are marked Fort Stanwix. They are 4.5 inches long x 1/2 inch wide. They are marked inside 1835 R. Wallace. They are claw style and were used from somewhere around the 1920's - 1930's. They are in excellent vintage condition.
Notes: The eight-story 200-room Fort Stanwix Hotel was located at 332 Main Street, in Johnstown, Penn. Construction began in 1914 and was completed in 1915. By 1923, a 300-seat convention hall was added. According to Hotel Red Book advertisements, the hotel was in existence until approximately 1965 and was demolished in the early 1970s. Lee Campus of Memorial Medical Center is now located there