Our series examining an Image of the Week from the photographic files, by Kevin Warstadt, Edward Connery Lathem ’51 Digital Library Fellow.

Pictured is the Wheelock Hotel, 1892, from a folder titled “Hanover Inns 2.” The hotel began as the home of General Ebenezer Brewster, but was converted into a tavern in 1780. The tavern became the Dartmouth Hotel in 1813 and was rebuilt and re-branded the Wheelock Hotel in 1815.

In 1901, Dartmouth College began a two-year reconstruction on the grounds and facilities of the Wheelock Hotel. When completed, the new building was named the Hanover Inn.