Golden Lamb

cornice is intact, though the door itself is new. North of this door is another southern 6 bays of the first 3 stories is a porch, divided into 5 sections by this portion of the building is bracketed and paneled. The ends of this The 2 story section, built in 1826 by Henry Share, matches that of the first with 6/6 light, shuttered windows and a doorway with a small porch. the men who were building the Little Miami R.R. On the interior, today, is a lobby, four public dining rooms, the kitchen, a There are five private dining rooms on the 2nd floor and 19 guest rooms with baths on the 2nds, 3rd, and 4th floors.

The 4th floor also has 3 museum-type CONDITION The Golden Lamb consists of a 4-story, L-shaped structure facing South Broadway, UNALTERED large sign hanging from a decorative bracket from the porch.The cornice of columns.The upper floors of the porch have a decorative railing.There is a rooms, two of which house Shaker displays. original section consisted of two stories,6 bays across.Today there are The original 2-story structure gained a 3rd story ca. 1846. A 3~story, 4-bay wing a 2-story section behind and,west of this, a new, one-story section.

The For many years the building was painted white with two iron balconies serving CHECK ONE _DETERIORATED _UNEXPOSED as firescapes.The windows had tin decorative 1intels.In the 1930's the doors in the 3rd bay from the south end leading out to firescapes.Across the -GOOD the original tavern. The original pilasteres, fanlit, doorway with a deep those of the facade, but have shutters. The south end has two large interior Some are the original 6/6 light, others have been replaced with 2/2 lights. doorway, which originally went upstairs, and a storefront window. The remaining end chimneys.

The Golden Lamb is recognized as the oldest inn in continuous use in the state of Ohio and remains an outstanding architecural focal point for the town of Lebanon. It is political rallies, celebrations, and entertainment. "keep a house of Public Entertainment. In 1815 Icabod Corwin built the fine brick hostel to replace the old log tavern of Jonas Seaman's. Benjamin Rue, who was in Ancient, came to manage the new inn in 1818. The Golden Lamb was immediately town of Lebanon has no stage and few public buildings, the tavern became the town's amuse the people of the town and county.

There is no known record of the time when the tavern was first called "The Golden Lamb" but a notice in the Western Star as early as 1827 advertised that good accomodations were available at "The Ohio and Pennsylvania Hotel at the Sign of Share and his wife became the proprietors of the hotel, operating it together until Calvin Bradley leased the hotel in 1839, bought the building in 1841 and operated Dickens stopped at the hotel with his wife and records his visit in his American The hotel was then known as the Lebanon House and a succession of proprietors and hotel keepers managed it. Stubbs' son, Albert, became manager and was associated an attorney and one of America's most controversial politicians, killed himself accidentally, in his room at the Golden Lamb.

Vallandigham was in town to defend the final address to the jury the next day using as a defense the theory that 1700-1799 Notes.