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The Fort Hunter Hotel, shown some time around the turn of the 20th century, is now The Downings International House. “A. Becker,” the name of the owner back then, is still visible on the roof shingles of the building today.
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A Fort Hunter haven
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Posted: February 28, 2010
For much of its life, the large white building at 248 Main St. in the hamlet of Fort Hunter was a warm and welcoming place.
August Becker entertained guests there as proprietor of the Fort Hunter Hotel way back in the 19th century, and his son-in-law Orville Blanche ran the place — also his residence — as a boarding house and a barber shop well into the 20th century. Even now, current owners Jason and Katherine Downing put up a sign that reads “The Downings International House,” and since 2002 have been renting out rooms to foreign students at Fulton-Montgomery Community College.
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