04/01/06

   Robert Champlin - Proprietor

A History of 3 Main Street, Penn Yan, NY

1873 - 1890     Barron House          Michael Barron

1890 - 1897     Barron's Hotel         Mrs. Julia Barron

1897 - 1905     Barron's Hotel         Andrew Geohegan and Frank McNiff

1905 - 1906     Barron's Hotel         Sophia Seligman

1906 - 1938     Building owned by John Ackley

          1906 - 1907     Ackley House - Rooms to Rent on 2nd floor / Saloon & Restaurant on

                                      ground floor - George Smalley - business owner

          1913 - 1920     Pool Parlor          George Quenan

          1920 - 1922     Hay and Grain Storage          Wendell Dean

          1922 - 1924     E.J.Loder - Auto Exchange - Chevrolet Sales          E.J. Loder

          1924 - 1927     Yates Restaurant          E.J. Loder

          1927 - 1931     Restaurant          Alfred J. Bennett

          1930 - 1931     Barber (one one side of double doors)     Earl Douglas

                                      Jigsaw Puzzles - made and sold (other side of double doors)

          1931 - 1933     Stag Hotel - Rooms for 50¢ and 75¢          Red Hartzell

1938 - 1945     Building owned by Elizabeth Dolan

          1933 - 1977     R & M Grill

               1933 - 1951     R & M Grill     Clement Mahar & Donald Rippy (R & M) business owners

                                           During WWII, business was run by James Carroll (1944-1945)

1945 - 1955     Building owned by James Carroll and Alfred Serefine

1956 - 1974     Building owned by Alfred Serefine

          1951 - 1963     R & M Grill          Alfred Serefine - business owner

          1963 - 1973     R & M Grill         Michael & Barbara Mahar - business owners

1974 - 1977               R & M Grill         Building & Business owned by Ernest Carlson

1977 - 2000               Lloyds Limited - A Pub      Building & Business owned by Warren Lloyd

2000 - Present         Lloyds Limited - A Pub      Building & Business owned by Robert Champlin

Some Other Interesting History Facts!

From 1833 to 1877, the area behind 3 Main St. was a "waterway", which is now Basin St.  Boats could travel between Keuka and Seneca Lakes and pull up behind 3 Main St. to load or unload goods.

On January 16th, 1920 the 18th Amendment of the US Constitution took away Americans' right to drink alcohol. This was called Prohibition.  Illegal saloons or "Speak Easy" began to pop up.  There was a "Speak Easy" in the basement of 3 Main St. from 1920 - 1933.  The entrance to the Speak easy was at the back door of the building next door, at 1 Main St.

At the repeal of Prohibition in 1933, the R & M Grill was the first bar in Yates County to serve a legal drink!