Nobody Asked Me, But… No. 189; Hotel History: The Boar’s Head

Stanley Turkel | December 28, 2017

By Stanley Turkel, CMHS The Boar's Head (1834), Charlottesville, Virginia (175 rooms) On August 13, 2017, the New York Times wrote in "A Guide to the Charlottesville Aftermath": "On Saturday afternoon, President Trump met criticism for condemning the "egregious display of hatred, bigotry and violence on many sides" without singling out white nationalists or neo-Nazis". My hotel research about the 183-year old Boar's Head Inn in Charlottesville reveals its relationship to the Boar's Head in London which has been synonymous with warm hospitality and good food since Shakespeare's day. In the 1730s, the Inn was the site of Terrell's...