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Wayne County Public Library, Goldsboro, NC

The Bonitz Hotel, 1863-1879.

The Bonitz Hotel was built in 1863 by J.H. William Bonitz, a German immigrant. Bonitz sold the hotel in 1879 to Messrs. Merrett and Bungting of Wilmington. It burned later that year and Mr. Bonitz chose to rebuild a larger and more elaborate hotel to replace it. He and his wife Mary administered the new hotel until it was traded for land in 1884 to Dr. George L. Kirby. Dr. Kirby renamed it the Arlington.

Photograph Number: BUIC15

References:

Norwood, Charles S. “Early Goldsboro Hotels and Buildings.” In Wayne County Heritage, North Carolina, 1982. Mary Johnstone, compiler. Winston-Salem, N.C.: The Association and the Society in Cooperation with Hunter Publishing Company, 1982.

Norwood, Charles S. “John Henry William Bonitz.” Essay, Bonitz family file at Wayne County Public Library, 1982.

Reaves, Bill. “Bonitz Family Information.” Compilation of newspaper abstracts, Bonitz family file at Wayne County Public Library, 1980.

“The Bonitz Hotel, S. Center St. at Chestnut St., CA 1875.” Undated photograph description. Photocopy in the Bonitz family file at Wayne County Public Library in 2005.