Valley Girl Views: The Buffalo Valley Inn, Mifflinburg Pa

The Commercial Hotel, Later The Buffalo Valley Inn, in Mifflinburg Pa

The Commercial Inn was built sometime around 1860 by William Young. It later became the Buffalo Valley Inn. "When prohibition sentiment crept into Mifflinburg the townspeople formed a company, purchased the building and closed the bar. For several years they ran a hotel without a bar and were instrumental in drying up that end of Union county. " The building was purchased by Hassenplug and Sulouff, before being sold in a sheriffs sale to the I.O.O.F in 1935. At that time, it was occupied by stores on the first floor, the I. 0. 0. F. lodge rooms on the second, and apartments on the third floor.

The Hotel in 1914

In 1910, George Rishel was killed in a bar-room brawl at the Commercial Hotel. Strickler, who struck the fatal blow, was acquitted of all charges.

This Murder In Mifflinburg lead to the hotel being purchased by a community group, who removed the bar, making it a Temperance Hotel

The Daily Item, 1938

500 Chestnut [Main] Street, Mifflinburg Pa

In April of 1913, the Lewisburg Journal reported that the Commercial Hotel was being remodeled and when completed was to be known as the Temperance Hotel. Although it did become a hotel without a bar, the name was changed to the Buffalo Valley Inn.

ODD FELLOWS BUY BUFFALO VALLEY INN, MIFFLINBURG

August 1935

Buffalo Valley Inn at Mifflinburg went under the Sheriff's hammer when it was purchased by the Mifflinburg I. 0. 0. F. Lodge for $400, subject to a mortgage of $18,- S3o. Sheriff Hackenberg conducted the sale which was in charge of John A. Beard. The Odd Fellows Association of Mifflinburg held a mortgage on the building and foreclosed with the I. 0. 0. F. lodge buying in the property subject to a second mortgage held by the bank.

The building which is of three story brick construction, situated on the northwestern corner of Sixth and Chestnut streets, has had a colorful history. It was first built some 75 years ago by a man named Young and was a popular hotel patronized by travelers and towns people. One of its main attractions was a large bar.

When prohibition sentiment crept into Mifflinburg the townspeople formed a company, purchased the building and closed the bar. For several years they ran a hotel without a bar and were instrumental in drying up that end of Union county.

The building was later purchased by a Mr. Hassenplug and Mr. Sulouf before the Odd Fellows Association Oak charge. It is occupied by stores on the first floor, the I. 0. 0. F. lodge rooms on the second, and apartments on the third floor.

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