Joseph Reed Whipple was a businessman who owned and operated hotels in Boston, Massachusetts including the Parker House, Young's Hotel, and the Hotel Touraine. When he died in 1912 the New York Times described him as "one of the best known hotel men in America."
Whipple was born in New Boston, New Hampshire, where he lived until he was 18 years of age. He went to Boston, Massachusetts and found a job in the kitchen of the Parker House, a famous Boston hotel. He was soon promoted to the steward's office at the Parker House, where he worked for nine years. Later he became the proprietor of Young's Hotel, then the Parker House, and built the Hotel Touraine to be "Boston's finest hotel."
Whipple maintained his ties to his home town, New Boston, New Hampshire, where he established the Valley View Farm of 2,500 acres. He built a modern dairy barn and creamery to supply his Boston hotels with milk, cream, butter, eggs, and pork, and employed 90 men to tend to his 350 cattle, 2,000 chickens, and 1,800 Yorkshire pigs. Whipple encouraged the construction of the New Boston Railroad which opened in 1893 to connect New Boston - and Whipple's farm - to Manchester, New Hampshire and Boston, Massachusetts. Trains left New Boston twice daily with produce for the Boston hotels and returned with barrels of slops to feed the pigs.
J. Reed Whipple died in Boston June 15, 1912 after an operation for cancer of the stomach.
Whipple was born in New Boston, New Hampshire, where he lived until he was 18 years of age. He went to Boston, Massachusetts and found a job in the kitchen of the Parker House, a famous Boston hotel. He was soon promoted to the steward's office at the Parker House, where he worked for nine years. Later he became the proprietor of Young's Hotel, then the Parker House, and built the Hotel Touraine to be "Boston's finest hotel."
Whipple maintained his ties to his home town, New Boston, New Hampshire, where he established the Valley View Farm of 2,500 acres. He built a modern dairy barn and creamery to supply his Boston hotels with milk, cream, butter, eggs, and pork, and employed 90 men to tend to his 350 cattle, 2,000 chickens, and 1,800 Yorkshire pigs. Whipple encouraged the construction of the New Boston Railroad which opened in 1893 to connect New Boston - and Whipple's farm - to Manchester, New Hampshire and Boston, Massachusetts. Trains left New Boston twice daily with produce for the Boston hotels and returned with barrels of slops to feed the pigs.
J. Reed Whipple died in Boston June 15, 1912 after an operation for cancer of the stomach.
Joseph Reed Whipple was a businessman who owned and operated hotels in Boston, Massachusetts including the Parker House, Young's Hotel, and the Hotel Touraine. When he died in 1912 the New York Times described him as "one of the best known hotel men in America."
Whipple was born in New Boston, New Hampshire, where he lived until he was 18 years of age. He went to Boston, Massachusetts and found a job in the kitchen of the Parker House, a famous Boston hotel. He was soon promoted to the steward's office at the Parker House, where he worked for nine years. Later he became the proprietor of Young's Hotel, then the Parker House, and built the Hotel Touraine to be "Boston's finest hotel."
Whipple maintained his ties to his home town, New Boston, New Hampshire, where he established the Valley View Farm of 2,500 acres. He built a modern dairy barn and creamery to supply his Boston hotels with milk, cream, butter, eggs, and pork, and employed 90 men to tend to his 350 cattle, 2,000 chickens, and 1,800 Yorkshire pigs. Whipple encouraged the construction of the New Boston Railroad which opened in 1893 to connect New Boston - and Whipple's farm - to Manchester, New Hampshire and Boston, Massachusetts. Trains left New Boston twice daily with produce for the Boston hotels and returned with barrels of slops to feed the pigs.
J. Reed Whipple died in Boston June 15, 1912 after an operation for cancer of the stomach.
Whipple was born in New Boston, New Hampshire, where he lived until he was 18 years of age. He went to Boston, Massachusetts and found a job in the kitchen of the Parker House, a famous Boston hotel. He was soon promoted to the steward's office at the Parker House, where he worked for nine years. Later he became the proprietor of Young's Hotel, then the Parker House, and built the Hotel Touraine to be "Boston's finest hotel."
Whipple maintained his ties to his home town, New Boston, New Hampshire, where he established the Valley View Farm of 2,500 acres. He built a modern dairy barn and creamery to supply his Boston hotels with milk, cream, butter, eggs, and pork, and employed 90 men to tend to his 350 cattle, 2,000 chickens, and 1,800 Yorkshire pigs. Whipple encouraged the construction of the New Boston Railroad which opened in 1893 to connect New Boston - and Whipple's farm - to Manchester, New Hampshire and Boston, Massachusetts. Trains left New Boston twice daily with produce for the Boston hotels and returned with barrels of slops to feed the pigs.
J. Reed Whipple died in Boston June 15, 1912 after an operation for cancer of the stomach.
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