J. A. Heinsohn

J. A. Heinsohn
Kirby House, J. A. Heinsohn, Owner and Proprietor, Main and Jefferson Sts. In all that pertains to a strictly first-class hotel, the Kirby house, of Muncie, claims prominent recognition and is without exception the finest hotel structure in the state outside of Indianapolis. This model caravansery was erected in 1871 by Mr. Thomas Kirby, an old and wealthy citizen, and was first opened to the public by Mr. W. D. Jones, who conducted it but for a short time, when the property was purchased by the present proprietor Mr. J. A. Heinsohn, who in the spring of 1882 rebuilt, enlarged in re furnished it entire, introducing all the modern metropolitan features and conveniences – electric bells and fire alarm, elegant bar and billiard parlors, telephonic communication with all the parts of the city, commodious sample rooms for the convenience of commercial travelers, etc. The building with its enlargements and elaborate style of ornamental woodwork, plateglass mirrors, etc. The billiard hall proper is one of the finest in the staying contains three find billiard and two pool tables of the celebrated J. M. Brunswick & Balke manufacture. On this floor are also two large sample rooms, a dining room with a seating capacity for 100 guests, parlors, reception and sitting rooms, kitchen, laundry and general culinary department. The remainder of the floors are devoted to sleeping apartments in gas chambers, single and en suite. The rates at the Kirby house have been fixed at the popular prices of two dollars per day in the patronage is derived from the better classes of the traveling public. Mr. Heinsohn is a German by birth that has resided in Indiana since 1856. He is thoroughly conversant with all the details of the hotel business, and as a genial and accomplished hostess favorably known to a large circle of the traveling public throughout this section. His estimable wife is the daughter of Mr. Kirby, the original owner of the building.
Manufacturing and Mercantile Resources and Industries of the Principal Places in Wayne, Henry, Delaware and Randolph Counties A Review of their Manufacturing, Mercantile and General Business Interests, Advantageous Location, &c Including a Brief Historical and Statistical Sketch of Their Rise and Progress Resources and Industries of Indiana, Part V

Kirby House, J. A. Heinsohn, Owner and Proprietor, Main and Jefferson Sts.

In all that pertains to a strictly first-class hotel, the Kirby house, of Muncie, claims prominent recognition and is without exception the
finest hotel structure in the state outside of Indianapolis. This model caravansery was erected in 1871 by Mr. Thomas Kirby, an old and wealthy
citizen, and was first opened to the public by Mr. W. D. Jones, who conducted it but for a short time, when the property was purchased by the
present proprietor Mr. J. A. Heinsohn, who in the spring of 1882 rebuilt, enlarged in re furnished it entire, introducing all the modern
metropolitan features and conveniences – electric bells and fire alarm, elegant bar and billiard parlors, telephonic communication with all
the parts of the city, commodious sample rooms for the convenience of commercial travelers, etc. The building with its enlargements and
elaborate style of ornamental woodwork, plateglass mirrors, etc. The billiard hall proper is one of the finest in the staying contains three
find billiard and two pool tables of the celebrated J. M. Brunswick & Balke manufacture. On this floor are also two large sample rooms, a
dining room with a seating capacity for 100 guests, parlors, reception and sitting rooms, kitchen, laundry and general culinary department.
The remainder of the floors are devoted to sleeping apartments in gas chambers, single and en suite. The rates at the Kirby house have been
fixed at the popular prices of two dollars per day in the patronage is derived from the better classes of the traveling public. Mr. Heinsohn
is a German by birth that has resided in Indiana since 1856. He is thoroughly conversant with all the details of the hotel business, and as
a genial and accomplished hostess favorably known to a large circle of the traveling public throughout this section. His estimable wife is
the daughter of Mr. Kirby, the original owner of the building.

Manufacturing and Mercantile Resources and Industries of the Principal Places in Wayne, Henry, Delaware and Randolph Counties
A Review of their Manufacturing, Mercantile and General Business Interests, Advantageous Location, &c
Including a Brief Historical and Statistical Sketch of Their Rise and Progress
Resources and Industries of Indiana, Part V