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Castle Inn Buffalo Courier newspaper advertisement from May 5, 1901

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THE CASTLE INN Formerly Hotel Fillmore "A long-fronted, stately mansion, bosomed in trees, and jealous of its historic past" Niagara Square and Delaware Ave., Buffalo, N.Y. C. N. Burtis, Prop. Something about he beauty and completeness of this new hostelry A hundred room have been added to the Tudor Gothic mansion, once the palatial home of President Millard Fillmore, and the castellated character of the addition makes the name of Castle Inn singularly appropriate. At the recent formal opening all the guest rooms were open for inspection and the elegance and brightness of the new furnishing, together with the fine old furniture, rare and interesting articles of virtu from Old World, fine paintings and costly bric-a-brac formed an ensemble that places the Castle Inn among the unique and special hostelries of the world. Comfort and beauty are the two ideals of the house, and they are here united to a rare degree. The commodious halls are carpeted and bung in red. The spacious new office has a deep wainscot of white enamel and the walls of sea green are beautifully decorated by the Italian artist Pascarella. The buffet is magnificently fitted up and is in charge of an experienced caterer. The Moorish dining room will seat 100 guests. Another, in Flemish style, with rare old blue Delft and Dresden china on the old Dutch chimney place, has for mural decorations scenes from the Rhine in Pascarella's best style. The finest Dresden china, silver and glass are used in the table service in the Inn. The new rooms are large and en suite; twenty- five of them have private bath, seventy-five have hot and cold running water. The large ground area ( 17,400 square feet) insures ample space, light and air for the lofty rooms. The Castle Inn fronts on Niagara Square, beautiful with forest trees and flowers, and yet is only a three-minute walk from the most crowded section of Main Street. Wide verandas, beautifully shaded, extended across the front and for three stories above the entrance on Delaware Avenue. During the Pan-American Exposition a tally-ho will leave the Castle Inn daily at 10 a.m for the Exposition by way of Delaware Avenue, with a detour through North Street to the Lake Erie and the Niagara River front, with a view of Canada. Electric cars pass constantly through Niagara Square to every part of the city and to Niagara Falls.