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Show OMBNo. 1024-0018 NFS Form 10-800-a (8-86) Utah WordPerfect Format United States Department of the Interior National Park Service National Register of Historic Places Continuation Sheet Section number 8 Page 2 Schneitter Hotel, Midway, Wasatch County, Utah apparently had more lucrative opportunities in the mining towns of Eureka, Utah, and Ouray, Colorado. He lived away from Midway between about 1891 until 1907. He married Velate Manhart in 1898 then, after her death in 1902, married Fannie Manhart Miles in 1903. Upon his return to Midway around 1907 Simon J. and Fannie took over operation of the resort. They continued running it until their deaths in 1938 and 1950, respectively. Noble J. Schneitter, Simon J.'s son by his first wife, also helped operate the resort, probably taking a lead role in the later years. A year or so after Fannie Schneitter's death, the resort was sold to Ferrin W. Whitaker, who changed the name to "The Homestead" and named the old hotel the "Virginia House." The Whitakers expanded and remodeled the facilities, enhancing its reputation as a resort. Additional changes were made in the 1980s with the addition of a golf course, tennis courts, and expanded and improved accommodations. Through all of the changes, the original hotel has remained very much unchanged on the exterior and functions today much as it did historically. See continuation sheet Biographical information on Simon J. and Fannie Schneitter is available in Mortimer, How Beautiful Upon the Mountains, pp. 787-788; Salt Lake Tribune. September 23, 1938 (Simon J. Schneitter obituary); Salt Lake" Tribune. September 3, 1950, p. B-9 (Fannie Schneitter obituary). 10lineath Take*; Fy-Owner of Hot. Pots." Salt Lake Tribune. Seotember 30. 1967. p.31. Mr. Schneitter is listed |
