boardinghouse
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Then Miller enlisted investment help from his friend, railroad magnate Henry Huntington, transformed the boardinghouse into a hotel and renamed it.
From Los Angeles Times ● Jun. 11, 2026
Another is Marie-Christine Lippman, whose family foundation runs a boardinghouse on land owned by Sothea’s family.
From The Wall Street Journal ● Oct. 8, 2025
Based on the 1979 novel of the same name by William Styron, this Academy Award-nominated film follows the increasingly intersected lives of three residents in a Brooklyn boardinghouse in 1947.
From New York Times ● Mar. 20, 2023
All five of them shared a single room in a Ballard boardinghouse next to the restaurant where her father worked.
From Seattle Times ● Jan. 6, 2023
In Washington, the occupants of Mary Surratt’s boardinghouse prepared for bed, too.
From "Chasing Lincoln's Killer" by James L. Swanson
Bed-and-breakfast hotels turned into cheap boardinghouses, attracting Britain’s sickest and poorest.
From The Wall Street Journal ● Jun. 22, 2026
Tourists jammed hotels and boardinghouses, but they were not the only newcomers.
From Los Angeles Times ● Aug. 10, 2025
Activities at recreational camps and boardinghouses were limited by the presence of wildfires in parts of the country, and the industry still hasn’t fully recovered after the declines recorded in May and June.
From Seattle Times ● Oct. 31, 2023
Mining offices, a company store and boardinghouses lined the main street.
From Washington Post ● Jan. 9, 2022
Geyer knew what to look for in Detroit and, with the assistance of another police detective, once again began a patient canvass of hotels and boardinghouses.
From "The Devil in the White City" by Erik Larson
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