Notes:

Summary from newspaper clippings written by Fay Bennett

The McCoy Hotel aka The McCoy House was located on Main St., Cobden just west of the railway tracks.
John McCoy came to Cobden c 1880.

John McCoy died Mar 5, 1908 and in April 1908, Mary McCoy, widow of John McCoy applied for transfer of licence to herself.

In April 1910, the Village of Cobden went ?dry? and both hotels, The Grand Union and The McCoy House, closed their doors.

In June 1910, an advertisement in the Ottawa Citizen listed the McCoy House for sale. It was described as having 20 bedrooms, large dining room, sample and waiting rooms, good stable and shed accommodation. It was known to be the hotel to host the commercial trade, during their stay in Cobden.

A group of temperance league investors leased the McCoy House in July, 1910 and re-opened it.

Mr. John Devine managed the hotel for 7 years (c1912-1919) until it was sold by the McCoy Estate to Mr. Dan Roach in Sept 1919.

The hotel burned April 4, 1926 when owned by James Mallard.