There are several good hotels in the city, among which the Mansion House and the Alabama Hotel have been the most popular, and most resorted to by strangers; but if any one prefers a quiet, orderly house, where ever thing is new, neat and clean …let him go to the Waverly House, recently opened by Mr. Noyes. I speak from personal knowledge, and can recommend it
as the best house for Northerners in the city. Charges are the same as at the other public houses -- $3 per day.
Norfolk Democrat, Dedham, MA, March 23, 1839
The Waverly burned in 1852 and two years later a new hotel opened on the same corner, the Battle House, which still stands on the corner of Royal and St. Francis. Three views of the Battle House. One shows the street cars that once traversed Royal.