In 1874, 241 South Court Street was better known as Mrs. Letterly's Saloon. Local bars were places that were targeted by the Women's Temperance League of Medina. The organization made several trips to Mrs. Letterly's asking her to stop selling liquor. On the first visit, Mrs. Letterly facetiously agreed to stop selling liquor - if the organization would reimburse her for all of her alcohol. When the virtuous Prohibition women raised the money to buy Mrs. Letterly's alcohol, the bar was converted into a restaurant. Meanwhile, the League took Mrs. Letterly's liquor and poured it out in the street gutters, much to the dismay of those passing through on the Wooster Pike. Mrs. Letterly's Saloon eventually closed its doors but would became a bar again in the 1940s. | Creator: Erin StraslickaDownload Original File
