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Portrait photograph of Sara Alma Machir.

This photograph appeared in the 1925 Strasburg High School yearbook "Shenandoah." Sara graduated from the high school that year and the yearbook notes her nickname was "Daughter."

Photograph of Gladys Isabel (Good) Ellis with her two children, son, Walter William and daughter Alma.

Gladys was the daughter of Walter R. and Lillie E. (Rau) Good. She lived in Strasburg when she married William Machir Ellis (1911-1974) in 1934.…

Photograph of Henry Clay Ellis of Strasburg standing beside a gate. He was the son of William Henry Clay Ellis and Bess Ellen (Machir) Ellis.

As a young man, Henry worked as a bank teller in Washington D. C. There, he met and fell in love with…

Photograph of the Hotel Machir at the corner of Fort Street & Washington Street in Strasburg. The original structure was built in 1881 and was called the Chalyebeate Springs Hotel. Chalybeate’s reputation as an excellent lodging house would continue…

Postcard showing a picture of the Hotel Machir in Strasburg Virginia. The card notes the site had reasonable rates, running water, tasty food, and private baths.

The hotel opened under the name "Chalyeveate Springs Hotel" in 1881 and was renamed…

Color postcard showing the Hotel Machir in Strasburg Virginia.

The hotel was located at Fort and Washington Street in Strasburg.