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WACO (HM2IHB)

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N 40° 2.317', W 84° 12.257'

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"Waiting for WACO Club"

— Hotel Lollis/ Morris House —

The Morris House / Lollis Hotel was built in 1852 by a group of businessmen headed by Troy
merchant, Preserved Smith. The incomplete hotel was sold to Charles Morris in 1854. He
completed the structure and operated it as the Morris House Hotel. When a new owner acquired the property the name was changed to Lollis Hotel.

Troy's downtown was home to many second and third story opera houses and the hotel served as
a lodging location for many famous performers who visited Troy and performed in those venues.
Mayo Hall an opera house that seated 500 people, was in the adjoining brick structure located to
the north of the Lollis Hotel. It had pass through doors so performers could use their hotel rooms
for dressing rooms, a feature that made the hotel a popular lodging location for those who
performed ay Mayo Hall.

Sometime in 1925 the "Waiting for WACO Club" was formed with headquarters located in the
Lollis Hotel, known today as the Morris House. The "Waiting for WACO Club" was a phrase used for the group of individuals waiting to pick up their airplanes being made at the WACO Aircraft Company. The aircraft company officials determined who was next in line to receive
their airplanes off the production line by the order they appeared in the hotel registr. It was not
uncommon for a person



to pay as much as $900.00 to another hotel guest to be put at the head of
the guest registry in order to receive delivery of their airplane in a shorter amount of time.

The Hotel Lollis was the premier and preferred lodging location for many of the people
who traveled to Troy to purchase and or pick up their WACO airplanes. Some of the
famous people who purchases and flew WACO's included Hollywood movie produced
Henry King, air racer Gladys O'Donnell and newspaper columnist for Hearst newspapers,
Lady Grace Hay Drummond-Hay, shown in the photo below.

From 1927-1929 WACO airplanes were being produced in as many
as 10 different locations in Troy and were transported or rolled
through the town across the Adams Street Bridge to Judd Boaks Hay
Field for final assembly. This is where the Hobart Arena is now
located. After final assembly the airplanes were tested and then
flown to WACO dealers or shipped to dealers worldwide.
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HM NumberHM2IHB
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Placed ByWACO Historical Society
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Date Added Sunday, July 7th, 2019 at 2:01pm PDT -07:00
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UTM (WGS84 Datum)16T E 738523 N 4435788
Decimal Degrees40.03861667, -84.20428333
Degrees and Decimal MinutesN 40° 2.317', W 84° 12.257'
Degrees, Minutes and Seconds40° 2' 19.02" N, 84° 12' 15.42" W
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