Stereograph, Eldridge Hotel, Lawrence, Kansas Photo images featuring the Eldridge Hotel, located "323 miles West of St. Louis, Missouri". The Eldridge House (or Hotel) was built in Lawrence, Kansas Territory by the New England Emigrant Aid Society. It was something of a headquarters for the free state movement and as such it was targeted for destruction by Sheriff Jones' proslavery posse, which sacked Lawrence on May 21, 1856. circa 1860s Webb, Thomas H. (Hopkins) 1801-1866 Creator cre This item was part of Territorial Kansas Online (TKO# 101623). TKO topic guide: Immigration and Early Settlement>Specific Settlements>Lawrence still image ku-kscoll:4735https://digital.lib.ku.edu/ku-kscoll/4735u000276 aspace_b16be139197649c9f2b61cee18c72ee5 electronic image/tiff reformatted digital George Allen photograph collection http://hdl.handle.net/10407/8020477866 RH PH 137 University of Kansas University of Kansas. Kenneth Spencer Research Library This work is free of known copyright restrictions. ku-kscoll_4735_MODS MODS record generated from local records created for online exhibit. Processed, with additional values/elements added by Digital Initiatives, KU Libraries. eng 2021-10