The 1921 Sanborn Insurance map shows a “Rooming House” at the northwest corner of St. John Street and Pennington Avenue. Since 1885, it had been named the Washington Street Hotel and then the Casino Hotel. But by 1908, the proprietor, Joseph A. Hergenrother (1865-1917) had renamed it the “Eagle Hotel” and created hotel tokens with Joseph Hergenrother’s name on them. Joseph Hergenrother and his wife, Elizabeth, continued to operate the hotel until shortly before he died in 1917. At that time, Joseph and Elizabeth also owned the building at 209-211 North Washington Street, which may have been their home. Their sons inherited that.

Joseph and Elizabeth, had two sons: Aloysius “Loach” Hergenrother and Joseph N. Hergenrother. The Midland Journal on April 10, 1925, reported raids of establishments and homes in Havre de Grace and Cecil County by 20 federal Prohibition Agents. Among those arrested and locked up in Baltimore Central Police Station was their son, Aloysius Hergenrother; he was cited to appear before a United States Commissioner in Baltimore the next day. All were charged with sale and possession under the Volstead Act (or National Prohibition Act) which prohibited the manufacture and sale of alcoholic beverages. He survived and went on to marry Dorothy Gillotte and together they ran the Riviera Bar at 600 Water Street for several years.