Gage, Brother & Drake

City: Chicago

County: Cook

State: Illinois

Gage, Brother & Drake was a firm in Chicago, Illinois, that owned and operated the Tremont House. Brothers David A. and George W. Gage assumed control of the Tremont House in 1853, and in 1855, John B. Drake became a partner in the firm. Gage, Brother & Drake operated the Tremont House through the end of the Civil War. In 1861, the firm refurbished and enlarged the hotel at a cost of $30,000.

A. T. Andreas, History of Chicago (Chicago: A. T. Andreas, 1885), 2:502; E. H. Hall, comp., The Chicago City Directory, and Business Advertiser (Chicago: Robert Fergus, 1855), 48, 181.