The foundation of Hopper’s Hotel remains just north of 802 Conesteo Street on the west side of Conesteo Street and across from the Lock House. It was built of red brick, was a three-story structure, and measured about 35 by 70 feet. Its stone foundations are largely intact and two large cut granite steps remain. Originally owned in 1856 by extensive landowners John A. Hopper (1804-1878) and his wife, Elizabeth J. Hopper, it was owned by Charles W. Mitchell when he died in 1891 (and then called the Brick Hotel). It can be seen in the distance of the old photo showing the lock.

According to Rozalya Dennis Carlson, who owned the Dennis Apartments on North Union Avenue, the hotel was for the muledrivers and the workers to stay in and was not the main hotel. Efforts were made to sell or rent it, but with the canal traffic slowing down due to the railroad, it was not in demand. Peter Lesley Hopper (1856-1917) (son of John and Elizabeth Hopper) finally bought it in 1897. For a short time prior to its burning down in the 1920s some people referred to it as the Lock Hotel.

This area, adjacent to the Susquehanna and Tidewater Canal boat basin, had several businesses that provided services to the boatmen and others using the Canal. Among them were taverns and also a Sam L. Forsythe Canal Stables Livery and Joseph L. McVey (1846-1915), a blacksmith and wagon builder. With the closing of the canal, these businesses died out or moved into town.