German immigrant William A. Engel was the original owner and proprietor of the Hotel Engel, located on New Jersey Ave at C St. in Washington, DC -- one block away from the United States Capitol.
“William Engel Dies; Former Restaurateur
William A. Engel, 82, who was famous around the turn of the century for the steaks he served at his hotel and restaurant where Union Station Plaza is now, died early yesterday at Sibley Hospital.
Death was attributed to a cerebral hemorrhage. He had been ill only two days.
Mr. Engel, a native of Buehne, Germany, owned and operated Engel’s Hotel in the early 1900’s at New Jersey ave. and C st. nw. The hotel became internationally known for its food.
Mr. Engel immigrated to Baltimore at the age of 19, and moved to Rosslyn, Va., a little more than a year later, where he was foreman of the old Portner Brewing Co.
Two years later he moved to Washington for a similar job with the Pabst Brewing Co. Made resident manager in 1890, he remained with the brewery until he entered the hotel business about 10 years later.
When the site of his business was condemned in 1911 to build Union Station Plaza, Mr. Engel opened another restaurant and bowling alley on Newspaper Row at 1327 E st. nw. He retired in 1917 shortly before the advent of prohibition.
Mr. Engel, one of whose sons is Joe W. Engel, president of the Chattanooga Baseball Club and a scout for the Washington club, served steaks that weighed a pound for a dollar. His 25-cent businessmen’s lunch, a favorite, consisted of soup, meat or fish, two vegetables and bread and butter.
A life member of Washington Lodge No. 15 of the Elks, he was also in his earlier days, active in the Saengerbund, a singing society. He belonged to Our Lady of Lourdes Church, Bethesda, and was active in its Holy Name Society.
Besides his son, Joe, and his wife, Mrs. Katherine Engel, with whom he lived at 17 Aspen st., Chevy Chase, he is survived by a daughter, Miss Charlotte A. Engel, of the same address, and three sons. They are Arnold C., of Washington, William A., Midland, Texas, and Francis H. Engel, of Chevy Chase.
Requiem mass will be said at 10 a.m. Saturday in Our Lady of Lourdes Church, Burial will be in St. Mary’s Cemetery, Rockville.” From The Washington Post, August 6, 1948, page B2
“William Engel Dies; Former Restaurateur
William A. Engel, 82, who was famous around the turn of the century for the steaks he served at his hotel and restaurant where Union Station Plaza is now, died early yesterday at Sibley Hospital.
Death was attributed to a cerebral hemorrhage. He had been ill only two days.
Mr. Engel, a native of Buehne, Germany, owned and operated Engel’s Hotel in the early 1900’s at New Jersey ave. and C st. nw. The hotel became internationally known for its food.
Mr. Engel immigrated to Baltimore at the age of 19, and moved to Rosslyn, Va., a little more than a year later, where he was foreman of the old Portner Brewing Co.
Two years later he moved to Washington for a similar job with the Pabst Brewing Co. Made resident manager in 1890, he remained with the brewery until he entered the hotel business about 10 years later.
When the site of his business was condemned in 1911 to build Union Station Plaza, Mr. Engel opened another restaurant and bowling alley on Newspaper Row at 1327 E st. nw. He retired in 1917 shortly before the advent of prohibition.
Mr. Engel, one of whose sons is Joe W. Engel, president of the Chattanooga Baseball Club and a scout for the Washington club, served steaks that weighed a pound for a dollar. His 25-cent businessmen’s lunch, a favorite, consisted of soup, meat or fish, two vegetables and bread and butter.
A life member of Washington Lodge No. 15 of the Elks, he was also in his earlier days, active in the Saengerbund, a singing society. He belonged to Our Lady of Lourdes Church, Bethesda, and was active in its Holy Name Society.
Besides his son, Joe, and his wife, Mrs. Katherine Engel, with whom he lived at 17 Aspen st., Chevy Chase, he is survived by a daughter, Miss Charlotte A. Engel, of the same address, and three sons. They are Arnold C., of Washington, William A., Midland, Texas, and Francis H. Engel, of Chevy Chase.
Requiem mass will be said at 10 a.m. Saturday in Our Lady of Lourdes Church, Burial will be in St. Mary’s Cemetery, Rockville.” From The Washington Post, August 6, 1948, page B2
German immigrant William A. Engel was the original owner and proprietor of the Hotel Engel, located on New Jersey Ave at C St. in Washington, DC -- one block away from the United States Capitol.
“William Engel Dies; Former Restaurateur
William A. Engel, 82, who was famous around the turn of the century for the steaks he served at his hotel and restaurant where Union Station Plaza is now, died early yesterday at Sibley Hospital.
Death was attributed to a cerebral hemorrhage. He had been ill only two days.
Mr. Engel, a native of Buehne, Germany, owned and operated Engel’s Hotel in the early 1900’s at New Jersey ave. and C st. nw. The hotel became internationally known for its food.
Mr. Engel immigrated to Baltimore at the age of 19, and moved to Rosslyn, Va., a little more than a year later, where he was foreman of the old Portner Brewing Co.
Two years later he moved to Washington for a similar job with the Pabst Brewing Co. Made resident manager in 1890, he remained with the brewery until he entered the hotel business about 10 years later.
When the site of his business was condemned in 1911 to build Union Station Plaza, Mr. Engel opened another restaurant and bowling alley on Newspaper Row at 1327 E st. nw. He retired in 1917 shortly before the advent of prohibition.
Mr. Engel, one of whose sons is Joe W. Engel, president of the Chattanooga Baseball Club and a scout for the Washington club, served steaks that weighed a pound for a dollar. His 25-cent businessmen’s lunch, a favorite, consisted of soup, meat or fish, two vegetables and bread and butter.
A life member of Washington Lodge No. 15 of the Elks, he was also in his earlier days, active in the Saengerbund, a singing society. He belonged to Our Lady of Lourdes Church, Bethesda, and was active in its Holy Name Society.
Besides his son, Joe, and his wife, Mrs. Katherine Engel, with whom he lived at 17 Aspen st., Chevy Chase, he is survived by a daughter, Miss Charlotte A. Engel, of the same address, and three sons. They are Arnold C., of Washington, William A., Midland, Texas, and Francis H. Engel, of Chevy Chase.
Requiem mass will be said at 10 a.m. Saturday in Our Lady of Lourdes Church, Burial will be in St. Mary’s Cemetery, Rockville.” From The Washington Post, August 6, 1948, page B2
“William Engel Dies; Former Restaurateur
William A. Engel, 82, who was famous around the turn of the century for the steaks he served at his hotel and restaurant where Union Station Plaza is now, died early yesterday at Sibley Hospital.
Death was attributed to a cerebral hemorrhage. He had been ill only two days.
Mr. Engel, a native of Buehne, Germany, owned and operated Engel’s Hotel in the early 1900’s at New Jersey ave. and C st. nw. The hotel became internationally known for its food.
Mr. Engel immigrated to Baltimore at the age of 19, and moved to Rosslyn, Va., a little more than a year later, where he was foreman of the old Portner Brewing Co.
Two years later he moved to Washington for a similar job with the Pabst Brewing Co. Made resident manager in 1890, he remained with the brewery until he entered the hotel business about 10 years later.
When the site of his business was condemned in 1911 to build Union Station Plaza, Mr. Engel opened another restaurant and bowling alley on Newspaper Row at 1327 E st. nw. He retired in 1917 shortly before the advent of prohibition.
Mr. Engel, one of whose sons is Joe W. Engel, president of the Chattanooga Baseball Club and a scout for the Washington club, served steaks that weighed a pound for a dollar. His 25-cent businessmen’s lunch, a favorite, consisted of soup, meat or fish, two vegetables and bread and butter.
A life member of Washington Lodge No. 15 of the Elks, he was also in his earlier days, active in the Saengerbund, a singing society. He belonged to Our Lady of Lourdes Church, Bethesda, and was active in its Holy Name Society.
Besides his son, Joe, and his wife, Mrs. Katherine Engel, with whom he lived at 17 Aspen st., Chevy Chase, he is survived by a daughter, Miss Charlotte A. Engel, of the same address, and three sons. They are Arnold C., of Washington, William A., Midland, Texas, and Francis H. Engel, of Chevy Chase.
Requiem mass will be said at 10 a.m. Saturday in Our Lady of Lourdes Church, Burial will be in St. Mary’s Cemetery, Rockville.” From The Washington Post, August 6, 1948, page B2
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