 |
 Left: the shore from an old view book. Right: On the back is written, "September 14, 1912,
Jamestown,
Hotel Thorndike burned Oct. 5, 1912." In this
enlargement
of the shoreline are (from the left), the "Three Sisters" and the Hotels Thorndike, Gardner, and Bay
View,
plus the ferry landing. |
 |
 "Main
Street" (now Conanicus
Avenue) before 1894. The hotels are the
Bay View, Riverside House and the Thorndike.
On the left are Bay View bathhouses and the residence of hotel owner W.
H. Knowles. Right: a little later, showing advertising posters
for
Hanan
Shoes, etc. |
 |
 Left: The Gardner House and ferry dock early in the 20th century.
Right: "Jamestown Landing - Gardner House and Bay View House, Jamestown, R.
I."
The use of "House" instead of Hotel dates this as being very early. Click here to see a 1922 ad. |
 |  Left: Thorndike, Gardner and Bay View.Right: The old Thorndike and the Gardner House. The Gardner House was built in 1883 between the Thorndike and the Bay View. It was torn down by the town about 1941. For a card of just the Gardner, click here. |
"Hotel
Thorndike, Jamestown, R. I."  |
 The
card on the left was mailed in 1910. This is the earlier building which
burned down in 1912. A card below shows the replacement. The three
cottages
were built by the hotel owner, Horgan, and named for his daughters,
Betty,
Nina and Myra. They are referred to as "The Three Sisters." Click
Here for an brochure, 1893 or earlier, with floor plans. |
 |
 "Souvenir
of Jamestown, R. I. The Fete Day Parade" This is a private mailing card
(pre-1902). The Hotel Thorndike is on the right. Right: a picture
labeled
1902 from a brochure. This probably shows the same event. |
  Left: "The
Thorndike Cottages, Adjoining Hotel." From a brochure, mentioned above,
which stated, "As a summer resort the location is unsurpassed on the
New
England Coast..." Right: From a view book another picture of the fete in front of the Thorndike. |
|
 |
 Left:
The new Thorndike was built immediately after the first burned in 1912.
Right: a view of the shore mailed in June of 1913. The new Thorndike is
complete, at least on the outide, less than a year later. This one was
torn down in 1938, before the hurricane and tidal wave. |
 |
 Left:
Photo of Bayview House showing a stone fountain that was built in 1896
and
removed in 1912. On the left is the Caswell Block with a lunch room at
the end. Right: a Blanchard card mailed in 1907, from a photo
take about 1890. At the very left is the porch of the Riverside House.
It burned down in 1894. |
 |  Left:
The Bay View in 1945. Right is a picture from the water of the Bay View. It was printed on the
outside of an envelope used in 1911 for the bill of a guest. The
manager was Ernest L. Caswell. Click here to see the bill. |
 |
 Left: is a
1905 ad from New England Magazine that
mentions boating, golf, fishing, and "Hops are held
at frequent
intervals
during the summer, when the commodious dining-room
of Bay View is transposed into a magnificent ball room..." Charles T.
Knowles
was the manager. Click the image
to see the whole ad. Right: "Narragansett Ave., and Bay View Hotel" printed from a
pre-1896 photo. The Bay View was built about 1872. The tower section was built in 1889. |
 |  Left:
the Bay Shore Hotel, built about 1885 as an annex to the Bay View.
Right: "Bay
View Hotel" The tower got shorter and shorter
over the years. On the left is the Caswell Block. The stores at
the left were rebuilt in 1981, but still with a lunch room. For another set
of old & new pictures on another site, click
here. |
 |
 Left and Right: The 1999 picture shows
the condominium, built in 1988,
to look similar to the Bay View. For a
better picture of the stores click
here. |
