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Jamestown, RI - Page 3

Sources of history include Greetings from Jamestown, Rhode Island; Picture Post Card Views; 1900-1950, by Sue Maden 1988

"U.S.O. Clubhouse, Jamestown, R.I." This was built on the site of the Gardner House, on the corner of Conanicus Avenue and Union Street. Since 1946 it has been used by the town for such things as the Police Station and now the Community Center.

Left: "Conanicut Yacht Club, Jamestown." This building was constructed in 1917. The building was damaged in the 1954 hurricane and eventually removed. Right: The Yacht Club showing the house on the rocks (Clingstone) and Horsehead in the distance.

Left: "Yacht Club and Shore Scene" Above the roof of the yacht club can be seen the flag topped peak of the Bay View Hotel after 1917. Right: the building that preceded the yacht club can be see, as well as the earlier Thorndike.

	"East Shore Road looking south from Shoreby Hill Green, Jamestown, R. I." The large red cake was for the Jamestown Tercentenary celebration in 1957.
	The same approximate view in 1999 with the rebuilt Bay View. The building at the right is the same.

"Part of Shoreline of East Side of Island of Jamestown, Rhode Island." The entrance to Shoreby Hill is at the left after the building with the tower. The Bay Voyage is in the distance by the large evergreen.

"Jamestown, R. I. From the Air." The Bay View still has the high tower. At the right is the entrance to Shoreby Hill. Right: Looking down Narragansett Avenue with Bay View at end.

"Casino and Shore Drive." The building was originally the Shoreby Hill Club and moved to this location in 1911. The left part was the ballroom and has been removed. It is now privately owned. Right: Shoreby Hill with the Casino at the left.

Left: "Shorby Hill, Jamestown, R. I." The fancy red design above the title is covering the incorrect "Sharby" only to print another misspelling of Shoreby. This is a planned arrangement of summer places off Conanicus Avenue. Right: "Residence of C. W. Bailey, Jamestown, R. I." mailed in 1918. This home is in the Shoreby Hill section and was built about 1898. Later cards show the side porches closed in and it is called "The Crozer Place."

"Bathing Beach, Jamestown" mailed in 1913. At the left is the Casino, in the middle Maplewood and on the right is the Bay Voyage Hotel.

Left: "Dr. Bates' Sanatarium, Jamestown, R. I." The worn sign over the door has the name of the Sanitarium, Maplewood. This house, built in 1887, was an annex for Maplewood. It still exists. The porch was glassed in later. Right: "Maple Wood, Jamestown" with notes on the back dated 1914. The tents were for sleeping in the fresh air. The building was on Conanicus Avenue across from the Bay Voyage Hotel. It was built in 1889-90 and burned down in 1944.

Left: The Bay Voyage Hotel Right: A different view of the corner.

Left: A full page ad for the Bay Voyage Hotel from the 1918 Jamestown directory.

Right: Bay Voyage Hotel from the east (water) side about 1945. Maplewood can be seen in the back of the small building on the right.

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