Hotel Pocahontas, Gerrish Island, Maine, 1885

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Collection Type

  • Ephemera

Date

1885

Location Note

85M-01-314-Z-E-405

GUSN

GUSN-354354

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Description

Leaflet advertising the Hotel Pocahontas in Gerrish Island, Maine. The history of the hotel, information about amenities, and details about management are described in the leaflet. Floor plans for the second and third floor are included. The front and back cover illustrations were drawn by Edward Eldon Deane.

Details

Descriptive Terms

advertising
business (commercial function)
hotels (public accommodations)
businessmen
senators
floor plans
Victorian
leaflets (printed works)

Physical Descrption

1 leaflet : illustrations (some color)

Collection Code

EP001

Collection Name

Ephemera collection

Reference Code

EP001.01.062.03.01.036

Credit Line

Purchase 2018.

Places

Gerrish Island (York county, Maine) [island]

Record Details

Originator

Deane, Edward Eldon, 1851-1919 (Artist)

Material Type

leaflets (printed works)

Other People

Mitchell, Horace, 1857-

Subjects

Tourists
Travel
Advertisement

Description Level

Item

Location Note

85M-01-314-Z-E-405

Historical/Biographical Note

Historical/Biographical Note

Hotel Pocahontas was a Victorian hotel on the grounds of Fort Poster on Kittery Point, Maine. The hotel was built in 1885 for Samuel Jennison. For a period of five summers, the hotel was run was Horace Mitchell (1857-1922), a local businessman, postmaster of Kittery Point, and politician who served in the legistlature and as a senator. He was well-known for his work in the hotel industry, working at institutions such as the Marshall House at York Harbor and the Hotel Wentworth at Newcastle, New Hampshire. He eventually left the Hotel Pocahontas to establish his own hotel, the Hotel Champernowne on Kittery Point across from his home, Sparhawk Hall. Hotel Pocahontas closed in 1904 and demolished in 1920.

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