Clubhouse and tennis courts, Christmas Cove, ca. 1910
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South Bristol Historical Society
Meanwhile, in 1900 a number of regular summer visitors, several now cottage-owners themselves, decided that a gathering place was needed for religious observances and for social events and athletics such as tennis and boating.
The Christmas Cove Improvement Association was formed and the "CCIA" purchased land near the steamboat dock where in 1904 the casino was built, followed soon after by tennis courts.
Formal incorporation documents state the purposes of the CCIA to be "to promote the material, social, and moral welfare of Christmas Cove."
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