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Description
This large hotel is the second Ottowa House, built in 1888 after the first Ottowa House burned.
Cushing Island was a popular vacation spot for wealthy Canadians.
The Ottowa House could accommodate 300 guests, and offered dancing nightly in its large ballroom. There was also a bathing pavilion on Willow Beach.
The Ottowa House burned in 1917 and was not rebuilt.
About This Item
- Title: Ottawa House, Cushing Island, ca. 1900
- Creator: R. Cutler Libby
- Creation Date: circa 1900
- Subject Date: circa 1900
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Locations:
- Cushing Island, Cape Elizabeth, Cumberland County, ME
- Cushing Island, Portland, Cumberland County, ME
- Media: Glass Negative
- Dimensions: 8 cm x 11 cm
- Local Code: Coll. 423, Box 3/14
- Collection: R. Cutler Libby glass plate negatives
- Object Type: Image
Cross Reference Searches
Standardized Subject Headings
- Cushing Island (Me.)--Photographs
- Resorts--Maine--Cape Elizabeth
- Ottowa House (Cape Elizabeth, Me.)--Photographs
- Hotels--Maine--Cape Elizabeth
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Maine Historical Society485 Congress Street, Portland, ME 04101
(207) 774-1822 x230
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