Contributed by Penobscot Marine Museum
Description
Located on Water Street in Eastport, the building was constructed in 1897 as a club house for businessmen called the Riverside. It contained 20 sleeping rooms with a dining hall that could seat 35.
In 1908 C. L. Cothell turned it into a hotel, added two balconies to the front, and renamed it the Riverside Hotel.
The hotel was in a desirable business location during the late 1800s and early decades of the 20th century. The Eastern Steamship wharf, sardine factories, and railroad tracks connecting with the Washington County Railroad, later the Maine Central, were nearby.
Behind the hotel were Sea Street and a building that housed the main office of the Seacoast Canning Co., which was connected to the hotel by a covered walkway. The building to the right of the hotel housed the company’s machine shop and mustard mill. The building to the left was the Lambert House, at one time a rooming house and apartment building.
The Riverside Hotel was renamed the Hotel East and retained this name until it was torn down in the 1970s or early 1980s. The Lambert House is also gone.
About This Item
- Title: Hotel East, Eastport, ca. 1930
- Creation Date: circa 1930
- Subject Date: circa 1930
- Location: Eastport, Washington County, ME
- Media: Glass Negative
- Dimensions: 12.75 cm x 17.75 cm
- Local Code: LB2007.1.100681
- Collection: Eastern Illustrating & Publishing Co.
- Object Type: Image
Cross Reference Searches
Standardized Subject Headings
- Postcards--Maine
- Photographs--Maine
- Eastern Illustrating & Publishing Company
- Buildings--Maine--Eastport
- Hotels--Maine--Eastport
- Clubs--Maine--Eastport
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Penobscot Marine MuseumPO Box 498, 5 Church Street, Searsport, ME 04974
(207) 548-2529
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