1914A fire occurred at Surfside Hotel on Pavilion Beach.Events & Anniversaries, Economy and Industry, Local Businesses, Fires

Sign advertising bowling alley on the front lawn of Surfside Hotel, August 1909. Courtesy of Cape Ann Museum Library & Archives, Photo 21820

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It was called the Surfside Auto Inn when it burned to the ground on October 17, 1914. The Tavern was built on the site in 1917 by W. H. Smith.

Gloucester Daily Times. “Surfside Auto Inn Now Mass of Fire Ruins.” October 17, 1914, Vol. 50, No. 7879 edition. https://sawyer.advantage-preservation.com/.

Other Events

1914
A forest fire consumed peat and loam in the swamp near Goose Cove and brought stakes of an old tan pit into view.
1914
The artist, John Sloan, and his wife, Dolly, summered in East Gloucester.
1914-1981
ONNI R. ERKKILA by John Erkkila
1915
The Gloucester Daily Times noted that Wingaersheek Beach was a private beach and the public was not admitted.

1914A fire occurred at Surfside Hotel on Pavilion Beach.Events & Anniversaries, Economy and Industry, Local Businesses, Fires

Other Events

A forest fire consumed peat and loam in the swamp near Goose Cove and brought stakes of an old tan pit into view.

The artist, John Sloan, and his wife, Dolly, summered in East Gloucester.

ONNI R. ERKKILA by John Erkkila

The Gloucester Daily Times noted that Wingaersheek Beach was a private beach and the public was not admitted.