Baycrest Hotel Records

Collection

Identifier: SpC MS 0209

Staff Only

Scope and Contents

The collection contains records from the Baycrest Hotel in Harborside, Cape Rosier, Maine. This small collection contains primarily financial records of the hotel. Included are journals of expenses incurred in running the hotel, 1939-1953, and registers from 1928-1965 of total charges for each guest for rooms, meals, the garage, etc. Also included are three volumes of daily guest registers, 1912-1967, listing the name and home address of each guest.

Dates

Creation: 1912-1967
Creation: Majority of material found within 1925-1940

Creator

Gray, Maurice L. (Person)

Access Restrictions

Kept at Fogler Library's offsite storage facility. One week's notice required for retrieval.

Use Restrictions

Information on literary rights available in the repository.

Historical Note

Maurice L. and Carrie Gray were the proprietors of the Baycrest Hotel in Harborside, Cape Rosier, Maine. The hotel was open year-round but did most of its business during the summer months. It appears to have been in business from 1912 until 1967. According to tax documents found in the collection, the hotel was located on about eight acres of land. By 1940 several buildings made up the site, including the main house, originally a farmhouse built about 1874 and remodeled through the years, a dining room and kitchen building, four bungalows, an amusement hall, a barn, a library and storage building, several garages, a laundry and an ice house. Also included were a wharf and landing float as well as four rowboats. A net profit of $861 was listed in 1940.