The first vacation hotel in Plymouth was the diminutive Samoset House, built by the Old Colony Railroad from 1845 to 1846 as a tourism investment. Situated with a water view near the town center at Court and Samoset streets, this nicely articulated 100-guest structure, marked by its late Greek Revival columns and other elements, met lodging needs for almost a century, falling victim to fire on 29 April 1939.
Summer by the Seaside The Architecture of New England Coastal Resort Hotels, 1820-1950 By Bryant Franklin Tolles, 2008
 (White Island Shores) (White Horse Beach) - Samoset House, 1915
The first vacation hotel in Plymouth was the diminutive Samoset House, built by the Old Colony Railroad from 1845 to 1846 as a tourism investment. Situated with a water view near the town center at Court and Samoset streets, this nicely articulated 100-guest structure, marked by its late Greek Revival columns and other elements, met lodging needs for almost a century, falling victim to fire on 29 April 1939.
Summer by the Seaside
The Architecture of New England Coastal Resort Hotels, 1820-1950
By Bryant Franklin Tolles, 2008
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