Spencer “Spec” Penrose, the black sheep of a prominent Philadelphia family, bought the land for this luxury hotel complex in 1916 for $90,000 in cash. Once a dairy farm, the site, with its man-made la…
The Cama Beach Resort opened in 1934 as an automobile-oriented recreation resort approximately 65 miles north of downtown Seattle. The resort featured basic cabin accommodations with adjacent automobi…
On Sunday, December 19, 1954, the day before the Fontainebleau Hotel opened with an inaugural dinner dance to benefit the local Miami Beach hospitals of Mount Sinai and St. Francis, a Miami Herald st…
This quintessential seaside motor lodge represents the 1960s and 1970s development within Ocean City, typified by units with individual entrances and access to a front carpark. Built in its elongated …
