Martin Digital History

Danforth Hotel, c. 1903

Item

Title

Danforth Hotel, c. 1903

Description

Large building with wrap around porches on first and second floors. When Sarah Danforth died in 1901, Hubert Wilbur Bessey (1855-1918) and his wife, former schoolteacher Susan Corbin Bessey (1868-1954), were invited to take over the Danforth Hotel. Hubert Bessey led fishing trips, which were enjoyed by Grover Cleveland, who visited and stayed the hotel frequently. Duplicate of HSMC-2023-018-2-b1-067.

Source

Scan gift of Stuart Heritage Museum.

Rights

No Copyright - In the United States: The Martin County Library System believes that the Item is in the Public Domain under the laws of the United States, but a determination was not made as to its copyright status under the copyright laws of other countries. For more information, visit http://rightsstatements.org/vocab/NoC-US/1.0/

Format

Black and white print, 4.5x3.4 inches

Language

English

Type

Still images

Identifier

SHM-2025-009-pa1-001
2025.009

Coverage

Original Format

Photographic print

Tags

Citation

“Danforth Hotel, c. 1903,” Martin Digital History, accessed October 5, 2026, https://www.martindigitalhistory.org/items/show/12540.