Martin Digital History

Danforth Inn, 1907

Item

Title

Danforth Inn, 1907

Description

Large house and people on pier. Labeled: Ex President Cleveland's fishing headquarters." 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.

Source

Scan gift of Historical Society of Martin County.

Date

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

Glass plate negative; 4.5x2.5 inches

Language

English

Type

Still image

Identifier

HSMC-2023-012-5-gpn-022
2023.012

Original Format

Glass plate negatives

Citation

Willis A. Ball (1855-1938), “Danforth Inn, 1907,” Martin Digital History, accessed October 5, 2026, https://www.martindigitalhistory.org/items/show/1970.