Princeton Common looking South, c1900
description- – A view of the Princeton Common in Princeton, Massachusetts looking South. On the left can be seen the Prospect House, also known as the Princeton Inn, that burned in 1923. In the distance on the right is the Wachusett House which burned in 1910. In front of the Wachusett House are a group of people playing croquet, a favorite pastime for the summer tourists who visited Mount Wachusett in the late 19th and early 20th centuries.
- – Princeton (Mass.)--History--Pictorial works
- – Hotels--Massachusetts--Princeton
- – Commons--Massachusetts--Princeton
- – Croquet
- – 1880-1900?
- – Is part of the collection of the Princeton Historical Society, http://www.princetonmahistory.org, housed in the Princeton Public Library, http://www.princetonpubliclibrary.org, Goodnow Memorial Building, Princeton, Massachusetts.
- – image/jpg
- – English
Summit House Poster, Mount Wachusett
description- – Commemorative print showing the history of the Summit Houses on the top of Mount Wachusett in Princeton, Massachusetts from 1870 to 1970. Included are drawings of the three summit houses, the dates of their existence, and brief descriptions of their history and importance. The commemorative print says the house was scheduled to be razed in 1970 to make way for a new recreational facility, but before this occurred the third and final Summit House burned to the ground on December 18, 1970.
- – Mountains--Massachusetts--Princeton
- – Hotels--Massachusetts--Princeton
- – Summer resorts--Massachusetts--Princeton
- – Wachusett Mountain (Mass.)--History
- – 1969
- – Is part of the collection of the Princeton Historical Society, http://www.princetonmahistory.org, housed in the Princeton Public Library, http://www.princetonpubliclibrary.org, Goodnow Memorial Building, Princeton, Massachusetts.
- – image/jpg
- – English
Princeton Common from Upper Mountain Road, early 1900s
description- – A view of the Princeton Common in Princeton, Massachusetts, looking South from Mountain Road. The photograph is from a restored negative image. The First Congregational Church is on the left and the Goodnow Memorial Building on the right. At the base of the common is the Wachusett House.
- – Princeton (Mass.)--History--Pictorial works
- – Hotels--Massachusetts--Princeton
- – Commons--Massachusetts--Princeton
- – Goodnow Memorial Building
- – Historic buildings--Massachusetts--Princeton
- – Churches--Massachusetts--Princeton
- – 1900-1910?
- – Restored negative and print produced by Bruce R. Dean in 2003
- – Is part of the collection of the Princeton Historical Society, http://www.princetonmahistory.org, housed in the Princeton Public Library, http://www.princetonpubliclibrary.org, Goodnow Memorial Building, Princeton, Massachusetts.
- – image/jpg
- – English
Third Summit House, Mount Wachusett
description- – Commercial photograph of the third Summit House on Mount Wachusett in Princeton Massachusetts built by John C.F. Murick in 1907. The text proclaims that the Summit house was open from May to October, the manager was E.W. Needham and that Wachusett Mountain is 2,015 feet above Sea Level [and the highest point East of the Berkshire's in New England]. The 14 bedroom hotel was operated by the Commonwealth of Massachusetts from 1908 through the middle of the 1930's when it stopped having overnight lodging. The third Summit House burned to the ground on December 18, 1970
- – Mountains--Massachusetts--Princeton
- – Hotels--Massachusetts--Princeton
- – Summer resorts--Massachusetts--Princeton
- – Wachusett Mountain (Mass.)--History--Pictorial works
- – Hotels--Advertising
- – 1907-1920?
- – Is part of the collection of the Princeton Historical Society, http://www.princetonmahistory.org, housed in the Princeton Public Library, http://www.princetonpubliclibrary.org, Goodnow Memorial Building, Princeton, Massachusetts.
- – image/jpg
- – English
Summit House Tea Room
description- – Postcard of the tea room in the third Summit House, built in 1907, on Mount Wachusett in Princeton, Massachusetts. Shown is a corner of the room with two tables set for tea.
- – Hotels--Tearooms
- – Mountains--Massachusetts--Princeton
- – Hotels--Massachusetts--Princeton
- – Summer resorts--Massachusetts--Princeton
- – Wachusett Mountain (Mass.)--History--Pictorial works
- – Hotels--Interiors
- – 1900-1910?
- – Published by William A. Emerson
- – Is part of the collection of the Princeton Historical Society, http://www.princetonmahistory.org, housed in the Princeton Public Library, http://www.princetonpubliclibrary.org, Goodnow Memorial Building, Princeton, Massachusetts.
- – image/jpg
- – Is part of the Princeton Historical Society Postcards of Wachusett Mountain collected and compiled by Windsor C. Robinson and donated by Marguerite A. Robinson.
- – English
Summit House Dining Hall
description- – Postcard of the dining hall in the third Summit House, built in 1907, on Mount Wachusett in Princeton, Massachusetts. The postcard shows a corner with bow-backed chairs and tables set.
- – Mountains--Massachusetts--Princeton
- – Hotels--Massachusetts--Princeton
- – Summer resorts--Massachusetts--Princeton
- – Hotels--Dining rooms
- – Wachusett Mountain (Mass.)--History--Pictorial works
- – Hotels--Interiors
- – 1900-1910?
- – Published by Everett W. Needham
- – Is part of the collection of the Princeton Historical Society, http://www.princetonmahistory.org, housed in the Princeton Public Library, http://www.princetonpubliclibrary.org, Goodnow Memorial Building, Princeton, Massachusetts.
- – image/jpg
- – Is part of the Princeton Historical Society Postcards of Wachusett Mountain collected and compiled by Windsor C. Robinson and donated by Marguerite A. Robinson.
- – English
Summit House Reception Room and Office
description- – A postcard showing the reception room and office in the third Summit House, built in 1907, on Mount Wachusett in Princeton, Massachusetts. The upper view shows the reception room with an upright piano, rocking chairs and fireplace, and the lower view shows the office and gift shop.
- – Hotels--Gift shops
- – Mountains--Massachusetts--Princeton
- – Hotels--Massachusetts--Princeton
- – Summer resorts--Massachusetts--Princeton
- – Wachusett Mountain (Mass.)--History--Pictorial works
- – Hotels--Interiors
- – 1900-1910?
- – Published by Everett W. Needham
- – Is part of the collection of the Princeton Historical Society, http://www.princetonmahistory.org, housed in the Princeton Public Library, http://www.princetonpubliclibrary.org, Goodnow Memorial Building, Princeton, Massachusetts.
- – image/jpg
- – Is part of the Princeton Historical Society Postcards of Wachusett Mountain collected and compiled by Windsor C. Robinson and donated by Marguerite A. Robinson.
- – English
Second Summit House, Mount Wachusett
description- – The second Summit House built in 1884 by Phineas A. Beaman on the top of Mount Wachusett in Princeton, Massachusetts. Called the"Tip Top", the hotel contained 30 rooms with water supplied by the windmill on the shore of Summit Pond. Tourist business was very brisk during the season that ran from May 20 to October 15th and was estimated to be around 30,000 visitor a year at its peak. Stagecoaches would pick up patrons from the Princeton Train Depot and bring them to the top of Mount Wachusett.
- – Mountains--Massachusetts--Princeton
- – Hotels--Massachusetts--Princeton
- – Summer resorts--Massachusetts--Princeton
- – Wachusett Mountain (Mass.)--History--Pictorial works
- – Windmills
- – 1884-1900?
- – Is part of the collection of the Princeton Historical Society, http://www.princetonmahistory.org, housed in the Princeton Public Library, http://www.princetonpubliclibrary.org, Goodnow Memorial Building, Princeton, Massachusetts.
- – image/jpg
- – English
Advertisement for the Wachusett House, Princeton, Massachusetts
description- – Full page advertisement for the Wachusett House in the Princeton Directory for July 1881. The Advertisement includes a print of the hotel by Rand McNally. P.A. Beaman and Son are listed as the proprietors. Phineas Beaman, a Princeton resident, purchased the Wachusett House in 1860, and the Beaman family ran the hotel until it burned in 1910. The Wachusett House was located on the southern end of the Princeton Town Common on what is now Dingman Park.
- – Hotels--Massachusetts--Princeton
- – Summer resorts--Massachusetts--Princeton
- – Wachusett Mountain (Mass.)
- – Hotels--Advertising
- – 1881
- – Brick, Will S.
- – Is part of the collection of the Princeton Historical Society, http://www.princetonmahistory.org, housed in the Princeton Public Library, http://www.princetonpubliclibrary.org, Goodnow Memorial Building, Princeton, Massachusetts.
- – image/jpg
- – Image is from page 22 of The Princeton Directory: Number 1. - 1881, entered by Will S. Brick.
- – English
Fernside Library, Princeton, Mass.
description- – A postcard of the library in Fernside in Princeton, Massachusetts on the side of Mount Wachusett. Books were available for guests and there was entertainment available there such as games of charades, musicals, theatricals and dancing. Fernside was a resort hotel for working women that would not have been able to afford a vacation otherwise. A weeks stay cost $3 in 1890 and $70 in the 1980s. Fernside's final summer was 1988. Today Fernside is run as a rehabilitation center by the McClean Hospital.
- – Working class women
- – Hotels--Massachusetts--Princeton
- – Hotels--Libraries
- – Hotels--Working class women
- – Resorts--Massachusetts--Princeton
- – 1900?
- – Is part of the collection of the Princeton Historical Society, http://www.princetonmahistory.org, housed in the Princeton Public Library, http://www.princetonpubliclibrary.org, Goodnow Memorial Building, Princeton, Massachusetts.
- – image/jpg
- – English
Wachusett House, Princeton Mass.
description- – A postcard showing the Wachusett House Hotel as seen from the town common in Princeton, Massachusetts. Guests on the porch watch the preparation for games of croquet and lawn tennis, favorite pastimes for the summer tourists who visited Mount Wachusett in the late 19th and early 20th centuries. The Wachusett House was located on the southern end of the Princeton Town Common on what is now Dingman Park. On November 28, 1910, the Wachusett House was destroyed in a fire and was never rebuilt.
- – Tennis
- – Hotels--Massachusetts--Princeton
- – Summer resorts--Massachusetts--Princeton
- – Croquet
- – Wachusett Mountain (Mass.)
- – 1900?
- – Is part of the collection of the Princeton Historical Society, http://www.princetonmahistory.org, housed in the Princeton Public Library, http://www.princetonpubliclibrary.org, Goodnow Memorial Building, Princeton, Massachusetts.
- – image/jpg
- – Is part of the Princeton Historical Society Postcards of Wachusett Mountain collected and compiled by Windsor C. Robinson and donated by Marguerite A. Robinson.
- – English
Wachusett House fire, Nov. 28, 1910
description- – A postcard showing the fire that destroyed the Wachusett House in Princeton, Massachusetts. The photograph was taken at 11:00 AM on November 28, 1910, shortly after the fire started. The Postcard shows damaged furniture taken from the building while the blaze was in progress. The fire caused 30,000 dollars in damage. The Wachusett House was located on the southern end of the Princeton Town Common on what is now Dingman Park.
- – Hotels--Massachusetts--Princeton
- – Summer resorts--Massachusetts--Princeton
- – Fire
- – Wachusett Mountain (Mass.)
- – 1910-11-28
- – Is part of the collection of the Princeton Historical Society, http://www.princetonmahistory.org, housed in the Princeton Public Library, http://www.princetonpubliclibrary.org, Goodnow Memorial Building, Princeton, Massachusetts.
- – image/jpg
- – Is part of the Princeton Historical Society Postcards of Wachusett Mountain collection and compiled by Windsor C. Robinson and donated by Marguerite A. Robinson.
- – English
Original Summit House on Mount Wachusett
description- – The original Summit House on Mount Wachusett in Princeton, Massachusetts. Men sit on chairs on the roof while others gaze out the windows or sit in front. A horse and cart can be seen on the left. The Summit House was built in 1870 by William G. Morse. Morse actually started the summit house in 1866 when it was just a stand at the top of Mount Wachusett that sold candy and cigars that were delivered by pony cart.
- – Mountains--Massachusetts--Princeton
- – Hotels--Massachusetts--Princeton
- – Summer resorts--Massachusetts--Princeton
- – Wachusett Mountain (Mass.)--History--Pictorial works
- – 1870-1874?
- – Is part of the collection of the Princeton Historical Society, http://www.princetonmahistory.org, housed in the Princeton Public Library, http://www.princetonpubliclibrary.org, Goodnow Memorial Building, Princeton, Massachusetts.
- – image/jpg
- – English
Fernside poster, c1900
description- – A poster advertising Fernside in Princeton, Massachusetts. The poster shows the main house with the young woman sitting on the front porch and contains a description of the services and purposes of Fernside. Fernside was built in 1835 by Captain Benjamin Harringon. Wilkes Roper purchased it in 1870 and ran it as the Summer House Hotel. In 1890, M. Josephine Allen of Boston purchased the house, barn, 10 acres of land and furnishings for 3,800 dollars. She named it Fernside, and it was operated as a mountain resort for working women for next 100 years who would not have been able to afford a vacation otherwise. A weeks stay cost $3 in 1890 and $70 in the 1980's. Fernside's final summer was 1988. Today Fernside is run as a rehabilitation center by the McClean Hospital.
- – This house, formerly known as the"Princeton Vacation House for Working Girls,"will open for the season on Saturday, July 1. It is conducted exclusively for the benefit of women wage-earners, over seventeen years of age, and is Princeton, Mass., beautifully situated on the side of Mount Wachusett. The house is in perfect order, the table ample, with fresh vegetables daily from the garden. The mountain can be ascended in two hours from the house. Each person is expected to aid in the care of her bedroom and to do her share of the table work. The price of board is $4.00 a week, and the railroad fares $1.90 for the round trip. Reduction is made sometimes for those greatly needing a change of air, but unable to pay the above prices. Each person is expected to remain two weeks.All board and railroad tickets must be obtained from the"Fernside Agent,"and paid in advance. She will be at the Women's Educational and Industrial Union, No. 264 Boylston Street every Tuesday and Friday evening, from 7 to 9 o'clock, beginning Tuesday, June 13. A deposit of fifty cents is required at the time of application; this will be deducted later from the regular board. The parties, twenty-one in each, will leave every Saturday from the South Station, and are met at Princeton station by the"Fernside"carriage. Applications should be made early as the house accommodates but forty-two. All are requested to bring their clothing in bags, as transportation of trunks from the station is difficult. As there are no conveniences for personal laundry work, it is well to bring a supply of underclothing to last during the stay.Miss M. J. Allen, President
- – Working class women
- – Hotels--Massachusetts--Princeton
- – Hotels--Advertising
- – Hotels--Working class women
- – Resorts--Massachusetts--Princeton
- – 1900?
- – Is part of the collection of the Princeton Historical Society, http://www.princetonmahistory.org, housed in the Princeton Public Library, http://www.princetonpubliclibrary.org, Goodnow Memorial Building, Princeton, Massachusetts.
- – image/jpg
- – English
Prospect House help, Princeton, Massachusetts, c1890
description- – Staff members of Prospect House gathered on the porch of the Prospect House in Princeton, Massachusetts. On the left a woman stands holding a bicycle, children are seated on the ground in the front. The two girls are Marion Davis, in the stripped dress, and Eleanor Davis, and are the daughters of Wayland C. Davis, the proprietor of the Prospect House from 1883-1901. A young man is standing on the right, playfully holding the Scottish Tam, or Tam O'shanter, over the head of a young woman seated on the step.
- – Prospect House
- – Hotels--Massachusetts--Princeton
- – Summer resorts--Massachusetts--Princeton
- – Hotels--Employees
- – 1890-1895?
- – Donated by the Llewellyn family
- – Is part of the collection of the Princeton Historical Society, http://www.princetonmahistory.org, housed in the Princeton Public Library, http://www.princetonpubliclibrary.org, Goodnow Memorial Building, Princeton, Massachusetts.
- – image/jpg
- – English
Wachusett Mountain House
description- – View of the Mountain House in Princeton, Massachusetts. taken from the south and showing the summit of Mount Wachusett. The staff quarters which also included a bowling alley and a tea room are shown across the street from the main hotel. The Mountain House opened around 1860 and by 1880 held up to a hundred guests. The main building was destroyed by a fire on July 11, 1914.
- – Hotels--Massachusetts--Princeton
- – Mountains--Massachusetts--Princeton
- – Wachusett Mountain (Mass.)--History--Pictorial works
- – 1880?
- – Sullivan, Jeanette
- – Is part of the collection of the Princeton Historical Society, http://www.princetonmahistory.org, housed in the Princeton Public Library, http://www.princetonpubliclibrary.org, Goodnow Memorial Building, Princeton, Massachusetts.
- – image/jpg
- – Photograph made from the glass negative owned by Jeannette Sullivan in June 1975.
- – English
Wachusett House winning coach in the 1901 Rutland Coach Parade
description- – The winning coach decorated by the Wachusett House staff of Princeton, Massachusetts for the best decorated coach in the August, 1901 Rutland Massachusetts Coach Parade. Many towns around Rutland competed for the coveted first prize. The picture is taken at the Rutland Town center. Prentice Doolittle is holding the reigns and was the driver of the coach. Also on the coach was Mrs. Perkins, Mrs. Allen, Mrs. Warner and Mrs. Ingrisol from Boston.
- – Hotels--Massachusetts--Princeton
- – Stagecoaches--Parades--Massachusetts--Rutland
- – Horse-drawn vehicles
- – Stagecoaches--Contests
- – 1901
- – Is part of the collection of the Princeton Historical Society, http://www.princetonmahistory.org, housed in the Princeton Public Library, http://www.princetonpubliclibrary.org, Goodnow Memorial Building, Princeton, Massachusetts.
- – image/jpg
- – English
Stage coach at the Wachusett House
description- – Guests greet passengers arriving by stage in front of the Wachusett House in Princeton, Massachusetts. The sign on the stage says Pratt Junction which was in Sterling, Massachusetts. The stage route began in 1849 after the opening of the Worcester and Nashua Railroad. and ran from Princeton to Oakdale, Massachusetts.
- – Hotels--Massachusetts--Princeton
- – Stagecoaches--Massachusetts--Princeton
- – Summer resorts--Massachusetts--Princeton
- – Horse-drawn vehicles
- – 1870-1880?
- – Is part of the collection of the Princeton Historical Society, http://www.princetonmahistory.org, housed in the Princeton Public Library, http://www.princetonpubliclibrary.org, Goodnow Memorial Building, Princeton, Massachusetts.
- – image/jpg
- – English
Croquet on Princeton Common, c1870
description- – Croquet being played on the Princeton Common in front of the Prospect House in Princeton, Massachusetts. The Prospect house was formerly the Baptist Church. The Prospect House opened for guests in 1861.
- – Princeton (Mass.)--History--Pictorial works
- – Hotels--Massachusetts--Princeton
- – Commons--Massachusetts--Princeton
- – Croquet
- – 1870?
- – Is part of the collection of the Princeton Historical Society, http://www.princetonmahistory.org, housed in the Princeton Public Library, http://www.princetonpubliclibrary.org, Goodnow Memorial Building, Princeton, Massachusetts.
- – image/jpg
- – English
Union Hotel, Blackstone, Massachusetts
description- – The Union Hotel was built in 1853. In addition to being a hotel it also contained law offices and a ballroom on the third floor. The town jail was located in the hotel's basement for a short time.
- – Architecture--United States--19th century
- – Historic buildings--New England
- – Historic buildings--Massachusetts--Blackstone
- – Hotels--Massachusetts--Blackstone
- – Blackstone--History--Pictorial works
- – 1853
- – From the collection of the Blackstone Historical Commission, Blackstone, Massachusetts
- – image/jpg
- – English
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