Contributed by Penobscot Marine Museum
Description
Liberty once had several inns and hotels that served travelers, including the Sanford House in the middle of town, Knowlton's Inn on the St. George River channel, and an inn in South Liberty. However, it was the Liberty Inn on the northeast shore of Lake St. George that drew vacationers.
A stay at the inn in the early 1900s was the start of many long associations with Lake St. George, as many guests purchased land and built cottages to which generations returned year after year.
Harry Grant, the Inn's first owner, was a racecar driver who won the Winston Cup in 1909 and 1910 and competed four times at Indianapolis.
Guests at the inn could enjoy an excursion on the steamboat to Marshall Shores for a picnic or to the Liberty Inn Dance Pavilion on the east side of the lake, where Charlie Overlook's orchestra might be playing.
In the early 1960s the inn became a private home. The new owner was Al Hurwitz, a New Yorker who was a World War II buddy of Raymond Banks from Liberty. Hurwitz developed a keen interest in Liberty, purchased the octagonal post office building, and started the Liberty Historical Society.
About This Item
- Title: Liberty Inn, ca. 1940
- Creator: Eastern Illustrating & Publishing Company
- Creation Date: circa 1940
- Subject Date: circa 1940
- Location: Liberty, Waldo County, ME
- Media: Glass Negative
- Dimensions: 12.75 cm x 17.75 cm
- Local Code: LB2007.1.101455
- Collection: Eastern Illustrating & Publishing Co.
- Object Type: Image
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- Eastern Illustrating & Publishing Company
- Postcards--Maine
- Photographs--Maine--Liberty
- Hotels--Maine--Liberty
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