Contributed by Norcross Heritage Trust
Description
The Stratton House, also known as The Norcross House, was the first hotel in Norcross. Wilbur Stratton of Mattawamkeag built it about 1894. Stratton House was situated overlooking Norcross Cove on North Twin Lake.
Fred Fowler purchased the buildings and business around 1898, and shortly thereafter the hotel burned. Fowler built the succeeding Norcross House hotel closer to the Norcross railroad station.
About This Item
- Title: The Stratton House, Norcross, ca. 1897
- Creation Date: circa 1897
- Subject Date: circa 1897
- Location: Norcross, Indian Purchase Township No. 3, Penobscot County, ME
- Media: Photographic print
- Dimensions: 15.3 cm x 20.2 cm
- Object Type: Image
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Norcross Heritage Trust7 Cummings Rd, Apt 353, Hanover, NH 03755
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