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South Farms Inn and Litchfield Springs Co. correspondence

00-2013-129-0

 Collection
Identifier: 00-2013-129-0

Scope and Contents

Four letters (2013-129-0) concerning the hotel and business at the South Farms Inn property in Morris, Conn. Originally a boarding house owned by Horatio Benton, it was known as the South Farms Inn in 1898 and into the early 1900s. Owned by the Litchfield Springs Co. of New York for a few years starting in 1901, it was hailed as a health resort with medicinal mineral springs. Some of the spring waters were bottled and sold. Plans to develop the resort into another Saratoga Springs type resort never materialized; liens and attachments were placed on the property and after various mortgages, it was sold to the White Memorial Foundation in 1913.

Dates

  • created: 1904
  • Other: Date acquired: 05/10/2015

Conditions Governing Access

The collection is open for research.

Extent

4.00 items

Language of Materials

English

Source of Acquisition

Adam Langlands

Method of Acquisition

Museum purchase

Existence and Location of Originals

http://www.litchfieldhistoricalsociety.org

Related Materials

multi-part note content

Title
South Farms Inn and Litchfield Springs Co. correspondence
Author
Lee S. Cook
Date
03/01/2015
Description rules
Describing Archives: A Content Standard
Language of description
English
Script of description
Latin

Repository Details

Part of the Litchfield Historical Society Repository

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