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TrystInn ([personal profile] trystinn) wrote2008-06-01 05:17 pm

Kennedy Park & the Aspinwall

Kennedy Park, the location for today's hike, is the former location for the Hotel Aspinwall of Lenox, MA. A 400 room hotel built in 1902, it was sold in 1912 and burned down in the 1930s. In its prime, it was called "The Hotel Beautiful".



Today, of course, there's little left. A few stone foundations and cement pilons, a bit of clearing here and there, even a very rough bit of road left. But honestly, if the signs hadn't have told you, you would never have known there was a large, industrious inn on the site. The forest has taken back nearly everything and is working on what's left.

Additional pictures: http://www.phs1968.com/berkshirehistorical/Lenox%20-%20Aspinwall%20Hotel/index.html

[identity profile] paigemom.livejournal.com 2008-06-02 12:56 am (UTC)(link)
OOoo purty!

Did you take any pics of the ruins? I just love ruins!

[identity profile] tryst-inn.livejournal.com 2008-06-02 01:08 am (UTC)(link)
Nope, didn't realize we were going to see ruins or I would have.

[identity profile] wild-heart.livejournal.com 2008-06-02 02:22 am (UTC)(link)
That's heartbreakingly sad in some odd way. We have so little architectural history in this country, and once beautiful buildings fall to ruin and are swept away by dandelion tufts and butterfly breezes.