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Victorian Hotel Conference at Isles of Shoals

Appledore_interior_SeacaostNH.comSPEND 5 DAYS AT SHOALS

History enthusiasts and those who dream of spending a few days on the Isles of Shoals, six miles off the New Hampshire coast, will have the chance June 25-29 when the Isles of Shoals Historical and Research Association (ISHRA) hosts a five-day, four-night "Summer on the Seacoast" conference open to the public. (Continued below)

 



Journey back to the resort hotel era of the late 1800s, when the Oceanic Hotel on Star Island was built. This was the era of gems like the Farragut Hotel in Rye, Wentworth by the Sea in New Castle and other grand hotels in Kittery, York, and Hampton graced the Seacoast. Speakers will include designer Robert Cook, Portsmouth Historical Society curator Sandra Rux and historian Bryant F. Tolles, Jr., author of Summer by the Seaside.

Event include a 19th-century cooking demonstration and a candlelit chapel service. Enjoy an architectural walking tour of Star Island. Conference guests will be immersed in the history of the Isles of Shoals. An optional side trip will visit neighboring Appledore Island, where poet Celia Thaxter and her family once presided over the now long-gone Appledore House hotel.

Conferees will stay in rustic yet comfortable accommodations in the Oceanic Hotel and surrounding buildings. Round-trip boat transportation is provided from Portsmouth on Saturday afternoon, June 25, returning midday Wednesday, June 29.

“You can relax in the rocking chairs on the Oceanic’s wrap-around porch and breathe the sea air just as the hotel’s first guests did in 1873,” says ISHRA president Joel Plagenz. Other vintage activities include seaweed pressing, a digital photography workshop, and a lecture by Steph Frigon on the natural environment of the Shoals.

Conference registration is $100 per person. Room and board for five days (four nights) starts at $445 per person (depending on type of room), including round-trip ferry and all meals.
Reservations are now being accepted while places remain available. For information visit the ISHRA Web site of call 603-431-2616.

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