Kelley House

Ancient Hostelry Now Great Harbour Inn

It was announced this week by Richard L. Colter, that this famous old Edgartown hotel has been renamed Great Harbour Inn.
 

Salvaged from Storm, for Use as Hotel Annex

The Kelley House garden in Edgartown resumes a portion of its former beauty as it is cleared of the wreckage of the hurricane, and the setting has changed through the addition of two annex buildings increasing the capacity of the ancient hotel.
 

Colter Becomes Sole Owner of Kelley House

Transfer of the equity in the historic Kelley House, Edgartown, to Richard L. Colter, proprietor of the Mansion House, Vineyard Haven, was made this week, a change of ownership that still retains the ancient inn in the family of its beloved proprietor, Mrs. E. A. Kelley, who conducted the house for years after the death of her husband, William Kelley, famed in his day as a host.
 

Emily Post’s Vineyard

To Vineyarders the most interesting contribution to a recent symposium on favorite vacation spots published by Vogue is that Mrs. Price Post, who tells of her summer home on Fuller street, Edgartown. An atmospheric little sketch accompanies the contribution which is as follows:
 

Interesting Vineyarders: Mrs. E. A. Kelley

“Whoe’er has traveled life’s dull round,
Where’er his stages may have been,
May sigh to think he still has found
Thee warmest welcome at an inn.”
 

Local Items

Contractor Elmer E. West is building for Mrs. E. A. Kelley, of the Kelley House, on her land on the waterfront between Osborn’s and Chadwick’s wharves, a two-story building, 24 by 34 feet in size, which we are told will be used by male guests of the Kelley House as a lounging room, with other rooms for card playing, smoking, etc.

 

William Kelley

Sudden, and yet not unexpected, was the announcement last Friday evening which went from house to house and club to business place, that William Kelley, well-known landlord and busy citizen, had passed away.

Mr. Kelley had been confined to the house for about ten days, although he had been ailing for the past six weeks. The cause of his sickness and death was Brights disease, which, once seated, made fast inroads upon his naturally rugged frame.

A Handsome Sign

A handsome sign, “Kelley House,” in black and gold, was put in position on the front of that hotel a few days ago, the work of Painter Chas. A. Joy. A new house-flag has also been flung to the breeze, “Kelley’s,” the gift to the house of Mrs. Marshall Shepard, who has been in the past a frequent guest at the Kelley House.

 

Edgartown: Landlord Kelley

Landlord Kelley is putting the Sea View House in prime order for the summer’s business, and the house has been completely renovated from lower to upper floors, and new improvements added. Mr. and Mrs. Kelley have earned for this hotel an enviable reputation for the first-class comfort to all guests.

Edgartown: The Sea View

The former Vineyard House, which is to be reopened this summer as “The Sea View,” is beginning to present a fine appearance in its new coats of white paint. Mr. Kelley is doing an immense amount of work to the interior and exterior of this once famous hostelry, and when opened in June the house will be all that made it so popular in years gone.

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