Happy New Year January 1, 2012
Bob Jensen at Trinity University
Auld Lang Syne by Sissel (Norwegian Soprano).wmv ---
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=x91rBzNKvlc&NR=1
Happy and Prosperous New Year from Bob and Erika
This is a Champaign-bucket gift given to us years ago by friends in San Antonio
After the Sunset Hill Hotel Resort was nearly all demolished in 1973, our
cottage (before it was ours)
was moved in 1977 from the golf course across a tennis court and up to where the
former hotel was demolished.
This week I show pictures of a spectacular fire that took place after the
demolition and the move of our cottage.
Our cottage was at one time a part of the
historic Sunset Hill Hotel (SSH) Resort
In the September 27 edition of Tidbits I feature a brochure revealing part of
the history of this resort and our cottage
http://www.trinity.edu/rjensen/tidbits/CottageHistory/Hotel/Brochure/Brochure1900.htm
This is what the SSH Resort looked like in
the early 1900s
Our cottage
was at one time the golf clubhouse called the Pavilion (because of its oriental
roof style) in the 1800s
Then it became the Pavilion Tennis Clubhouse in the early 1900s
It later became one of three VIP "housekeeping cottages" that hotel guests could
rent with housekeeping services
The cottage was smaller in those days without the garage and master bedroom
added after the 1977 move from the golf course
The middle cottage eventually burned down and the cottage on the far end remains
alongside the golf course
The middle cottage below
accidentally burned down in 1980 after our cottage was moved in 1977.
Only the cottage in the foreground below stands on its original site golf course
site when owned
by the SSH Resort.
Note in particular the larger middle cottage shown below.
It is the cottage that went up in flames shortly after our cottage was moved to
the site of the old hotel.
Fire fighters from 15 nearby villages managed to save the beautiful cottage
that's still in place on the golf course
The picture below has a red circle
showing where our cottage was originally located alongside the golf course
After weeks of preparation our
cottage was moved in 1977 about six feet each day
A trestle was built and the cottage was literally rolled on perfectly round logs
along this trestle
Leaving behind only a pile of dirt and the cottage next door (that a few years
later burned down)
There's an old saying that the Sugar Hill Volunteer Fire Department saves
basements
In modern times it actually is a high quality small volunteer fire brigade
that is aided by a fifteen or more nearby small-village fire brigades
After the fire, the Barber's built a solid brick house on a forward site in
front of the old hotel's swimming pool
The brick house is now owned by Dr. John Clapp who lives near Boston but visits
frequently with house guests
The old SSH Resort pool is wonderfully maintained behind the above brick home of
Dr. Clapp
In the winter roof shovel men show up at Dr. Clapp's house after each heavy snow
More of Bob Jensen's Pictures and
Stories
http://www.trinity.edu/rjensen/Pictures.htm
Bob Jensen's
photo set on White Mountain Hiking Trails ---
www.trinity.edu/rjensen/Tidbits/HikingTrails/Set01/HikingTrailsSet01.htm
On May 14,
2006 I retired from
Trinity University after a long and
wonderful career as an accounting professor in four universities. I was
generously granted "Emeritus" status by the Trustees of Trinity University. My
wife and I now live in a cottage in the White Mountains of New Hampshire ---
http://www.trinity.edu/rjensen/NHcottage/NHcottage.htm
Bob
Jensen's Blogs ---
http://www.trinity.edu/rjensen/JensenBlogs.htm
Current and past editions of my newsletter called New
Bookmarks ---
http://www.trinity.edu/rjensen/bookurl.htm
Current and past editions of my newsletter called
Tidbits ---
http://www.trinity.edu/rjensen/TidbitsDirectory.htm
Current and past editions of my newsletter called
Fraud Updates ---
http://www.trinity.edu/rjensen/FraudUpdates.htm
Bob Jensen's past presentations and lectures
---
http://www.trinity.edu/rjensen/resume.htm#Presentations
Our
address is 190 Sunset Hill Road, Sugar Hill, New Hampshire
Our cottage was known as the Brayton Cottage in the early 1900s
Sunset Hill is a ridge overlooking with
New Hampshire's White Mountains to the East
and Vermont's
Green Mountains to the West
Bob Jensen's Threads --- http://www.trinity.edu/rjensen/threads.htm
Bob Jensen's Home Page --- http://www.trinity.edu/rjensen/