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100 DELANO RD KPS, KEY PENINSULA
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- Delano Beach Hotel -built in 1891 by Captain Geo. E. Delano and his wife, Edith H. Delano -painted white with red and yellow trim -three stories, 20 bedrooms -24 separate beach cottages -hotel was known for its "New England ambiance" -purchased by A.B. Ollar in 1948 -hotel bldg. later destroyed by fire, but cottages were available until 1978 -site occupied by the Delano Beach Christian Camp (later the Delano Bay Christian Camp) since 1979 -Lakebay area -address approximate TDL 7/13/1889 p.5 Delano Beach TDL 7/19/1891 p.10 By sea and shore TDL 9/6/1893 p.5 Residents at Delano scared (scarlet fever) TDN 8/5/1905 p.16 Dock at Delano TDL 8/6/1905 p.3 New wharf complete; Delano Beach now has a dock 830 feet long TDL 12/3/1905 p.4 Thieves reported at work at Delano Beach TDL 12/5/1905 p.5 Pirates make effort to rob beach hotel TDL 6/9/1907 p.17 Plat Delano Beach property TDL 8/23/1908 p.13 Delano Beach popular TDN 5/25/1912 A paradise for boys and girls (il) TDL 1/22/1913 Captain George E. Delano suddenly stricken TDL 7/20/1924 p.G7 Delano one of Sound's finest resorts (il) TDL 9/30/1928 p.G1 Delightful drive over good roads brings surprises (il) TDL 3/28/1932 p.3 Resort owner taken by death (obituary of Mrs. Edith H. Delano) TDL 5/27/1934 p.A12 (il) TNT 7/21/1937 p.6 (il) TNT 4/25/1939 p.15 (il of Tacoma Clam Bake Club c.1904) TNT 6/3/1962 p.A16 Out of Tacoma's past (il c.1900) TNT 8/23/1981p.C5 Delano settlement is steeped in history TNT 8/30/1981 p.D4 Faded pictures, letters, tell history of Delano Family (il) Key Penin. News May 2019 p.14 Fair Delano on the Sound: The story of the Delano Beach resort (il) 979.778 AL72A p.117 (il) 979.778 AR51E p.152-159 (il)
- Year Built: 1891
- Decade Built: 1890s
- Demolished
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Abbreviation Key GTWY - Peninsula Gateway, TDL - Tacoma Daily Ledger, TDN - Tacoma Daily News, TNL - Tacoma News Ledger, TNT - Tacoma News Tribune
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