The Shawanga web site was relaunched May of 2021. The previous website had just pictures and minimal detail
Site status:
Completed
May 2021 Launch
Partial detailed history - rest is an outline
Started stories page, with one placeholer story
Picture and info complete for intro gallery
4/4 of picture info complete for Grounds
Working Structures album, have a lot to do
Home gallery photos are done except B&W aerial
Added info on lobby in public rooms
Added stories
June
Rotating pictures on main page
Completed ground, structuresfamily album
Completed structures album
Front office album in progress: Documents and two flyers
Added a community album
July
Completed front office
Added estimated floor plan of lobby and lower lobby
Added some info to guest/groups
completed season guests
completed menus
completed brochures
August
Completed guests album
Completed activities album up to Masquerade Ball
Added a discusion forum
complted adding info to all photos except the B&W aerial and Masquerade Ball
Fixed floor plan after seeing a photo taken from the water tower shared by a former waiter
October
Added other hotels: Morningside, Deville, Pines, Raleigh, Laurels, Granit
Added more after fire pictures
November
Added 2021 visit
Added a side view of hotel
Added a current sat picture with a 60's aerial superimposed
2022
March
added some really good comunity photos
working on detailed history
April 2022
Added more history
May 2022
Added resources page
Added 1930's brochure, had overlooked this one since it looks very similar to the 40's one
June 2022
Added more history
October 2022
Added me at camp in family album and noted a picture of the CDR
November 2022
Added an album of colorized photos
Added three more post cards and a picture of dad at the grotto in 1973
News paper clippings of the morningside fire
Picture from cupola
1973 fire pictures
added three colorized fire pictures
added picture of Aunt Carol and Uncle Lew and a mother daughter photo that was sent to me
Added picture to Morningside and many to family/adult
Raleigh pictures and descriptions
December 2022
Added some comentary and links to train videos
January 2023
Added commentary, added to a story & added info the history
Added full 115 page 1934 Hotel Guide
Added some pictures and 4 articles to the history page from the 1920's
March 2023
Added Raleigh pictures and some commentary
Updated history
April 2023
Added pictures of hotel gifts to Front office/misc album
Added community photo of front gate
Updated history mentioning Alvin
Updated Raleigh info, fixed and added info to family photos
June 2023
Added Ben Paisner's music book to Front Office Album
Added Cavilier and Netherland hotels to Front Office Album
Added information about the Morningside in history
Added Mae Dan's letter to family album
Added two more stories
July 2023
Added Alex's album
August 2023
Added transcription of Mae Dan's letter
September 2023
Updated cousin Stephanie's story and added a picture of her parents room key
February 2024
Added photos to the community album
March 2024
Added floorplan of our family cottage
Added detail on Wishing Well in history and added detail on the basketball team and Gene Shue (who was well known) in Basketball album
June 2024
Added new found video to family album
Added three new stories
Added Morningside Hotel timeline to history
July 2024
Fixed the last name of Abraham's step brother in Aunt Mae's letter (family album)
Added more content to the Morningside Hotel
Added photo Nana, lew, Abby and Naomi from early 40's, Mom & dad at the pool and dad and Uncle Lew riding tricycles
Updated the history
Added a story from the dining room and the 1970 fire
Added and updated descriptions of a dozen or so photos
