Info

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