Marine Pavilion (Queens) Explained

The Marine Pavilion was a luxury hotel in Far Rockaway, Queens, New York City. The Pavilion, which was built on the former homestead of Rockaway's first white settler, Richard Cornell, was completed in 1833, at a then-record cost of $43,000. The hotel attracted people such as Henry Wadsworth Longfellow and Washington Irving, and other New York City literary figures and socialites who were first attracted to the hotel as a refuge from an outbreak of cholera. The Pavilion was destroyed by fire on June 25, 1864. However, with many more hotels already built in its wake, Far Rockaway remained a fashionable resort area.[1] [2] [3] [4]

Further reading

Vincent F. Seyfried, The Long Island Rail Road: A Comprehensive History, Part Five, published by the author, Garden City, Long Island, 1966.

Notes and References

  1. Web site: The Rockaways . Rootsweb.com . 2016-03-05.
  2. Web site: Hitch a Ride to Rockaway Beach. December 20, 2006 . dead . https://web.archive.org/web/20061017205830/http://www.forgotten-ny.com/Alleys/rockawayalleys/rockbeach.html . October 17, 2006 .
  3. Web site: Bungalows . Farrockaway.com . 2001-09-02 . 2016-03-05.
  4. Web site: Community and library history . December 20, 2006 . dead . https://web.archive.org/web/20070927202922/http://www.queenslibrary.org/index.aspx?page_nm=CL-Communityinfo&branch_id=Fa . September 27, 2007 .