Manitou Beach (New York)

Manitou Beach
	Manitou Beach
	Manitou Beach
Basic data
State :	United States
State :	new York
County :	Monroe County
Coordinates :	43 ° 19 ′ N , 77 ° 43 ′ W Coordinates: 43 ° 19 ′ N , 77 ° 43 ′ W
Height :	79 m
GNIS ID :	956356
	; Manitou Beach around 1900–1910, from the southeast

Manitou Beach is a settlement in the town of Greece in Monroe County in the state of New York . Manitou Beach was a popular summer getaway from the late 19th to mid-20th centuries, especially for the people of nearby Rochester .

location

Manitou Beach is 7.5 kilometers northeast of Hilton and 20 kilometers northwest of downtown Rochester. The place is located on a peninsula at a height of 79 meters on the south coast of Lake Ontario at the end of the ridge Braddock Point. To the southeast is Braddock Bay . To the northwest is the next village Payne Beach.

history

With the commissioning of the Grand View Beach Railroad (a tram route between Charlotte and Manitou Beach) planned since the end of the 1880s , the rapid development of the town of Manitou Beach began. The peninsula was previously known as Hicks Point, Rhodes Point or Point Pleasant. On May 30, 1889, the Manitou Hotel was opened by James Matthews and Silas Servis. For marketing reasons, the two chose the name Manitou Point for this settlement after the resort town of Manitou Springs . From 1900 the name changed to Manitou Beach.

Servis later sold the hotel to the Odenbach family from Rochester. In 1904 the hotel operator Fred Odenbach bought the steamship "Rosalie". With this ship, he carried visitors and guests to his hotel in addition to the tram line. A guest room for up to 500 people was later added to the original building. The hotel operated until the 1950s and was later demolished.

In 1895, Elmheart Hotel was also built by Jacob Odenbach. In 1903, George Wiedman took over the hotel and his son of the same name ran it until his death in 1986. After a fire, the hotel was closed in 1931, but the bar and dining room were still open. In the 1930s, a dance hall was built next to the hotel and operated until 1986. Benny Goodman and Cab Calloway performed in this hall . The hotel branded in 1992 and the dance hall in 1995.

There were also other amusement options (including carousels). Guests use the site for fishing, swimming and boating. In the village was also the private club "Colony Club", which held events for its members in the summer months. Picnics were held regularly for farming families with up to 20,000 visitors.

When the tram line was discontinued in 1925, the recreational area began to decline rapidly.

Today there are no more tourist offers in the place. It is a pure, sometimes luxurious, place to live. Much of the area around Manitou Beach is a nature reserve. In 1985 bird watching and ringing began in the village . The Braddock Bay Bird Observatory was registered as a non-profit organization in 1994.

traffic

The settlement is accessible from Manitou Beach Road. The Lake Ontario State Parkway passes the settlement 1.2 kilometers east . Until 2017, the section of Manitou Beach Road from the parkway to the location of the Elmheart Hotel was part of New York State Route 261 . Since then it has been County Route 272. From 1891 to 1924, a tram route also ran along the coast from Charlotte to Manitou Beach . The Braddocks Bay was crossed by means of an 800 m long trestle bridge.

literature

Shirley Cox Husted: Greece . Arcadia Publishing, 2001, ISBN 0-7385-0529-3 ( limited preview in Google Book Search).
Donovan A. Shilling: Rochester's Lakeside Resorts and Amusement Parks . Arcadia Publishing, 1999, ISBN 0-7385-0163-8 ( (Infobox location in the United States) sVAtmb0YC limited preview in Google Book Search).
Shirley Cox Husted: Parma and Hilton . Arcadia Publishing, 1999, ISBN 0-7385-0340-1 ( limited preview in Google Book Search).
William Reed Gordon: Manitou Beach trolley days, 1891-1925. Rochester, NY, 1957.

Web links

Manitou Beach (New York) in the Geographic Names Information System of the United States Geological Survey
http://manitoubeach.com/
Braddock Bay Bird Observatory. Retrieved April 5, 2018 (American English).

Individual evidence

↑ Shirley Cox Husted: Greece . Arcadia Publishing, 2001, ISBN 978-0-7385-0529-9 , pp. 118 ( google.de [accessed on April 5, 2018]).
↑ SUSPICIOUS FIRE DESTROYS FABLED GREECE DANCE HALL . In: The Buffalo News . May 21, 1995 ( buffalonews.com [accessed April 4, 2018]).
↑ The Elmheart Hotel Vintage Valentine History . In: Mindy Hardwick's blog . February 1, 2013 ( wordpress.com [accessed April 4, 2018]).
↑ Whatever Happened To ... Elmheart Hotel? In: Rochester Democrat and Chronicle . ( democratandchronicle.com [accessed April 5, 2018]).

[1] Shirley Cox Husted: Greece . Arcadia Publishing, 2001, ISBN 978-0-7385-0529-9 , pp. 118 ( google.de [accessed on April 5, 2018]).

[2] SUSPICIOUS FIRE DESTROYS FABLED GREECE DANCE HALL . In: The Buffalo News . May 21, 1995 ( buffalonews.com [accessed April 4, 2018]).

[3] The Elmheart Hotel Vintage Valentine History . In: Mindy Hardwick's blog . February 1, 2013 ( wordpress.com [accessed April 4, 2018]).

[4] Whatever Happened To ... Elmheart Hotel? In: Rochester Democrat and Chronicle . ( democratandchronicle.com [accessed April 5, 2018]).