On this date (well, yesterday's actually) in Framingham history... The Kendall Hotel on Concord Street was opened in 1899. It was one of the best appointed in New England at teh time, with such luxuries as hot and cold water, bath in suites, a barber shop, billiard room, bowling alley in the basement, steam heat, gas and electric service and public and private dining rooms. In later years, one of the famous groups headquarter there was the squad of the Boston Redskins (later the Washington Redskins), when they trained at Bowditch Field. Source: Framingham, Historical Reflections c. 1974. (ps - we have a few copies of this book available for sale in our Museum Gift Shoppe!)
We have a great resource at our History Center. For those that don't know, the Princess Theater became the St George Theater in the late 40's and 50's. We had three theaters in town, before Television and Shoppers World, The Gorman on the side street of the Kendall Hotel, The St George, that is next to the Kendall Hotel, and The Hollis Theater on Hollis Street, just past Waverly Street on the right hand side... a little beyond the square
On this date (well, yesterday's actually) in Framingham history... The Kendall Hotel on Concord Street was opened in 1899. It was one of the best appointed in New England at teh time, with such luxuries as hot and cold water, bath in suites, a barber shop, billiard room, bowling alley in the basement, steam heat, gas and electric service and public and private dining rooms. In later years, one of the famous groups headquarter there was the squad of the Boston Redskins (later the Washington Redskins), when they trained at Bowditch Field. Source: Framingham, Historical Reflections c. 1974. (ps - we have a few copies of this book available for sale in our Museum Gift Shoppe!)We have a great resource at our History Center. For those that don't know, the Princess Theater became the St George Theater in the late 40's and 50's. We had three theaters in town, before Television and Shoppers World, The Gorman on the side street of the Kendall Hotel, The St George, that is next to the Kendall Hotel, and The Hollis Theater on Hollis Street, just past Waverly Street on the right hand side... a little beyond the square
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