Guest Houses

Early 20th Century Guest Houses

While Fire Place (later Brookhaven Hamlet) had a few summer residences in the early to middle 19th century, the advent of railroad service in the late 19th century greatly increased the popularity of south shore Long Island communities among vacationers. Brookhaven Hamlet was said to have had a dozen or so small hotels and guest houses in the late 19th and early 20th centuries. The following is an evolving list of these establishments.

Name	Address	Proprietor	Site Code
Bedetty House	352 Beaverdam Rd.	Herbert Badetty	Br29A
Edgewater Inn	349 Beaverdam Rd.	Mrs. Rachael (Purdy) De Arcas	Br17.1-S	Destroyed by fire May 1928.
Fire Place Inn	359 South Country Rd.	Mrs. Amy B. (Smith) de Arcas	Br08	She was daughter-in-law to Rachael de Arcas
Hawkins House	311 Beaverdam Rd.	Mrs. (Kost) Kaufman Mrs. H. E. Hawkins?	Br20	Mrs. Kaufman was Frederick Kost's sister. It is not definite that Mrs. Hawkins was also a proprietor of this establishment, although it is known that she was a proprietor of a guest house.
Holy Trinity Holiday House	311 South Country Rd.	Holy Trinity Church?	Br09F.1-S	Torn down after WWII
Michelson House	Beaverdam Rd., at the Carman's River	Bernardine B. Michelsen.	Br16.2-S	Previously known as Carman House, then Lush House. Destroyed by fire?
Starke's Hotel	Bay Rd.	?
Swan Hotel	?		(from Bigelow)