The Shawanga web site was relaunched May of 2021. My father ran the hotel until 1972. We spent many hours discussing the details of
these pictures. I am in the process of adding descriptions to the pictures in the gallery (just a few done so far), a page
with a detailed history from my memory and what my father told me, a tour of the hotel as I remember and stories.
This site will preserve the history and memories on one of the many Catskill Mountain Hotels
Please feel free to contribute by writing to [email protected] I don’t check this email regularly, but I do look.
Site status:
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-May 2022
Added more history
Added resources page
