Links to historical information about Hotels in Hampton and Hampton Beach
The Original Ocean House
Hotels of Hampton Beach
- Along The Hampton Shore
- A 1913 history and travelogue by Harry Alden Johnson. Good information about Hampton Beach history, storms, hotels, etc.
- Early Hotels at Hampton Beach
- From Dow’s History of Hampton , Chapter 29
- The Hotel Era: Hampton Beach, 1800-1897
- From Chapter 1 of Peter Randall’s “Hampton: A Century of Town and Beach, 1888-1988”
- Building Hotels and Cottages and Hosting Conventions
- From Chapter 2 of Peter Randall’s “Hampton: A Century of Town and Beach, 1888-1988”
- 1638 Souvenir Edition Of Hampton and Hampton Beach 1938
- The Hampton Union and Rockingham County Gazette , 1938
- Hampton Beach, New Hampshire Hotel Guide and Guest House Guide and list of Camping Grounds, Cabins, and Real Estate Agencies.
- Prepared and Published by the Hampton Beach Chamber of Commerce, 1941 edition.
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Ashworth by the Sea
- The Ashworth Story
- “Our Town” by James W. Tucker, Hampton Union , March 6, 1952
- New hotel addition to Ashworth By-The-Sea goes up in 1978
- From a September 20, 1978 newspaper
- A Man’s Hotel Is His Castle.
- Seacoast Scene , October 8, 2003
- Come and Celebrate Ashworth’s Golden Anniversary
- Seacoast Scene , October 8, 2003
- Ashworth-by-the-Sea Reaches Golden Milestone
- Atlantic News , October 30, 2003
- Grandmaison’s Celebrate 50 years With Ashworth
- Hampton Union , November 2, 2003
- Ashworth By The Sea Sold
- Hampton Union , April 18, 2006
- Goodbye to Ashworth
- Hampton Union , May 2, 2006
- Ashworth Changes Hands
- Atlantic News , May 5, 2006
- Ashworth by the Sea
- Atlantic News , June 2, 2006
- The “New” Ashworth
- Hampton Union , May 15, 2007
- New Ashworth Unveiled
- Hampton Union , May 18, 2007
- Grandmaison Legacy Lives On
- Atlantic News , September 5, 2008
- Ashworth Shows Off New Restaurant and Lounge
- Hampton Union , May 14, 2010
Other Beach Hotels
- The Leonia Hotel
- Fred M. Crosby, Prop.; 1895 – 1900; [burned & never rebuilt] Hampton, N.H.
- [From a pamphlet produced by the hotel in 1899]
- The Original Ocean House, 1844-1885
- The New Ocean House, 1900-1976
- The Ocean House Then …
- Hampton Union , 1970s
- Destruction of the Ocean House to make way for a McDonald’s
- Hampton Union , 1977
- The “Willows” at North Beach
- By John M. Holman, Contributing Writer
- Colony Cabins
- 44 Marsh/Ashworth Avenue, ca. 1938-1966
- A Real Family Business In Every Sense Of The Word
- Hotels at Hampton Beach owned by the Roy family, Atlantic News , July 30, 1996. Named hotels include: the Debonair, the Clipper Ship, Flagship Motor Court, The Hampton Harbor Motel, Springfield Motor Lodge, Motel 391
- Boardwalk Inn & Café, formerly the Colonial Inn, opens for business in 2005
- DW’s Oceanside Inn — 2005
- The OC Studio Suites — 2006
- Riviera Motel — 2008
- Surf Hotel fire, 2010
- Surf Hotel — 2010
- Surf Hotel — 2011
Ocean Motel — 2013
In Town Hotels
- Town & Beach Motel Changes Hands, 1959
- Town and Beach Motel fire, 1990
- Best Western — 2006
- Best Western — 2009
- The Clark Tourist House
- Inn of Hampton — 1999
- Inn of Hampton — 2004
- Lamie’s Inn and Tavern
- Victoria Inn — 2007-8
- Victoria Inn — 2008
- Victoria Inn — 2008
- Victoria Inn — 2009
- Victoria Inn — 2014
- Hotel Whittier
Hotel Fires In Hampton & Hampton Beach
- Destruction of the Winnicumet House Hotel at Boar’s Head, 1854
- Granite House hotel, 1876
- Ocean House Hotel, 1885
- Boar’s Head Hotel, Destroyed by fire in 1893
- Leonia Hotel, 1900
- Radcliffe Hotel Fire at Hampton Beach, 1901
- Washington House, the Home Nook Hotel, and the Sea Verge Hotel, 1903
- New Boar’s Head Hotel, 1908
- Hotel Radcliffe, 1909
- Mason House, 1912
- Pentucket Hotel, 1912
- Echo House fire, 1913
- Ashworth Hotel, 1913
- Wilbert Hotel, 1923
- Tides Hotel, 1974
- Ocean Squire Motor Inn, 1975
- Spindrift Motel, 1981
- Rock Harbor Inn, 1985
- Town and Beach Motel, 1990
- Beach Hotel, 1990
- Springfield Motel, 1999
- Surf Hotel, 2010