Casino at Wequetequock near Westerly RI

Name/Title

Casino at Wequetequock near Westerly RI

Entry/Object ID

2002.0613.324

Scope and Content

Wequetequock Casino, Stonington Conn. Date on front of postcard is 1907. Note on back: Wequetequock Casino opened July 7, 1906, Chasill(?) Corvais, manager and also dancing master. Later years Mr. Corvais' daughter, Mrs. Geo. (Grace) Allison(?) operated Casino as a supper club. I was invited to a dance there early 20s and attended with my date and a chaperone - trolley car transportation. Location across from Buzzi's Monument works (Rte. 1). June 14, 1940 the casino burned after a Stonington High School Junior Promu. Canoeing popular there on the inlet (cove). Copy on slide 64-4 taken by Ingrid Fedderson, 1991 Index card done by Jack Fix

Collection

Dorothea Hewitt Gould Collection