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The South Shore Inn was a hotel built on the site of the old Vawter Park Hotel. It was a 2-story, 60-room building with a large central semi-circular veranda facing the lake with wings off to both sides. The south end had a
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flanking the sidewalk. During the great 1943 storm, it took in survivors nearly drown by 6 and 7-foot (2 m) waves. During the 1950s and early 1960s, the hotel attracted visitors and patrons with a water
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and was prominent among bankers, becoming a director and stockholder in a national bank in
Franklin. In 1886 Vawter went to his farm on the almost completely unsettled southern shore of the lake to reside.
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In 1918 or 1919 Vawter Park Hotel burned to the ground. Around 1920 a new hotel was built on the site only to burn down between 1920 and 1925. The South Shore Inn would take its place in subsequent years.
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responded. By 3:53 am the South Shore lay in complete ruin. Loss of the structure was estimated at $ 250,000. The property lay abandoned for several years eventually becoming
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show. The South Shore Inn caught fire in the early morning hours of
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was active just north of Vawter Park
Village. This research station was involved in hydrographic mapping and the
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Vawter Park is located near N. Southshore Drive and E. Vawter Park Road. It was plotted in 1887 by
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extending to the southeast of the hotel. The hotel is said to have been built and furnished with
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and restaurant. The hotel had sidewalks descending a series of grass
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