Starke County (Ind.) ; Hotels; Boats; Lakes & ponds;
The Bass Hotel or Old Bass Hotel as it was sometimes known was located on the west side of Bass Lake near today's intersection of 500 South and State Road 210. Built around 1890, it was right on the lake. A road did not pass by that area then and...
Starke County (Ind.) ; Hotels; Lakes & ponds; Tourism;
The Smith Hotel is rather a mystery to those who live or vacation at Bass Lake. It is thought to have been owned by a Dr. Smith who lived at the north end of Bass Lake. It may easily have been more of a family guest house or what we would call a...
Starke County (Ind.) ; Hotels; Lakes & ponds; Tourism; Boats;
The Brabrook Hotel was located on what is called Cedar Point on the west side of Bass Lake. The hotel burned down in 1913. Prior to being called the Brabrook it was named the Larimer Hotel and was the first hotel to be built on the lake. It was...
Starke County (Ind.) ; Hotels; Lakes & ponds; Tourism; Tourists;
The Bass Hotel or Old Bass Hotel as it was sometimes known was located on the west side of Bass Lake near today's intersection of 500 South and State Road 210. Built around 1890, it was right on the lake. A road did not pass by that area then and...
The Woodlawn Hotel on Bass Lake near Knox, Indiana. was originally built in 1887 as the Chittick House, a much smaller hotel. It was probably the last functioning first-class hotel on the lake.
Starke County (Ind.) ; Hotels; Tourists; Vacations; Leisure;
The Brabrook Hotel was originally built as the Larimer Hotel in 1887. It was one of the first hotels to be built at Bass Lake. This building burned down around 1912. However the clubhouse eventually became home to Buchta's general store.
The Best View Hotel was located on the north end of Bass Lake. It boasted two floors and the wide porches and rockers looking out over the lake made it a popular place for vacationing. This hotel was later home to the Shore Room, a popular...
The Best View Hotel was located on the north end of Bass Lake. It boasted two floors and the wide porches and rockers looking out over the lake made it a popular place for vacationing. This hotel was later home to the Shore Room, a popular...
Starke County (Ind.) ; Hotels; Vacations; Lakes & ponds; Leisure;
The Bass Hotel on the west side of Bass Lake, was a very popular vacation site for visitors in the early 1900's. It provided boating, fishing, swimming, and lots of relaxation. It burned several times and was rebuilt at least twice.
The Kaiserhoff Hotel was located at the east end of Bass Lake in what is known as Winona. It was a vacation site for many people from both Indiana as well as Illinois.
Starke County (Ind.) ; Lakes & ponds; Dirt roads; Automobiles;
The stretch of waterfront and dock shown here is a view in front of the Best View Hotel on Bass Lake. The Best View was a very popular vacation site in the 1920's. However, the roads near the lake were still very primitive and could be almost...
Starke County (Ind.) ; Memorabilia; Business cards;Vacations;
This image is a business card of the manager of the Crystal Gardens on Bass Lake in the 1920's. Adolph Berg was the manager at the time. The Crystal Gardens on then State Roads 29 and 10 boasted of dancing, roller skating, boxing shows, billiards...
Starke County (Ind.) ; Posters; Memorabilia; Big bands;
During the 1920s and 30s, Maurie Sherman was a well-known leader of a Chicago band who appeared often at the College Inn of the Hotel Sherman (no relation) . Maurie gained much popularity via his frequent remote radio broadcasts, both local and...
Starke County (Ind.) ; Posters; Memorabilia; Dance;
This poster advertises Ginger and His Ginger Snaps at the Crystal Gardens . At the time you could buy tickets at the Crystal Gardens and at the Blue Dog Kennels. The Blue Dog Kennels was a dance pavilion attached to the Taggart Hotel on Bass...
Starke County (Ind.) ; Posters; Memorabilia; Health resorts; Springs;
This poster advertises Bass Lake, Indiana as a place to spend your vacation or your weekend. It calls Bass Lake a real health resort. It advertises boating, bathing, bowling, a picturesque 18 hole golf course, parks, dancing, 8 hotels and good...
Starke County (Ind.) ; Publicity photographs; Big bands;
Female band leaders were not common in the first quarter of the 1900s, but Bobbie Grice and her Brick Tops had a big following nation-wide. A big part of that was her band's musical talent and another part was, of course, the unique fact that they...
Starke County (Ind.) ; Streets; Dirt roads; City & town life;
Looking south through downtown Winona at Bass Lake's north end. Winona boasted a couple of general stores, a hotel a movie theater and a Post Office in 1905.
This image of a ticket to the Crystal Ball Room was good for the use of one pair of roller skates for fifty cents. Walter Roung and Adolph Berg were the owners at the time. The Crytal Ball Room, built c.1925 at the south end of Bass Lake, was a...
