Piney Point Hotel

[Gilligan]

The store I'm speaking of was on Thomas road, and was in a separate building. it belonged to my grandfather Ed Thomas. the fire dept burned it down in the mid to late sixties, it sat to the right of their home near the road.

Fascinating local history. The property I own was where the last reported midwife on the island reportedly lived...and if I'm not mistaken, her last name was Thomas.

Butsy Moore (long deceased) told me that he had two proud distinctions to his name as a lifelong island resident: the last person alive that Midwife Thomas delivered to this world...and the last man to drive a car off the island before the hurricane took the bridge right behind him in '54

 

[Johnho37]

Yup..and the land the hotels sat on is long gone, although a little piece of the land one sat on is still a lot on the edge of Thomas Rd at the first corner, I believe it was. I've seen a picture of that old hotel, taken in the 30s, with automobiles parked out front.

The store is a residence now and there was once a road that passed from there straight through the middle of my own property and to the narrow-gage 'rail' track that was used to transport products up and down the creek side of the island, where all the schooner and other larger commercial vessel landings once were. The pilings that supported one of the commercial offshore landings are still visible to this day.

Do you you what was the name on the hotel just off the corner from Thomas and piney Point road? It will be even better if you have any places I can look for pictures of this place.