[net-gold] HISTORY: UNITED STATES: STATES: MASSACHUSETTS : TOURISM: HOSPITALITY: RESTAURANTS: Inn Fire Takes Away a Piece of History
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- Date: Thu, 4 Aug 2011 07:40:29 -0400 (EDT)
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HISTORY: UNITED STATES: STATES: MASSACHUSETTS :
TOURISM: HOSPITALITY: RESTAURANTS:
Inn Fire Takes Away a Piece of History
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Inn Fire Takes Away a Piece of History
333-year-old building destroyed; cause is sought
By Laura J. Nelson
Globe Correspondent
August 4, 2011
Boston Globe
http://www.boston.com/news/local/massachusetts/
articles/2011/08/04/historic_groton_inn_lost_to_fire/
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GROTON - As he watched flames lick the window panes of the 333-year-old
inn, Paul Henry Bachteler felt like a piece of history was burning.
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Until the Groton Inn was destroyed by fire Tuesday night, the rambling
two-story building in the hub of this sleepy town played host to history:
Ulysses S. Grant is said to have dined there, Eleanor Roosevelt slept
upstairs, and Revolutionary War Minutemen paced the taverns uneven wood
floors.
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Seeing that just breaks your heart, Bachteler, who lives in the inn, said
yesterday as he watched firefighters with shovels pick through the
smoldering remains. The inn wasnt just my home. It was this town.
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No one was hurt, but after battling the blaze for more than five hours,
firefighters declared the once-majestic building a total loss. Whats left
of the National Register of Historic Places landmark will probably be
demolished. The cause of the fire remains under investigation.
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You dont even have to look at the inn as you drive by to know its there,
said Alvin Collins, the head of the Groton Historical Commission. He
arrived with a team and a tape measure yesterday to measure and record
every dimension of the building, should owner George Pergantis, 81, choose
to rebuild. You sense its presence.
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The slow march of New England historic buildings disappearing seems like a
cloth unraveling, Collins said. Even if Pergantis rebuilds the inn to its
original dimensions, the history is mostly gone.
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The inns history is a tangle of verifiable history and town lore. A sign
outside the property boasts the inn opened in 1678, a date tied to the
oldest piece of a sprawling building cobbled together from three or more
houses and businesses. The property has had dozens of owners and residents
over 333 years, and existed under a host of names.
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Locals who gathered on Main Street to look at the burned building and snap
photos remembered it fondly: a regular Friday night dinner location, the
location of a club meeting, or, for Melissa Hutchinson, the restaurant
where she and her husband celebrated their first Valentines Day as a
married couple.
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It was so homey, Hutchinson said, adding she used to play cribbage there
and have drinks at the dark wood bar. Im so sad to see it go - its a part
of town history, and our family history, too.
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