Hotels of Hampton & Hampton Beach

Links to historical information about Hotels in Hampton and Hampton Beach

The Original Ocean House

Hotels of Hampton Beach

A 1913 history and travelogue by Harry Alden Johnson. Good information about Hampton Beach history, storms, hotels, etc.

Early Hotels at Hampton Beach

From Dow's History of Hampton, Chapter 29

The Hotel Era: Hampton Beach, 1800-1897

From Chapter 1 of Peter Randall's "Hampton: A Century of Town and Beach, 1888-1988"

Building Hotels and Cottages and Hosting Conventions

From Chapter 2 of Peter Randall's "Hampton: A Century of Town and Beach, 1888-1988"

1638 Souvenir Edition Of Hampton and Hampton Beach 1938

The Hampton Union and Rockingham County Gazette, 1938

The Ashworth Story: "Our Town" by James W. Tucker, Hampton Union, March 6, 1952
New hotel addition to Ashworth By-The-Sea goes up in 1978: From a September 20, 1978 newspaper
A Man's Hotel Is His Castle.: Seacoast Scene, October 8, 2003
Come and Celebrate Ashworth's Golden Anniversary: Seacoast Scene, October 8, 2003
Ashworth-by-the-Sea Reaches Golden Milestone: Atlantic News, October 30, 2003
Grandmaison's Celebrate 50 years With Ashworth: Hampton Union, November 2, 2003
Ashworth By The Sea Sold: Hampton Union, April 18, 2006
Goodbye to Ashworth: Hampton Union, May 2, 2006
Ashworth Changes Hands: Atlantic News, May 5, 2006
Ashworth by the Sea: Atlantic News, June 2, 2006
The "New" Ashworth: Hampton Union, May 15, 2007
New Ashworth Unveiled: Hampton Union, May 18, 2007
Ashworth Shows Off New Restaurant and Lounge: Hampton Union, May 14, 2010

Other Beach Hotels

The Leonia Hotel

Fred M. Crosby, Prop.; 1895 - 1900; [burned & never rebuilt] Hampton, N.H.

[From a pamphlet produced by the hotel in 1899]

The Original Ocean House, 1844-1885
The New Ocean House, 1900-1976
The Ocean House Then ...: Hampton Union, 1970s
Destruction of the Ocean House to make way for a McDonald's: Hampton Union, 1977

The "Willows" at North Beach

By John M. Holman, Contributing Writer

Colony Cabins

44 Marsh/Ashworth Avenue, ca. 1938-1966

A Real Family Business In Every Sense Of The Word

Hotels at Hampton Beach owned by the Roy family, Atlantic News, July 30, 1996. Named hotels include: the Debonair, the Clipper Ship, Flagship Motor Court, The Hampton Harbor Motel, Springfield Motor Lodge, Motel 391

Boardwalk Inn & Café, formerly the Colonial Inn, opens for business in 2005

DW's Oceanside Inn -- 2005

The OC Studio Suites -- 2006

Riviera Motel -- 2008

Surf Hotel fire, 2010

Surf Hotel -- 2010

Surf Hotel -- 2011

In Town Hotels

Town and Beach Motel fire, 1990
Best Western -- 2006
Best Western -- 2009
The Clark Tourist House
Inn of Hampton -- 1999
Inn of Hampton -- 2004
Lamie's Inn and Tavern
Victoria Inn -- 2007-8
Victoria Inn -- 2008
Victoria Inn -- 2008
Victoria Inn -- 2009
Hotel Whittier

Hotel Fires In Hampton & Hampton Beach

Destruction of the Winnicumet House Hotel at Boar's Head, 1854

Granite House hotel, 1876

Ocean House Hotel, 1885

Boar's Head Hotel, Destroyed by fire in 1893

Leonia Hotel, 1900

Radcliffe Hotel Fire at Hampton Beach, 1901

Washington House, the Home Nook Hotel, and the Sea Verge Hotel, 1903

New Boar's Head Hotel, 1908

Hotel Radcliffe, 1909

Pentucket Hotel, 1912

Echo House fire, 1913

Ashworth Hotel, 1913

Wilbert Hotel, 1923

Tides Hotel, 1974

Ocean Squire Motor Inn, 1975

Spindrift Motel, 1981

Rock Harbor Inn, 1985

Town and Beach Motel, 1990

Beach Hotel, 1990

Springfield Motel, 1999