Nobody Asked Me, But… No. 249: Hotel History: Ocean House at Watch Hill

Stanley Turkel | June 1, 2021

by Stanley Turkel, CMHS Hotel History: Ocean House at Watch Hill (49 rooms)    Ocean House is a large, Victorian-style waterfront hotel originally constructed in 1868 on Bluff Avenue in the Watch Hill historic district of Westerly, Rhode Island. The original 1868 hotel closed in 2003; it was demolished in 2005 and a new facility opened in 2010 on the same site which retained much of the original structure’s form and appearance, as well as the original name. Both the original and its reconstruction are noted for their rambling Victorian architecture and distinctive yellow siding. The original Ocean House was the last waterfront...