THE GREAT JOHNSTOWN FLOOD OF 1889
PAGE TWO: REMAINS OF THE OLD CLUBHOUSE
This is where my hero and his parents stayed in August of 1888, when my story begins. The South Fork Fishing and Hunting Club
had built the clubhouse for the exclusive use of its members, mostly industrialists from Pittsburgh, 2 hours away by train.
A picture of how it looked in the 1880's taken by Louis Clarke. The further section that doesn't match the larger one,
burned down later.
This section of the porch is what especially interested me because of Louis' picture below. In the today one, you see
buildings across the street, but in the 1880's there was no street, only a board walkway, and the lake was close beyond
and can be seen in the old photograph.
Looking down the porch, which would have had furniture on it in the 1880's and continued on past the now-gone section.
The front door.
Looking back up the porch the opposite direction.
The other section was once attached at this end.
Captain's room was on the second floor toward the left, but not those first two windows (I decided on the spot).
The wheelchair ramp, though obviously old, was not there in the 1880's.
Back of the clubhouse. Looks like a section on the lower right has been removed. Michael and Emily's room would be the second
floor on the left.
SOUTH SIDE OF THE DAM REMAINS; THE LAKEBED
NORTH SIDE OF THE DAM REMAINS; MUSEUM
THE INCLINE, VIEWS FROM THE TOP
GRANDVIEW CEMETERY'S UNKNOWN DEAD; THE GAP
BACK TO THE WATERS (Jo's story set during the flood)
BACK TO JO'S OTHER PLACE