Some excerpts from the website of Hope Town Harbour Lodge that might be useful
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Our first brochure 1959. Island paradise at your doorstep. The Hope Town Harbour Lodge started life as a private home. The original building is: The Wrackers
Bar Area, the step-up level to the east of it, and the
private rooms directly above. The original inside wood paneling was hard first-growth Abaco pine, oiled to a soft but dark glow, and some is still to be seen in the
bar and
lounge area. The windows were small, and except for the view from the Harbour
Room upstairs and from the outside
patio, the scenery was not used to its spectacular advantage. Brigadier Thomas Robbins, a retired British Army officer, the first foreigner to move into Hope Town, has his retirement home built about 1948 for himself and his wife, Clare. The head carpenter on the job was the late Mr. Lewis Albury of Man-O-War Cay. Mr. Lewis sailed his dinghy to Hope Town every Monday morning -- weather permitting -- and worked the week there, returning on Friday evenings -- weather permitting -- to spend the weekend with his family. The building crew were Hope Towners, and it is gathered that the relationship between them and the Brigadier was often stormy. The Brigadier stood about six feet four inches, and when he found Mr. Lewis building a vanity to the standard thirty six inch height, he commanded, It may be a standard height for pigs, but not for me. Make it higher.. Sometime during the construction, the workmen borrowed a long steel chisel from Mr. John Gates, the Hope Town blacksmith, and broke it while using a sledge hammer on it. A blacksmith was essential to the shipbuilding industry, which flourished early in the century. An argument ensued as to who was to apologize to Mr. Gates. The Hope Town crew said Mr. Lewis should because he was in charge of the job. Mr. Lewis said he wouldn't because he hadn't borrowed it in the first place. As a result Mr. Gates got neither his apology nor the broken chisel. The
pool and beachfront area were occupied by four or five old houses, which Brigadier bought and tore down for landscaping. He named his home the Great Harbour House, for at this time, Hope Town Harbour was known as Great Harbour. The Brigadier had the only generator in town and one of the two
refrigerators. He and Clare lived there with their little black poodle, Georgie-Boy, until about 1959, when they sold their home to Marcel Maury, 2nd, of Nassau. He and his wife, Ruth, turned it into a
three room hotel, installing for the first year, Dave and Phoebe Gale as managers in their absence. Our second brochure 1966. Activities available 1966. Beautiful Hope Town 1966. The Maury's built the three-story wing of twelve
rooms in 1964, just in time to have hurricane Betsy rip most of the siding off. But rebuild they did, adding the
pool and the three double units nearby -- and a player piano that played Hello Dolly every two minutes and fifty eight seconds. In 1970, Frank Kenyon, Ruth's brother, became the manager and remained until 1973. About 1979 Marcel sold the lodge to Evans and Laddie Wilhoyte, who ran it until 1993 at which time it was sold to Dave and Phoebe Gale, Dick and Bobby Werner, with Frank Kenyon back as General Manager. In September of 1999, Hurricane Floyd reaked extensive damage to the Lodge and the rest of Elbow Cay. Since there was a contract in place for the sale of the Lodge to an American entrepreneur and developer, no restoration was started on any of the
guest rooms. The main
kitchen and dinning
room were opened, followed by the
pool and
pool bar. In March 2000, it became apparent that the pending sale was not going to materialize. Raymond and Catherine Ketay, former owners and operators of the Breezy Palms Resort in Islamorada in the Florida Keys, now retired and residing in their oceanfront home at the south end of Elbow Cay agreed to purchase the Lodge. Mr. Thomas Hazel, former General Manager of the Breezy Palms Resort, came aboard as General Manager of the Lodge in June. Most fortunately, for all concerned the entire staff elected to stay on under the direction of the new management. Restoration and rebuilding was started in April of 2000 including reroofing the main buildings with metal roofing, replacing all wall and window
air conditioners with split system units, tile floors, hurricane strength windows and doors, and all new furnishings. Possibly the most well received renovation was the addition of outside
balconies on all the
rooms in the main building, overlooking either the Atlantic Ocean or the historic Hope Town Harbour. The
office was expanded and redesigned to include a gift
shop. The Upper
Terrace dinning
room was enlarged and a new wooden ceiling and floor was installed. Ray's Place, the new evening
lounge, was created adjacent to the dinning
room and an enclosed dinning deck, overlooking the harbour, was built on the extension in front of the
lounge. The Butterfly House received all new
furniture and A/C units. The three double unit cabanas were rebuilt with new metal roofs, new siding, doors, windows, wooden ceilings, tile floors, and new wicker
furniture. The
pool bar and
kitchen were enlarged and new tile floors and equipment were installed. A wooden deck was built adjacent to the
pool and landscaping was restored and improved. All buildings were repainted inside and out with the new Lodge colors, white, with edging trim a jade mist green with periwinkle accents. Permission was granted for the construction of 6 new, 400 square foot indiviual oceanfront cottages, immediately south of the
pool and the existing ocean front
rooms. At this time, three have been completed, furnished and are receiving rave reviews from our guests. The remaining three cottages are expected to be completed by mid April 2002. Boardwalks and landscaping complete the new tropically decorated area. Plans to redesign and renocate the main
kitchen, beginning in September, and refinish the interior of the
pool are in the immediate future.
Sit back and relax... enjoy cool tropical
drinks prepared at our
Poolside Reef
Bar. Enjoy our spectacular 2 miles of white sandy beach or relax in our ocean side hammocks. The Hope Town Harbour Lodge is ideally located in the heart of Hope Town, Elbow Cay. Using our facilities as your home base you can venture out on snorkeling and SCUBA
tours, visit the famous candy striped lighthouse, walk the romantic white powdery beaches, or simply relax by the
pool in the warm sun of the Bahamas. In order to assist you in planning your dream getaway vacation we have compiled a list of things to do and how to get there. We hope you will visit the links provided below to get the full Abaco experience. On the Atlantic side enjoy swimming in our fresh water
pool and dinning at our Reef
Bar and
Grill. Blue Wave Boat Rentals Harbour View Marina 367-3910 Cats Paw Boat Rentals Cats Paw Boat Rentals Hope Town
Phone Number Classic Marine Location
Phone Number. Parrot Cays (242) 366-0282. Hope Town (242) 366-0023 Pier 1 Boat Rentals Pelican Shores (242) 367-3587. Hope Town (242) 366-0448 Hope Town Cart Rentals Hope Town (242) 366-0064. T N
Golf Cart Rentals Hope Town (242) 366-0069. Froggies (snorkel and SCUBA) Hope Town 366-0431 Lucky Strike Location
Phone Number Days Catch Location
Phone Number Bonefish Dundee Hope Town
Phone Number Sea Gull Hope Town
Phone Number. Hope Town (242) 366-0245. Abaco Multi Hull Charters. Hope Town (242) 366-0552. Beachfront Home and beachfront vacant land for sale on Elbow Cay