The Lafayette Lodge, located at Worthington Corners, was predated, on the same site, by the Bartlett Hotel and the Worthington Inn. The Inn was sold by its owners, the Trow family, in 1916 to Willard Senna and Frank Wells who changed the name to "Lafayette Lodge." It was sold again in 1929 and 1930 and was destroyed by fire on February 27, 1931.]]>
The image, also sepia, is titled 'The Hill Top' Worthington, Mass. (#43). It is from the sample book of Herbert Berniss Thrasher (1885-1927), photographer. Thrasher was the son of George M. and Hattie Lyman Thrasher. Guy Thrasher was his brother. The sample book was produced during the 1920s when H. B. Thrasher was living and working in Florida. The images are undated but are probably quite a bit earlier, ca. 1915.]]>