A class of nine Mitchell College students recently completed a semester-long research project that raises some legitimate questions about an important event in New London history and, in the process,.
Editor’s note: This article is based on research conducted by students in Mitchell College’s New London Stories class taught by Christopher Kervick. Fall 2023 class members contributing to the res.
“The maintenance and cleaning of the hood was a factor” in causing the fire that destroyed the Harborside Inn, inspectors wrote in a report obtained by the Globe.
Before it was known as the Harborside Inn, it was the Pequot House, the Waukesha, and the notorious Royal Hotel, which was rumored to be a brothel and was maybe haunted as well.