Ronkonkoma Hotel 1920-30's.

[Richit]

I purchased this from The Times as a pdf not sure how to copy. If not I'll print and take a pic.

[Curly]

OK, so here is what Richit & I figured out about this place. We think it was the Walter Gubner property, not the Fiedler Hotel. The land was purchased in the 1890's by the Gubner family. They owned a plant nursery and owned property from Rosevale Ave to the lake. Mr Gubner was a wealthy man who lived at the lake with his wife. He was well known among the locals and was referred to as the "Commadore" for he was big in the sailing & ice boating on the lake. His good friends called him "Bunny" He bought additional land lots during the late 1930's. The Fiedler Hotel burned down in 1937 and in the article we found it mentioned the flames coming close to the Gubner property and burning the row of spruce trees that ran to the lake. In 1945, the property was bought by Christine H Ehman. More to come....

[Curly]

Turns out the Ehmans & Marinos were real estate attorneys. Ehman bought the estate from the Gubner family in 1945 and immediately filled for a zoning change. The re zone areas for residential construction and for changing the home into a 5 unit apartment.

[beatlesbabe2484]

I read a New York Times article which states that the Fiedler Hotel burnt down.

[beatlesbabe2484]

Sorry.. I posted this before reading the rest of the thread.