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and additional rooms added to the bay side. In addition, cedar shingles replaced the white siding. Gas lamps lit the various types of rooms. As a fire precaution, Thompson covered the walls and ceilings of the main dining room (now the lobby and bookstore) with decorative tin, most of which remains today. The hotel went out of business around 1910, and Harvey Cedars Beach
Company sold it by 1912. It suffered a succession of owners until sold to the YWCA of Philadelphia, which turned the property into a Christian summer camp for young women named
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new drop ceiling. The former south lounge, which served as the chapel in the 1940s, was extended and converted into conference rooms, and its two matching fireplaces dated 1903 were removed. The south balconies were replaced with one of two fire-resistant stairwells added to each end of the building. The original stairs which extended from the former kitchen to the attic were mostly removed, but some sections remain in the walls. Many rooms were gutted and rebuilt out-of-style with the original
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Further renovations between 1995 and 2004 replaced the former bar (more recently a lounge room) with office spaces. Remains of the room's fireplace are inside the walls. Additional offices were built, replacing parts of the west wrap-around porch. The embossed steel ceiling is still present under the
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Jennings were in charge of the Harvey Cedars Hotel by 1881. It was nearly self-sufficient as the property
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Years of neglect of the building led to Harvey Cedars Bible
Conference's decisions to renovate it over the years. The former dining room (which now serves as the main lounge dedicated in memory of Jack Murray) has been kept mostly original. Two previously-exterior windows from the hotel's earliest
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Victorian-style chandeliers. The pocket doors on the south side were covered but are still inside the walls. The former kitchen was expanded and now
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had fruit trees, gardens, animals, and an abundance of seafood from local waters. During this time, additional rooms and a porch on the south end of the hotel were built. Mary made the kitchen equal to the standards of other hotels on the island, featuring a long bar.
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Presbyterian Conference. In 1951, Jack left the operations to Al Oldham. The name was changed to
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