Site of Ship Niantic
SITE OF SHIP NIANTIC
THE EMIGRANT SHIP NIANTIC STOOD ON THIS
SPOT IN THE EARLY DAYS "WHEN THE WATER CAME UP TO
MONTGOMERY STREET." CONVERTED TO OTHER USES,
IT WAS COVERED WITH A SHINGLE ROOF WITH OFFICES
AND STORES ON THE DECK, AT THE LEVEL OF WHICH
WAS CONSTRUCTED A WIDE BALCONY SURMOUNTED BY A
VERANDAH. THE HULL WAS DIVIDED INTO WAREHOUSES,
ENTERED BY DOORWAYS ON THE SIDES.
THE FIRE OF MAY 3, 1851, DESTROYED ALL BUT
THE SUBMERGED HULK WHICH LATER WAS UTILIZED AS
THE FOUNDATION FOR THE NIANTIC HOTEL, A FAMOUS
HOSTELRY WHICH STOOD UNTIL 1872.
THIS TABLET WAS PLACED BY THE HISTORIC
LANDMARKS COMMITTEE OF THE NATIVE SONS OF
THE GOLDEN WEST, SEPT. 19. 1919.
Photo credit: @pgmacfarlane