Post-fire ruins of the Elms Hotel in Camden, Maine on 11/12/1917.

Post-fire ruins of the Elms Hotel in Camden, Maine on 11/12/1917.

Post-fire ruins of the Elms Hotel in Camden, Maine on 11/12/1917. A portion of the hotel was built in 1796 and the first meeting of Amity lodge, A.F. and A.M., was held there in 1799. During the war of 1812 it was known as the Megunticook house. see LB2013.21.245 for view during fire