View at mouth of the Kennebunk River at Kennebunkport, Maine C122

View at mouth of the Kennebunk River at Kennebunkport, Maine C122

View at the mouth of the Kennebunk River at Kennebunkport, Maine In the distance on the right is the Colony Hotel: Originally the sight of the Ocean Bluff Hotel 1872, the current hotel was designed by architect John Calvin Stevens and opened in 1914 as The Breakwater Court. The room and meals rate was $5.-10. per day, depending on view and if you wanted a private bath. In 1935 the Boughton family bought The Colony Hotel in Delray Beach. In 1947 George Boughton bought the Breakwater Court to compliment the Florida Colony Hotel. The north - south marrying of two hotels with partial year seasons was common to historic hotels. The hotel name was changed to The Colony Hotel and opened for the summer season in 1948. The next year the beach across the street was purchased and in 1954 the Glen Haven hotel was acquired and renovated, now known as the East House. Two additional buildings included with the Glen Haven purchase the cooks dorm and chef's house.