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The Hotels Of Portersville
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Tourism was one of the reasons why the Bay Shore was built. There are known to have been at least seven large
hotels in the greater Portersville Bay area, each of which had its own special features to attract guests.
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Bromberg Hotel (Lythia Springs)
Original image courtesy of
Bayou la Batre - Coden Historical Foundation
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Located on Snake Bayou, and reached by way of Little River Road, the Bromberg Hotel was one part of a larger
family-run business that included bottling the highly-alkyd local Artesian well water, as well as running a therapudic
spa and bath house. This latter operation was known as "Lythia Springs", and was quite popular in the early 1900's
health crazes. The house shown here was the private residence of the Bromberg family, and was generally known as
"Bromberg House".
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Oleander [Joulian] Hotel
Original image courtesy of
J. J. Patronas,
via Bayou la Batre - Coden Historical Foundation
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Original image courtesy of
J. J. Patronas,
via Bayou la Batre - Coden Historical Foundation
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Rolston Hotel and Pavilion
Original image courtesy of
Sally Fee,
via BLB-Coden Historical Foundation
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The Rolston Hotel was one of the larger establishments in the greater Portersville Bay area, with the main house on
shore, looking out over the Bay, and a large pavilion and dance hall at the end of a long pier well out into the Bay.
This photo of the pavilion shows just how grand this facility was in its day.
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Smith House
Newspaper reprint image courtesy of
Bayou la Batre - Coden Historical Foundation
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Villa Alba
Newspaper reprint image courtesy of
Bayou la Batre - Coden Historical Foundation
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Newspaper reprint image courtesy of
Bayou la Batre - Coden Historical Foundation,
via BLB-Coden HF Mailing List
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Bay Shore Hotel
Smee Cottages
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