Original Tea House and Replacement
The tea house was built for Robert Comey in 1911.
Julie Ream wrote:
We are trying to locate an original print of this photograph of the teahouse at Comey's Lake. The Wenonah Environmental Commission plans to make a permanent sign to place in the teahouse regarding its history and current usage/care. We have photocopies of this image but higher resolution would be better for reproduction. If anyone has an original print and would allow it to be scanned and used for this purpose, please contact me or anyone on the Environmental Commission. Thank You!
Lisa Flowers shared this on January 25, 2013.
Old teahouse photo... How I wish it was a summer day and I was back in the woods behind my house at age 10...
Comments on the photo follow.
Mary Lou Wiler: I loved going back there!
Carol Barbone: Me too!
Bob Thomas: Funny thing is that at age 10 or at least 12 you might have been wishing you were old enough to drive and go see something beyond Wenonah.
Lisa Flowers: Not at 10! This was my happy place!!
Beth Rose-Kearns: Wish it still looked like this. It’s often full of graffiti and trash, although volunteers try to keep it clean.
Chrissy Huberty Cowell: We used to play back there too!
Denise Moran: And I was there with you.
Matt Goodman shared the photo above on Facebook on 12/06/2019, he wrote:
Pic is the old Teahouse before demolition.
Jenifer Pizi shared some photos from a 1924 sale brochure for the Oakwood property of Robert Comey. Shown below and in the attachments.
Replacement Teahouse - check out two PDFs in the links below to read story about it.
Photo of original tea house shared by Hank Flowers.
Brad Heaney's donation also included this photo. Unfortunately, there is no annotation on the photo. Brad speculates it may be a shot of the original tea house at Oakwood Farm (500 E Mantua Ave).