Franklin Comfort Miller opened a summer resort on this site in 1888. His Victorian hotel offered guests lush woodlands, pure streams, and healthy spring water. Naomi Lake, added in 1895, provided swimming and boating. A room cost $8 weekly and included three meals, signaled with a brass bell. The hotel had its own electrical generator in the pre-utility era. Naomi Pines House remained an area landmark until it was lost to fire in 1949.