bousquetaerials.com / NATE BOUSQUET

Westerly’s Shelter Harbor Inn is at the center in the foreground of this aerial photo shot March 24. The original white farmhouse, dating to the early 1800s, is the basis of the building, but it’s been added to many times over the years, even as it became an inn in 1911, a riding academy in the 1930s, a nursing home in the 1940s, and an inn again since 1950.

Ten of the inn’s 24 rooms are in the farmhouse. The others are in the barn, with its cupola, and the carriage house, both to the left of the main building.

The inn was founded by Franklin Lawson, a music teacher from New York City who in 1911 established a summer tent colony for weary musicians on the surrounding 200 acres. The streets of the former MusiColony, now called Shelter Harbor, still bear the names of composers such as Bach, Handel and Verdi.

Looking toward the top of the photo, you’ll find Quonochontaug Pond, with Weekapaug Beach on the right and Quonochontaug Beach, with its breachway, on the left. Past the beaches is Block Island Sound, and in the distance on the left is the island itself.

The photos in this series are shot from a 2½-pound radio-controlled airplane mounted with a camera, and operated by Nate Bousquet of Don Bousquet and Son Aerial Photography.

—ALAN ROSENBERG

South County Regional Editor