Handwritten Notes: "The 'Tea House' V.H. - O.B. Bridge after the Hurricane (1944)"

What are the building in the background? Is it the old hospital?

Can you identify any people, things, places, or events in this photograph? How about the time period? Or do you know where this photo came from? Email me at cbaer@vineyard.net.

Date: 1944
Location: Vineyard Haven - Lagoon - Beach Road
Keywords: destructions; ruins; storms; hurricanes; gales; wreckage; bridges