Commercial Hotel (DuBois, Pennsylvania)

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Commercial Hotel
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Commercial Hotel, 1910
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LocationLong and Brady Aves., DuBois, Pennsylvania
Coordinates 41°07′07″N78°45′43″W / 41.11861°N 78.76194°W / 41.11861; -78.76194
Arealess than one acre
Built1889 (1889)
ArchitectHoward, Russell C.; Et al.
NRHP reference No. 85003507 [1]
Added to NRHPNovember 13, 1985

Commercial Hotel, also known as the General Pershing Hotel, was a historic hotel and theater complex located in DuBois, Pennsylvania, United States. The four story brick structure opened as a two-story hotel with 58 rooms in 1889. It was enlarged to four stories and 100 rooms with an expansion in 1901. The 700 seat Harris-DuBois Theater, later the DuBois Playhouse, opened in 1937. [2] The building has been demolished.

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It was listed on the National Register of Historic Places on November 13, 1985. [1]

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  1. 1 2 "National Register Information System". National Register of Historic Places . National Park Service. July 9, 2010.
  2. "National Historic Landmarks & National Register of Historic Places in Pennsylvania" (Searchable database). CRGIS: Cultural Resources Geographic Information System. Retrieved August 31, 2010.[ permanent dead link ]Note: This includes David L. Taylor (June 1985). "National Register of Historic Places Inventory Nomination Form: Commercial Hotel" (PDF). Retrieved August 31, 2010.See also: "Accompanying photo".

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