Palisades Mountain House

Palisades Mountain House
West front c. 1875.
General information
Architectural style	Victorian
Location	Englewood Cliffs, New Jersey
Coordinates	40°52′28″N73°56′57″W / 40.87444°N 73.94917°W / 40.87444; -73.94917
Construction started	7 June 1860
Demolished	3 June 1884
Technical details
Floor count	5
Floor area	600 feet (180 m)

The Palisades Mountain House was a hotel located atop The Palisades in Englewood Cliffs, New Jersey during the late 19th century. ^{[1] [2] [3]} It was destroyed by fire in 1884. ^[4]

Subsequent development

The site of the former Palisades Mountain House became Archangel College in June 1962. It was renamed Englewood Cliffs College in 1966. In 1975, it became part of St. Peter's College (now Saint Peter's University). ^[5]

References

1. Davis; Nelsen, pg. 26.
2. Adams, pg. 110-111
3. Steeples, pg. 65-70.
4. "Fire on the Mountain". Palisades Interstate Park in New Jersey. Palisades Interstate Park Commission. Retrieved 31 December 2015.
5. Staff. "St. Peter's Opening Englewood Branch", The New York Times , April 27, 1975. Accessed April 10, 2013.

Sources

• Davis, E. Emery; Nelsen, Eric (2007). "The Gilded Edge". New Jersey's Palisades Interstate Park. Images of America. Arcadia Publishing. p. 127. ISBN   9780738549729.
• Adams, Arthur G. (1996). "New York City and the New Jersey Palisades". The Hudson River Guidebook: On the Raising of the Body (2 ed.). Fordham University Press. p. 430. ISBN   9780823216796.
• Steeples, Douglass W. (2002). "Man of Enterprise". Advocate for American enterprise. Greenwood Publishing Group. ISBN   9780313321023.

External links

• Media related to Palisades Mountain House at Wikimedia Commons