Skytop Lodge

Skytop Lodge
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General information
Location	One Skytop Lodge Road, Skytop, Pennsylvania
Coordinates	41°13′42″N75°14′18″W / 41.228201°N 75.238239°W / 41.228201; -75.238239
Completed	1928

Skytop Lodge is a resort hotel that opened in June 1928. ^{[1] [2]} It is a member of Historic Hotels of America. ^[3]

History and notable features

This hotel is situated on a 5,500 acres (22 km²) wooded site in Skytop, Pennsylvania, at an elevation of 1,500 feet in the Poconos. The property includes a 75-acre lake, 30 miles of hiking trails, and an 18-hole golf course. ^[4] Built at a cost of $750,000, the Dutch Colonial Revival hotel was designed by Rossiter & Muller and Mortimer Foster of New York. ^[5] The Olmsted Brothers of Boston were hired to situate the hotel and design its gardens and grounds. ^{[1] [6]}

The hotel has been described as "a Dutch Colonial-style field-stone castle in a country club setting," ^[7] and as looming "like a palatial hunting chateau in a wide clearing in the woods – so grand you might think you were trespassing on the estate of an English lord." ^[6]

Its golf course was begun in March 1926, and was opened in 1928 along with the hotel. ^[8]

References

1. Claire Gierwatowski (2015). Skytop Lodge. Arcadia Publishing. ISBN   9781439651735.
2. "Skytop Lodge Opens Today at Cresco, Pennsylvania". The Brooklyn Daily Eagle. June 17, 1928. p. 2G.
3. "Skytop Lodge". Historic Hotels of America . Retrieved May 3, 2020.
4. "Exploring Mother Nature's trails at Skytop Lodge". Courier-Post. May 17, 1998. p. 12D – via Newspapers.com.
5. "Skytop Lodge Is Opened, New Cresco, Pa., Attraction". The Philadelphia Inquirer. June 24, 1928. p. 8X.
6. Barbara Sturm (May 18, 1997). "Formality meets natural grandeur at Skytop Lodge". Asbury Park Press. p. F3 – via Newspapers.com.
7. "Old-time Poconos, modern comforts". Daily Record. October 13, 2002. p. B2.
8. "Skytop Lodge: History". Historic Hotels of America . Retrieved May 3, 2020.