Wayne Hotel

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Wayne Hotel
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Location139 E. Lancaster Ave., Wayne, Pennsylvania
Coordinates 40°2′38″N75°23′12″W / 40.04389°N 75.38667°W / 40.04389; -75.38667
Area0.8 acres (0.32 ha)
Built1906
ArchitectLangel, Jonathan D.
Architectural styleTudor Revival
NRHP reference No. 87001966 [1]
Added to NRHPNovember 5, 1987

The Wayne Hotel, formerly known as The Waynewood, is an historic, American hotel that is located in Wayne, Delaware County, Pennsylvania.

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It was added to the National Register of Historic Places in 1987. [1]

History and architectural features

Built in 1906, this historic structure is a five-story, Tudor Revival building, with a two-story rear extension. It is built using brick and stucco with false Half Timbering and features a one-story, wraparound porch with a semi-circular dining projection and two projecting bay windows that extend from the second to fourth floors. [2]

Local entrepreneur Stephen W. Bajus purchased the property in the 1980s. After a complete refurbishment, the hotel offered all of the usual modern amenities, including a restaurant, a private room for dining and meetings and forty guest rooms plus two luxury suites and fourteen off-site luxury furnished apartments for longer-term stays.

It was added to the National Register of Historic Places in 1987. [1]

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References

  1. 1 2 3 "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.Note: This includes Steven W. Bajus and William Sisson (September 1986). "National Register of Historic Places Inventory Nomination Form: Wayne Hotel" (PDF). Retrieved 2012-01-11.