New Colonial Hotel

The story

Written by AI from this property's National Register nomination and the record above; every sentence is checked against its sources before it appears here. Corrections: privacy@treealive.com

The New Colonial Hotel is a building at 319 Main St. in Meyersdale, Somerset County, built in 1903-1904 in the Colonial Revival style and attributed to architect Charles E. Cassell.

Why it's listed

It was listed in the National Register in 2005 under criteria A and C, with local-level significance in architecture, commerce and entertainment/recreation. Its period of significance runs from 1903 to 1955, reflecting its construction and continued use as a hotel.

Physical character

The building has brick walls, a sandstone foundation, an asphalt roof, wood and tin trim, a light well, dining room murals and a dropped cornice. The original portico was replaced about 1925; the porch was enclosed and the east parlor remodeled in 1967, and altered again in the 1970s when the sun porch was removed.

Historical context

John and Mary Stein bought the property in 1899, and the Hotel Stein opened there in 1900; it burned in 1902. Elbridge C. Kyle and Charles Henry Knapp accepted a $22,000 bid in 1903, and the hotel opened to the public in 1904. It hosted the first Maple Festival coronation in 1948 and the coronation of Queen Maple IX in 1956, and was sold at sheriff's sale to Blaine and Anna Sechler in 1978.