National Register of Historic Places
New Colonial Hotel
Meyersdale, Somerset County, Pennsylvania
The record
- Listed
- May 10, 2005
- Type
- Building
- Address
- 319 Main St., Meyersdale
- County
- Somerset
- State
- Pennsylvania
- Period of significance
- 1900 to 1974
- Contributing resources
- 1 building
- Coordinates
- 39.81709, -79.02480
- Reference number
- 05000411
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The story
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The New Colonial Hotel is a Colonial Revival building at 319 Main St. in Meyersdale, Somerset County. The Meyersdale Planing Mill built it in 1903-1904, and its design is attributed to Charles E. Cassell.
Why it's listed
It was listed in the National Register in 2005 under criteria A and C, with local significance in architecture, commerce and entertainment/recreation. Its period of significance runs from 1903 to 1955, reflecting its 1903 construction.
Physical character
The walls are brick on a sandstone foundation under an asphalt roof. It has a light well, a dropped cornice and dining room murals. The original portico was replaced in the 1920s, and in 1967 the east parlor was remodeled and part of the front porch enclosed.
Historical context
It opened to the public in 1904, and the first Maple Festival coronation was held there in 1948, while its dining room hosted a 1954 banquet honoring John Charles Thomas. Elsie Kyle sold the hotel to John and Mary Sherman in 1939. It was renamed the Stagecoach Inn in 1967 and operated under that name to 1978, and in 1978 it was sold at sheriff's sale to Blaine and Anna Sechler.