{"nrhp_refnum":"05000411","name":"New Colonial Hotel","other_names":["Stagecoach Inn","Sechler Sports Distributing","Historic Colonial Hotel"],"category":"building","location":{"address":"319 Main St.","address_restricted":false,"city":"Meyersdale","county":"Somerset County","state":"PA","lat":39.817085543000076,"lon":-79.02479576399998,"geom_source":"nps_gis"},"listed_date":"2005-05-10","is_nhl":false,"nhl_designated_date":null,"areas_of_significance":["Architecture","Commerce","Entertainment/Recreation"],"significance_levels":["local"],"summary":{"what_it_is":"A four-story Colonial Revival commercial hotel at 319 Main Street in downtown Meyersdale, Somerset County, Pennsylvania, constructed in 1903 with sandstone foundation, brick walls and a shed roof.","why_significant":"The nomination argues the hotel is significant for its association with Meyersdale's economic and cultural development during the railroad era, as the largest and most elegant hotel built in the town and the host of many principal cultural events. It also argues the building is an intact example of Colonial Revival commercial architecture, the first of its style in Meyersdale, with high artistic value in its first-floor interiors.","narrative":"Built in 1903 at 319 Main Street in downtown Meyersdale, the four-story hotel was constructed by the Meyersdale Planing Mill on the site of an earlier hotel destroyed by fire in November 1902. Its Colonial Revival design uses red and tan pressed brick, a heavy dropped cornice between the third and fourth floors, and a broad front porch with a balcony. The hotel was by far the largest and most elegant hotel in the town, and it hosted many of the town's principal cultural events for nearly sixty years, including early years of the Pennsylvania Maple Festival. Its ground-floor interiors include a lobby with red-oak columns and pilasters, a beveled glass transom, and a main staircase with turned balusters. The building is also valued as an intact example of its style, and its dropped cornice and central light well are rare in Meyersdale, where they were built only once.","period_of_significance":"1903-1955","architect_builder":"Meyersdale Planing Mill (builder)","architectural_style":"Colonial Revival","criteria":["A","C"],"status_note":null,"vacant_flag":null,"machine_generated":true,"model":"claude-haiku-5-5","prompt_version":"v1.1-2026-10-29","generated_at":"2026-10-29 17:10:27.414614-05","source_pdf":"https://s3.amazonaws.com/NARAprodstorage/lz/electronic-records/rg-079/NPS_PA/05000411.pdf"},"photo":{"url_800":"https://nationalhistoricalregister.com/media/05000411/6b284f1ee1-800.webp","url_1600":"https://nationalhistoricalregister.com/media/05000411/6b284f1ee1-1600.webp","licence":"Public domain","author":"Nyttend","credit_html":"<a href=\"https://commons.wikimedia.org/wiki/File:New_Colonial_Hotel_in_Meyersdale.jpg\" rel=\"noopener\">Nyttend</a>, Public domain, via Wikimedia Commons","source_page":"https://commons.wikimedia.org/wiki/File:New_Colonial_Hotel_in_Meyersdale.jpg"},"district":null,"sources":{"nps_snapshot_date":"2026-05-22","nara_catalog":"https://catalog.archives.gov/id/71996514","wikipedia":"https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/New_Colonial_Hotel","wikidata":"https://www.wikidata.org/wiki/Q7006633"},"indexable":true,"url":"https://nationalhistoricalregister.com/pennsylvania/somerset-county/new-colonial-hotel-05000411/"}