{"nrhp_refnum":"97000287","name":"Pocono Manor Historic District","other_names":["Pocono Manor Inn"],"category":"district","location":{"address":"Roughly bounded by PA 314, Lake and Cliff Rds., and Summit Ave., Pocono and Tobyhanna Townships","address_restricted":false,"city":"Mt. Pocono","county":"Monroe County","state":"PA","lat":41.10123326050007,"lon":-75.36754863041294,"geom_source":"nps_gis"},"listed_date":"1997-04-11","is_nhl":false,"nhl_designated_date":null,"areas_of_significance":["Architecture","Entertainment/Recreation"],"significance_levels":["state"],"summary":{"what_it_is":"A 2,500-acre historic district in Pocono Township, Monroe County, Mt. Pocono, Pennsylvania, centred on the Pocono Manor Inn, a recreational complex and a cottage community laid out from 1902. It is a planned mountain resort with 247 lots.","why_significant":"The nomination argues the district is significant for its early 20th-century planned resort for indoor and outdoor recreation, and for the architecture of the Inn and cottages, which combines Shingle, Stick, Craftsman and Revival styles. It is described as the oldest of two intact inn, cottage and recreation sites in the Poconos. Religious-property considerations are addressed because the resort was Quaker-run until 1931.","narrative":"Pocono Manor is a planned mountain resort on a plateau in Monroe County, Pennsylvania, developed from 1902 by the Pocono Manor Association, a group of Quaker shareholders from the Philadelphia area. Walter Smedley designed the original Inn, built of native sandstone and wood, and later wings and a nine-story mid-rise block added by 1926. Around the Inn, some 61 cottages were built before 1946 on lots laid out by S. E. Fairchild, many in Shingle, Stick and Craftsman styles with stone chimneys and weatherboarding. Recreational features include a 1912 golf course, a dam creating Lake Minausin and a winter inn that made the site a year-round hostelry. The district is significant for its early planned resort use and its cohesive architecture of the early 20th century. Most cottages and Inn sections built before 1946 are counted as contributing, while later construction is not.","period_of_significance":"1902-1946","architect_builder":"Smedley, Walter; Scheetz, William Cramp; Savery, Albert Henry; Baily, William","architectural_style":"Shingle, Stick, Craftsman, Romanesque Revival, Colonial Revival","criteria":["A","C"],"status_note":"The Inn is in use as a resort with 255 guest rooms; the Inn complex has been altered since 1967 and some original buildings have been demolished.","vacant_flag":false,"machine_generated":true,"model":"claude-haiku-5-5","prompt_version":"v1.1-2026-10-29","generated_at":"2026-10-29 17:11:38.012131-05","source_pdf":"https://s3.amazonaws.com/NARAprodstorage/lz/electronic-records/rg-079/NPS_PA/97000287.pdf"},"photo":{"url_800":"https://nationalhistoricalregister.com/media/97000287/312d0bd01c-800.webp","url_1600":"https://nationalhistoricalregister.com/media/97000287/312d0bd01c-1600.webp","licence":"CC BY-SA 3.0","author":"Jfrolo1 at English Wikipedia","credit_html":"<a href=\"https://commons.wikimedia.org/wiki/File:Inn_At_Pocono_Manor_Pool_%26_Front_of_Main_Building.jpg\" rel=\"noopener\">Jfrolo1 at English Wikipedia</a>, <a href=\"https://creativecommons.org/licenses/by-sa/3.0\" rel=\"license noopener\">CC BY-SA 3.0</a>, via Wikimedia Commons","source_page":"https://commons.wikimedia.org/wiki/File:Inn_At_Pocono_Manor_Pool_%26_Front_of_Main_Building.jpg"},"district":null,"sources":{"nps_snapshot_date":"2026-05-22","nara_catalog":"https://catalog.archives.gov/id/71997842","wikipedia":"https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Pocono_Manor_Historic_District","wikidata":"https://www.wikidata.org/wiki/Q7206525"},"indexable":true,"url":"https://nationalhistoricalregister.com/pennsylvania/monroe-county/pocono-manor-historic-district-97000287/"}