Bird-in-Hand Hotel, also known as the Bird-In-Hand Village Inn & Suites or the Rhoad's Hotel, is a historic

hotel A hotel is an establishment that provides paid lodging on a short-term basis. Facilities provided inside a hotel room may range from a modest-quality mattress in a small room to large suites with bigger, higher-quality beds, a dresser, a ref ...

located at Bird-in-Hand,

East Lampeter Township East Lampeter Township is a township in central Lancaster County, Pennsylvania, United States. At the 2020 census the population was 17,834. East Lampeter Township is one of the six suburbs that border the city of Lancaster, all sharing the sa ...

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. It was built in 1852, on the site of several earlier wayside taverns. It has a three-story, rectangular brick main block with a 2 1/2-story, rear "T"-wing and a 2-story extension. It features a full-width front porch with

Tuscan order The Tuscan order (Latin ''Ordo Tuscanicus'' or ''Ordo Tuscanus'', with the meaning of Etruscan order) is one of the two classical orders developed by the Romans, the other being the composite order. It is influenced by the Doric order, but with u ...

columns and a symmetrical facade in a vernacular

Greek Revival The Greek Revival was an architectural movement which began in the middle of the 18th century but which particularly flourished in the late 18th and early 19th centuries, predominantly in northern Europe and the United States and Canada, but ...

style. It was renovated in 1989. ''Note:'' This includes It was listed on the

National Register of Historic Places The National Register of Historic Places (NRHP) is the United States federal government's official list of districts, sites, buildings, structures and objects deemed worthy of preservation for their historical significance or "great artistic v ...

in 1992.

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External links

Bird-in-Hand Village Inn & Suites website
{{National Register of Historic Places in Pennsylvania Hotel buildings on the National Register of Historic Places in Pennsylvania Greek Revival architecture in Pennsylvania Hotel buildings completed in 1852 Buildings and structures in Lancaster County, Pennsylvania 1852 establishments in Pennsylvania National Register of Historic Places in Lancaster County, Pennsylvania Hotels established in 1852