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Commercial Hotel, also known as the General Pershing Hotel, was a historic
hotel
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and
theater
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complex located in
DuBois,
Pennsylvania
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,
United States
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. The four story brick structure opened as a two-story hotel with 58 rooms in 1889. It was enlarged to four stories and 100 rooms with an expansion in 1901. The 700 seat Harris-DuBois Theater, later the DuBois Playhouse, opened in 1937.
[ ''Note:'' This includes ''See also:'' ] The building has been demolished.
It was listed on the
National Register of Historic Places
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on November 13, 1985.
See also
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Contributing property
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Cultural landscape
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Historic preservation
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Keeper of the Register
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* Archivist
* Beekeeper
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* Gatekeeper
* Greenkeeper
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* Keeper of the Royal Archives
* Legal guardian
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State Historic Preservation Office
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References
External links
Cinema Treasures , DuBois Theatre
See also
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{{National Register of Historic Places in Pennsylvania
Hotel buildings on the National Register of Historic Places in Pennsylvania
Hotels in Pennsylvania
Theatres in Pennsylvania
Buildings and structures in Clearfield County, Pennsylvania
National Register of Historic Places in Clearfield County, Pennsylvania