The New Colonial Hotel, also known as the Stagecoach Inn and Sechler Sport Distributing, is an historic, American

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 re ...

that is located in Meyersdale,

Somerset County, Pennsylvania Somerset County (Pennsylvania German: ''Somerset Kaundi'') is a county in the Commonwealth of Pennsylvania. As of the 2020 census, the population was 74,129. Its county seat is Somerset. The county was created from part of Bedford County on A ...

. It was added to 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 ...

in 2005.

History and architectural features

Built in 1904, this historic structure is a four-story brick building that sits on a

sandstone Sandstone is a clastic sedimentary rock composed mainly of sand-sized (0.0625 to 2 mm) silicate grains. Sandstones comprise about 20–25% of all sedimentary rocks. Most sandstone is composed of quartz or feldspar (both silicates ...

foundation. It measures sixty-four feet wide by seventy feet deep, has a "U"-shaped plan, and was designed in the

Colonial Revival The Colonial Revival architectural style seeks to revive elements of American colonial architecture. The beginnings of the Colonial Revival style are often attributed to the Centennial Exhibition of 1876, which reawakened Americans to the archit ...

style. The architect is believed to be Charles E. Cassell. It features a broad front porch, balcony, and dropped cornice between the third and fourth floors, and was home to the Pennsylvania Maple Festival starting in 1948. ''Note:'' This includes It was added to the

in 2005.

References

External links

Pennsylvania Maple Festival website
{{National Register of Historic Places in Pennsylvania Hotel buildings on the National Register of Historic Places in Pennsylvania Colonial Revival architecture in Pennsylvania Hotel buildings completed in 1903 Buildings and structures in Somerset County, Pennsylvania National Register of Historic Places in Somerset County, Pennsylvania