Pocono Manor Historic District is a national

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located in Pocono Township and Tobyhanna Township,

Monroe County, Pennsylvania Monroe County is a County (United States), county in the Commonwealth (U.S. state), Commonwealth of Pennsylvania. It is located in Northeastern Pennsylvania. As of the 2020 United States census, 2020 census, the population was 168,327. Its coun ...

. It encompasses 75 contributing buildings, 1 contributing site, 4 contributing structures, and 4 contributing objects on the historic resort of Pocono Manor.

History

The resort community was established in 1902, and includes an Inn, recreational complex, and dependent cottage community. The cottage community was originally developed by

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and the cottages reflect popular early-20th-century architectural styles including Stick/Eastlake, Shingle Style, and

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. The Pocono Manor Inn was built in nine sections between 1902 and 1949. The seven earliest sections, built between 1902 and 1926, were designed by noted Philadelphia architect

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. ''Note:'' This includes This historic district was added to the

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in 1997. The Inn at Pocono Manor was burned down following a wind driven fire around 6:30am on November 2, 2019. The exact cause of the fire is unknown.Owner of Pocono Manor will rebuild
" Lancaster, Pennsylvania: LNP Always Lancaster, November 5, 2019, p. A1 (subscription required). POCONO MANOR HISTORIC DISTRICT, MONROE TWP, PA

POCONO MANOR HISTORIC DISTRICT, MONROE TWP, PA

References

External links

Pocono Manor Inn website
{{National Register of Historic Places in Pennsylvania Historic districts on the National Register of Historic Places in Pennsylvania Buildings and structures in Monroe County, Pennsylvania National Register of Historic Places in Monroe County, Pennsylvania