Skytop Lodge is a

resort hotel A resort hotel is a hotel which often contains full-sized luxury facilities with full-service accommodations and amenities. These hotels may attract both business conferences and vacationing tourists and offer more than a convenient place to sta ...

that opened in June 1928. It is a member of

Historic Hotels of America Historic Hotels of America is a program of the National Trust for Historic Preservation that was founded in 1989 with 32 charter members; the program accepts nominations and identifies hotels that have maintained their authenticity, sense of pla ...

. The hotel is situated on a wooded site in

Skytop, Pennsylvania Skytop is an unincorporated community in Barrett Township, Monroe County, Pennsylvania, United States. Located north of Mountainhome, it is accessible by local roads off Route 390. Its elevation is 1,562 feet (476 m), and it is locat ...

, at an elevation of 1,500 feet in

the Poconos The Pocono Mountains, commonly referred to as the Poconos , are a geographical, geological, and cultural region in Northeastern Pennsylvania. They overlook the Delaware River and Delaware Water Gap to the east, Lake Wallenpaupack to the north, Wyo ...

. The property includes a 75-acre lake, 30 miles of hiking trails, and an 18-hole golf course. Built at a cost of $750,000, the

Dutch Colonial Revival Dutch Colonial is a style of domestic architecture, primarily characterized by gambrel roofs having curved eaves along the length of the house. Modern versions built in the early 20th century are more accurately referred to as "Dutch Colonial Re ...

hotel was designed by

Rossiter & Muller Ehrick Kensett Rossiter (September 14, 1854 – October 14, 1941) was an American architect known for the country homes he designed.Olmstead Brothers The Olmsted Brothers company was a Landscape architecture, landscape architectural firm in the United States, established in 1898 by brothers John Charles Olmsted (1852–1920) and Frederick Law Olmsted Jr. (1870–1957), sons of the landscape ar ...

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were hired to situate the hotel and design its gardens and grounds. The hotel has been described as "a Dutch Colonial-style field-stone castle in a country club setting," and as looming "like a palatial hunting chateau in a wide clearing in the woods – so grand you might think you were trespassing on the estate of an English lord." Its

golf course A golf course is the grounds on which the sport of golf is played. It consists of a series of holes, each consisting of a tee box, a fairway, the rough and other hazards, and a green with a cylindrical hole in the ground, known as a "cup". Th ...

was begun in March 1926, and was opened in 1928 along with the hotel.

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Hotels in Pennsylvania Buildings and structures in Monroe County, Pennsylvania 1928 establishments in Pennsylvania Hotels established in 1928 Hotel buildings completed in 1928 Historic Hotels of America {{Pennsylvania-struct-stub