The Otesaga Hotel or Otesage Resort Hotel is a historic hotel located in the Village of

Cooperstown, New York Cooperstown is a village in and county seat of Otsego County, New York, United States. Most of the village lies within the town of Otsego, but some of the eastern part is in the town of Middlefield. Located at the foot of Otsego Lake in the C ...

on Lake Street (NY-80). It was built in 1909 in the

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style. The hotel is a contributing building to the

Cooperstown Historic District The Cooperstown Historic District is a national historic district in Cooperstown, Otsego County, New York, that was listed on the National Register of Historic Places in 1980. It encompasses 232 contributing properties: 226 contributing build ...

on the Southern shore of Lake Otsego in

. It has been selected by the

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as a member of the Historic Hotels of America. The hotel opens each year in mid April and closes after Thanksgiving. It has 135 rooms and occupies 700 feet of Otsego Lake shore. The Otesaga also has two restaurants and features an 18-hole golf course that was also established in 1909. The hotel was designed by architect Percy Griffin, and built by

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and his brother

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. The hotel's architectural style has been described as both Federal and Neo-Georgian. The front of the building has a portico supported by eight 30-foot wooden columns. The kitchen was originally furnished in 1909 by

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. The hotel has a reputation for being haunted, and was featured in an episode of the television show, " Ghost Hunters" which originally aired on August 25, 2010.

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Historic Hotels of America

Cooperstown GetawayThe Otseaga Resort Hotel (Official Site)
{{National Register of Historic Places in New York Buildings and structures in Otsego County, New York Historic district contributing properties in New York (state) National Register of Historic Places in Otsego County, New York Hotels in New York (state) Otesaga