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Penn Hills Resort was a
Venerable Pocono resort is deserted
Pocono Record, April 15, 2009 and a
In 2009, Penn Hills co-founder Frances Paolillo died at the age of 102 and the resort closed less than two months later. Monroe County took over the property in lieu of back taxes. Workers' final paychecks were never issued, and the resort owed the county over $1 million in back taxes. Already in serious disrepair, flooding and copper thieves damaged the buildings further, and the resort was abandoned.
By 2012, Monroe County had sold several small parcels of Penn Hills. However, most of the resort remained unsold. The resort's 40-acre former golf course was purchased by Stroud Township and became the ForEvergreen Nature Preserve.
In January 2016, a group of New York investors purchased what remained of Penn Hills for $400,000. The property was sold again in mid-2017 for $688,000.
On September 4, 2017, the main building of the resort burned to the ground. This was the third time in three years that the resort had caught fire. On December 7 of the same year, the demolition of the former golf club house on the new ForEvergreen Nature Preserve began as part of the creation of the Brodhead Creek Heritage Center.Brodhead Creek Heritage Center at ForEvergreen Nature Preserve
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Penn Hills Resort 1978 TV commercial
2012 Trespass Theater event
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Penn Hills Resort was a honeymoon
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resort
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located in Analomink, Pennsylvania
Analomink is a section of Stroud Township, Monroe County, Pennsylvania.
History
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, in the Pocono Mountains
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. Founded as a tavern
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in 1944, the resort grew in the 1960s, with over a hundred rooms in the hotelMichael SadowskiVenerable Pocono resort is deserted
Pocono Record, April 15, 2009 and a
ski resort
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and golf course
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on the 500-acre site. Guest villas featured floor-to-ceiling carpeting, round beds, and heart-shaped bathtubs. Distinctive, modernist
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streetlights from the 1964 World's Fair
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were installed, as well as an ice rink and a wedding bell shaped outdoor swimming pool.
Billed as a "Paradise of Pocono Pleasure" and a place of "unbridled passion", Penn Hills catered to young couples who enjoyed archery
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and tennis and danced at modestly lavish New Year's Eve parties where the motto was "No balloon goes unpopped."
The resort closed in 2009.
Closure
In 2009, Penn Hills co-founder Frances Paolillo died at the age of 102 and the resort closed less than two months later. Monroe County took over the property in lieu of back taxes. Workers' final paychecks were never issued, and the resort owed the county over $1 million in back taxes. Already in serious disrepair, flooding and copper thieves damaged the buildings further, and the resort was abandoned.
By 2012, Monroe County had sold several small parcels of Penn Hills. However, most of the resort remained unsold. The resort's 40-acre former golf course was purchased by Stroud Township and became the ForEvergreen Nature Preserve.
In January 2016, a group of New York investors purchased what remained of Penn Hills for $400,000. The property was sold again in mid-2017 for $688,000.
On September 4, 2017, the main building of the resort burned to the ground. This was the third time in three years that the resort had caught fire. On December 7 of the same year, the demolition of the former golf club house on the new ForEvergreen Nature Preserve began as part of the creation of the Brodhead Creek Heritage Center./ref> The hotel was the site of
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's music video for "June", from their 2017 album ''Spin
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Trip Advisor Reviews
Penn Hills Resort 1978 TV commercial
2012 Trespass Theater event
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