Palisades Mountain House
The Palisades Mountain House was a hotel located atop the palisades in Englewood, New Jersey during the late 19th century.[1][2][3] It was destroyed by fire in 1884.[4]
| Palisades Mountain House | |
|---|---|
 West front c. 1875. | |
| |
| General information | |
| Architectural style | Victorian |
| Location | Englewood, New Jersey |
| Coordinates | 40°52′28″N 73°56′57″W |
| Construction started | 7 June 1860 |
| Demolished | 3 June 1884 |
| Technical details | |
| Floor count | 5 |
| Floor area | 600 feet (180 m) |
Subsequent development
The site of the former Palisades Mountain House became Archangel College in June 1962. It was renamed Englewood Cliffs College in 1966. In 1975, it became part of St. Peter's College (now Saint Peter's University).[5]
References
- Davis; Nelsen, pg. 26.
- Adams, pg. 110-111
- Steeples, pg. 65-70.
- "Fire on the Mountain". Palisades Interstate Park in New Jersey. Palisades Interstate Park Commission. Retrieved 31 December 2015.
- Staff. "St. Peter's Opening Englewood Branch", The New York Times, April 27, 1975. Accessed April 10, 2013.
Sources
- Davis, E. Emery; Nelsen, Eric (2007). "The Gilded Age". New Jersey's Palisades Interstate Park. Images of America. Arcadia Publishing. p. 127. ISBN 9780738549729.
- Adams, Arthur G. (1996). "New York City and the New Jersey Palisades". The Hudson River Guidebook: On the Raising of the Body (2 ed.). Fordham University Press. p. 430. ISBN 9780823216796.
- Steeples, Douglass W. (2002). "Man of Enterprise". Advocate for American enterprise. Greenwood Publishing Group. ISBN 9780313321023.
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