Palisades Mountain House

Former hotel in New Jersey, US
40°52′28″N 73°56′57″W / 40.87444°N 73.94917°W / 40.87444; -73.94917Construction started7 June 1860Demolished3 June 1884Technical detailsFloor count5Floor area600 feet (180 m)

The Palisades Mountain House was a hotel located atop The Palisades in Englewood Cliffs, New Jersey during the late 19th century.[1][2][3] It was destroyed by fire in 1884.[4]

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

  1. ^ Davis; Nelsen, pg. 26.
  2. ^ Adams, pg. 110-111
  3. ^ Steeples, pg. 65-70.
  4. ^ "Fire on the Mountain". Palisades Interstate Park in New Jersey. Palisades Interstate Park Commission. Retrieved 31 December 2015.
  5. ^ 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.

External links

  • Media related to Palisades Mountain House at Wikimedia Commons