Lancaster Arts Hotel
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The Lancaster Arts Hotel is a hotel in Lancaster, Pennsylvania
, housed in a historic tobacco warehouse.
Originally, the hotel site was built in the 1880’s as a tobacco warehouse and was used that way until 1945 . It then was used by a paper and twine business as well as an electronics business before being transformed into the hotel. . The hotel is listed on the National Register of Historic Places
as a contributing property
to the Harrisburg Avenue Tobacco Historic District.
The hotel also has an art gallery featuring rotating exhibitions by regional artists. Included in the gallery is a room paying homage to Lancaster sculptress Blanche Nevin whose sculpture of Peter Muhlenberg
is housed in the National Statuary Hall Collection
at the U.S. Capitol Building. Another room features the work of Watercolor Painter Charles Demuth
.
Other artists who have been exhibited at the hotel include Warren Rohrer and David Brumbach
Lancaster, Pennsylvania
Lancaster is a city in the south-central part of the Commonwealth of Pennsylvania. It is the county seat of Lancaster County and one of the older inland cities in the United States, . With a population of 59,322, it ranks eighth in population among Pennsylvania's cities...
, housed in a historic tobacco warehouse.
Originally, the hotel site was built in the 1880’s as a tobacco warehouse and was used that way until 1945 . It then was used by a paper and twine business as well as an electronics business before being transformed into the hotel. . The hotel is listed on the National Register of Historic Places
National Register of Historic Places
The National Register of Historic Places is the United States government's official list of districts, sites, buildings, structures, and objects deemed worthy of preservation...
as a contributing property
Contributing property
In the law regulating historic districts in the United States, a contributing resource or contributing property is any building, structure, or object which adds to the historical integrity or architectural qualities that make the historic district, listed locally or federally, significant...
to the Harrisburg Avenue Tobacco Historic District.
The hotel also has an art gallery featuring rotating exhibitions by regional artists. Included in the gallery is a room paying homage to Lancaster sculptress Blanche Nevin whose sculpture of Peter Muhlenberg
Peter Muhlenberg
John Peter Gabriel Muhlenberg was an American clergyman, Continental Army soldier during the American Revolutionary War, and political figure in the newly-independent United States...
is housed in the National Statuary Hall Collection
National Statuary Hall Collection
The National Statuary Hall Collection in the United States Capitol comprises statues donated by individual states to honor persons notable in their history...
at the U.S. Capitol Building. Another room features the work of Watercolor Painter Charles Demuth
Charles Demuth
Charles Demuth was an American watercolorist who turned to oils late in his career, developing a style of painting known as Precisionism....
.
Other artists who have been exhibited at the hotel include Warren Rohrer and David Brumbach