Blairstown Hotel

For close to 120 years, the Blairstown Hotel stood here, beginning in the late 1830s when George Van Scoten recognized the need for accommodations for travelers passing through town on Main Street, then part of a primary route from points north and east to the Delaware River ferries and points west. By 1877, John I. Blair's railway had reached Blairstown and brought visitors from metropolitan areas seeking scenery, recreation, hunting, and fishing. Around the turn of the century, growing patronage led to the building's expansion from 1-1/2 stories to 4 stories, with 30 rooms and a cupola. Among its many guests over the years were Woodrow Wilson, Thomas A. Edison, Babe Ruth, John D. Rockefeller, and a member of the Scribner family. In the early morning of March 1, 1957, a fire that began next door destroyed the hotel despite the efforts of the Blairstown Hose Company, local citizens, and students of Blair Academy in the largest fire the town had known. The business continued after the loss and was rebuilt as the Blairstown Inn on what is now Route 94, remaining one of Blairstown's longest continuously run businesses, and the Post Office has been located here since 1966.

Blairstown, New Jersey · United States